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of Botany of that institution, and myself, in an expedition to 
the eastern islands of that archipelago during February and 
March, and during November and December this work was 
further continued by Dr. Marshall A. Howe and Mr. Percy 
Wilson, Administrative Assistant, in an expedition to the 
southeastern islands, a region hitherto quite unknown botan- 
ically; they returned to the Garden on January 5, bringing 
back very large collections both of land plants and of marine 
algae, and this expedition will essentially complete the sur- 
vey of that archipelago, which has extended over several 
years. The island of Montserrat, British West Indies, was 
explored by Dr. John A. Shafer, Museum Custodian, during 
January and February, and this trip yielded important addi- 
tions to the museum and herbarium. The exploration of 
the island of Jamaica was continued by Mrs. Britton and my- 
self during September, in coéperation with the Department 
of Public Gardens and Plantations of that island, and import- 
ant additions to the collections in all departments were ob- 
tained. Dr. Arthur Hollick, a Museum Curator, has con- 
tinued at intervals during the year, the collection of fossil 
plants from the Cretaceous formation of the Atlantic coastal 
plain, special attention having been given by him, in coépera- 
tion with Professor E. C. Jeffrey, of Harvard University, to 
the lignitic deposits at Kreischerville, Staten Island, which 
have yielded material shedding much light on the features of 
the flora of that geologic epoch; the results of these studies 
will soon be published as Volume 3 of the Garden’s Memoirs. 
There is no doubt that exploration carried on either by 
members of the staff or by trained collectors under their 
direction, is the most profitable way in which additions can 
be made to the collections in all departments of the Garden, 
and it is most desirable that funds be secured to continue 
this work especially in the West Indies and Central America. 
An exploration of the republic of Panama, in continuation 
of some work done there by Mr. John F. Cowell, Director 
of the Buffalo Botanic Garden, on behalf of the New York 
Botanical Garden, in 1905, has been arranged for by the kind 
