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this work was supplemented during December by Mr. 

 Percy Wilson, who collected on the north coast of Pinar 

 del Rio, and, in company with Brother Leon, of the College 

 of La Salle, at points in the vicinity of Havana. Dr. 

 Shafer returned to eastern Cuba in November. 



Parts of August and September were spent by Mr. Fred 

 J. Seaver, Director of the Laboratories, in collecting fungi 

 in Colorado in cooperation with Professor Elsworth Bethel, 

 of the East Denver High School. Mr. Norman Taylor, 

 Assistant Curator, continued his studies of the local flora 

 in the vicinity of New York in cooperation with members 

 of the Torrey Botanical Club; Mr. Taylor is now occupied 

 in preparing for publication the results of his studies, which 

 have extended over several years. Dr. H. H. Rusby made 

 a large and valuable collection in Mexico. 



This exploration work has been mainly accomplished by 

 means of contributions to the special fund of the Scientific 

 Directors as follows: 



Andrew Carnegie gi,ooo 



John Innes Kane 500 



James B. Ford 500 



Wm. D. Sloane 250 



Jno. D. Archbold 250 



Mortimer L. Schiff 250 



Geo. W. Perkins 250 



Edward S. Harkness 250 



N. L. Britton 250 



James A. Scrymser ICO 



W. Bayard Cutting 100 



H. C. Fahnestock 100 



Thos. H. Hubbard 100 



Robert W. de Forest 100 



Mrs. Morris K. Jesup 100 



There is so much still to be learned about the American 

 flora and such a large number of species exist, especially 

 in the tropics, which are not yet represented in our col- 

 lections, that this work of exploration may profitably go 



