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and to horticultural science. Mr. Day’s services to the 
been c 
American horticultural associations and of the American As- 
sociation for the Advancement of Science. He was pipes 
called — to serve as a judge of plants shown at floral ex. 
hibition 
e made my ips to tropical America, for the purpose of 
increasing f the Buffalo Garden and for obtaining 
additional knowledge relative to tropical plants, and his con- 
tributions to science along these lines were noteworthy. 
t of his tropical expeditions was made to Jamaica; he 
Ree a considerable part of that island and made very 
extensive collections, which formed the basis of the West Indian 
series of plants cultivated at the Buffalo Garden. During the 
he published an a - this trip in Journal of the New York 
Botanical Garden 6: 
He was a member a ae joint expedition from January: 
to April, re engaged in the botanical exploration of Porto 
Rico, at which time large collections were made. C operation 
was again organized in the winter of 1911 for exploration o 
