of the species found on the islands south of Miami are also native 

 in Cuba and the Bahamas. 



Since the publication of my last report on exploration in 

 southern Florida,* and a subsequently printed paper on the 

 species added to the flora of that state, f we have secured over 

 fifty more species not before known to grow on the North Ameri- 

 can mainland. Eight or ten of these are complete novelties, in- 

 asmuch as they are not yet described. Noteworthy among the 



are seven species not previously included in the arborescent flora 

 of the United States. 



Respectfully submitted, 



J. K. Small, 



William Mitten died at Hurstpierpoint, Sussex, England, on 

 July 20, 1906. Following his last request, his daughter, Miss 

 Flora Mitten, offered his entire collection of mosses and hepatics 

 to Mrs. N. L. Britton and the collection was purchased for the 

 New York Botanical Garden for £400, the donors being Messrs. 

 D. O. Mills, Andrew Carnegie, J. Pierpont Morgan, Jas. B. 

 Ford, Geo. W. Perkins and Charles F. Cox. 



At the request of Dr. Alfred Russell Wallace, Mr. Mitten's 

 executor, a representative of the Garden, Mr. R. S. Williams, 

 was sent to pack and ship . the collection, which was received 

 safe and in good condition on December 6, 1906. Besides 

 twenty large boxes full of mosses, the collection contains ten 

 boxes of hepatics. Mrs. Britton also received as a gift from Miss 

 Mitten a large photograph of her father and his personal copy of 

 the " Musci Austro-Americani," his greatest work, which, strange 

 to say, is absolutely without notes or writing of any kind, as Mr. 

 Mitten was in the habit of laying memoranda and descriptions of 

 subsequent additions in the covers with his specimens. 



