JOURNAL 
The New York Botanical Garden 
VoL. Ix. pean 1908. No. 98. 
THE HERBARIUM OF THE LATE DR. OTTO 
TZE 
Dr. Otto Kuntze, a distinguished German botanist who died at 
San Remo, Italy, on January 28, 1907, accumulated during his 
busy life a large and important herbarium which was offered for 
sale. Through the generosity of Mr. Andrew Carnegie, vice- 
president of the board of managers, this valuable collection of 
prepared specimens of plants has been acquired by the New 
York Botanical Garden. It comprises 403 boxes about 8 inches 
long, 12 inches wide, and 6 inches deep, of dried specimens 
attached to sheets of paper, thoroughly poisoned to prevent insect 
depredation and carefully labeled by Dr. Kuntze. A rough esti- 
ee indicates that there are over 30,000 specimens. 
is herbarium contains plants from all parts of the world, and 
ee specimens of many species not heretofore represented in 
the collections of the Garden. Dr. Kuntze travelled widely and 
collected and observed plants in many countries. During the 
years 1874-1876 he made a trip around the world, proceeding 
from Bremen to the West Indies and collecting on the islands 
of St. Thomas, Porto Rico, and Barbados; thence to Trinidad, 
Venezuela, and Colombia; thence to Panama and Costa Rica, 
returning to Panama; he reached New York in July, 1874, and 
proceeded westward, collecting in New Jersey, New York, Ohio, 
Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, 
Nevada and California; he reached Japan in December of that 
year, and in January proceeded to China where he collected 
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