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species were seen different from any I had before found in 
Kentucky. 
Another new species was then relocated at Gauley Bridge, 
West Virginia, and much interesting material secured at Thur- 
mond, Hinton, and White Sulphur Springs. 
I then stopped at Buchanan, Virginia, the type locality of 
Crataegus Brownit Britton. This was originally collected in 
flower and I wanted to see it in fruit, but was unsuccessful. For- 
tunately, Boynton found fruit of it here before this. However, I 
did find fruiting material of Crataegus Vailiae Britton, giving a 
third station for this species. The next day, Roanoke, Virginia, 
the type locality for C. Vailiae, was explored with no success ; 
in fact, no Crataegus was seen here in fruit except C. Crus- 
Gali L 
From Roanoke I went back into the Piedmont region in North 
Carolina. Mr. Ashe had told me that the Crataegi of this region 
were seldom seen in fruit and this I had found true. However, 
this time I found Crataegus Beadle: Ashe in fine fruiting condi- 
tion at Dunn’s Mountain, Salisbury, and some interesting forms 
were seen at Albemarle, Stanley County, North Carolina. It 
was now the last week in October and the hard frosts had come, 
even to this southern country, so I started north. 
n my way north I stopped at Philadelphia and rearranged 
the Crataegus herbarium of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural 
Sciences. I have now gone over all of the great Crataegus her- 
baria of this country. The next most important work will be 
the study of Cra/aegus types in foreign herbaria. 
W. W. EGGLESTON. 
NOTES, NEWS AND COMMENT. 
Dr. N. L. Britton, director-in-chief, accompanied by Mrs. 
Britton and Mr. Percy Wilson, administrative assistant, sailed 
for Cuba on February 17, to continue the botanical exploration 
of that island. After landing, the party was joined by Professor 
F. S. Earle. 
Syracuse University will begin next fall courses in forestry and 
