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Roland G. Mitchell 50.00 
m. H. Macy, Jr 25.00 
Frank R. Chambers 25.00 
James Loeb 25.00 
Miss Mary T. Bryce 25.00 
Newbold Edgar 25.00 
N. L. Britton 25.00 
Mrs. Esther Herrman 10.00 
Emil Wolff. 10.00 
Wm. B. Osgood Field 10.00 
Samuel P. Avery, Jr 10.00 
Knapp 10.00 
Edmund S. F. Arnold ............00 cececeeeneee enone 10.00 
C. A. Coffin Pate 10.00 
Augustus St. Gaudens 10.00 
H. Victor Newcomb 10.00 
Henry Holt 10.00 
Mrs. Edwin Parsons 10.00 
Mrs. Emerson Opdycke 5.00 
$1,565.00 
Mr. F. S. Earle spent the month of March in the moun- 
tainous region of eastern Cuba, in company with Professor 
Underwood; Mr. E. W. D. Holway was also in the party. 
The especial object of the expedition was an investigation by 
Professor Earle, of the fungi, and fungus diseases of plants 
of the region, while Professor Underwood gave special at- 
tention tothe ferns. In addition to large collections made in 
both these groups of plants an extensive general collection of 
plants was obtained. 
Mr. Percy Wilson was absent from the Garden during 
January and February, making collections in Honduras, and 
brought back a large number of living plants, many of which 
have now been installed in the public conservatories, as well 
as an extensive series of herbarium and museum specimens. 
Professor Underwood spent nearly four months on the 
island of Jamaica continuing his investigations of the ferns 
of tropical America, and brought back the largest single col- 
lection of herbarium specimens of these plants ever obtained 
