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THE LOCAL FLORA HERBARIUM 
The Local Flora Herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden 
meetings of the Torrey Botanical Club, and all the specimens 
from the local flora formerly contained in the general herbarium 
of the Garden. 
The earlier tasks [ bringing these collections into order de- 
volved on Mr. Percy Wilson and Mr. Norman Taylor while 
assistant curators - = Garden. 
The Local Flora Herbariu 
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a two years ago, not because of any lack of interest in its 
development, but because constant and pressing duties occupied 
the time of all the members of the s tt 
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the earlier valle tions are some ve oy ote specimens from 
the days when civilization had d so many species 
