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October would not be too frequent, and the Horticultural 

 Society has expressed willingness to cooperate to this 

 extent. The budget provides an appropriation of $400 for 

 horticultural prizes which is scarcely sufficient for six 



Exploration 



Exploration of parts of tropical America, botanically 

 little known, has been continued and the collections of 

 living plants and of museum and herbarium specimens 

 have received valuable and important additions through 

 this work. Many species are now represented here which 

 are not possessed by any other institution, and note- 

 worthy contributions have been made to botanical science. 



Dr. Marshall A. Howe, Curator, returned on January 19 

 from the Isthmus of Panama, where he had spent about 

 six weeks with Mrs. Howe in the study of the algae on both 

 the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean sides of the Canal Zone. 

 Dr. W. A. Murrill, Assistant Director, spent December, 

 1909, and January, 1910, with Mrs. Murrill in southern 

 Mexico, studying and collecting the fungi of that region. 

 Andros Island of the Bahama Archipelago was explored by 

 Dr. John K. Small, Head Curator, in company with Mr. 

 J. J. Carter, during the latter part of January and the 

 early part of February. In company with Mrs. Britton, 

 Mr. Percy Wilson, Administrative Assistant, and Mr. F. S. 

 Earle, formerly a curator of our museums, I explored 

 the Trinidad Mountains and the coastal region of the 

 Province of Santa Clara, Cuba, being absent for that 

 purpose from February 17 until April 6. An explor- 

 ation of the north coast of Camaguey Province, Cuba, and 

 of the mountains of the northern part of Oriente Province, 

 Cuba, was accomplished by Dr. J. A. Shafer, Special Agent, 

 from October, 1909, until March 30, 1910. During the 

 latter part of August and most of September, I conducted 

 exploration work in the western part of Cuba in company 

 with Mrs. Britton, and with Dr. C. Stuart Gager, Director 

 of the recently established Brooklyn Botanic Garden, and 



