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wood, showed but slight autumnal. coloration and no loss of 
foliage. 
Imagine my surprise, on awaking the following day, to find it 
the coldest and most disagreeable had experienced after 
landing, except one day at Upsala that began with a snow- 
to: nevertheless went early to the Cryptogamic Herba- 
rium on the Rue de Buffon, where Dr. P. Hariot awaited me, 
kindly placing at my disposal the very complete tropical Amer- 
Fic. 13. A portion of the Berlin Botanical Garden devoted to alpine plants. 
The large masses of rock used in constructing these miniature mountains were 
actually brought from the mountain systems represented. 
ican collection of fungi containing Montagne’s Cuban and South 
American types, as well as many species described by Berkeley 
& Curtis, Léveillé, Patouillard, and others. For my present 
purpose, this collection proved to be the most valuable examined, 
with the exception of the one at Kew 
About four days, from October 22 to October 26, were spent at 
this herbarium, while, in going back and forth, most of the 
botanical portion of the Jardin des Plantes was rather carefully 
