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have all disappeared from the parks of the Bronx. The last 
that I saw were sent to the Garden by a well- es Scotch 
foreman of Van Courtland Fark we had g sods of t! 
dug up hoping t tha to preserve t eae 
evens? are often I - 3 feet high, usually much Branches, 
wi 4-angled, with 
nate leaves. The parts of ‘the flower are in 4, including the 
white stamens, and sea acu is also white, 4-parted and sessile 
on th ctober or November. 
The en bloom late and all are familiar with Bryant's ex- 
quisite line 
Thou waitest late and com'st alone, 
When woods are bare and birds are flown." 
The plant is eastern ranging from Quebec to Minnesota, south 
eorgia 
The genus was named for King Gentius of Illyria and 300 
species are known, mostly natives of the north temperate zones, 
s of South America. They are not often found in cultiva- 
tion and are dly becoming rare or extinct esides many 
alpine genera, various other beautiful and y species and 
genera occur ea-level and tropics, notably the Sab. 
asts. ew 
Some of the plants have a bitter sap, which renders them a 
valuable tonic, and they are still in use medicinally. 
ELizABETH G. BRITTON 
COLLECTING PLANTS IN PORTO RICO 
Dr. N. L. Britton, DirEcTor-IN-CHIE 
eg to present for record the ice account of my 
Porto Rican collections and collecting trips: 
The collections are arene in two series. The first con- 
sists of which were nearly all collected in the 
year 1914 dune the latter half of my deanship of the Porto 
