is is a clump of the wild or Indian rice, a native of North 

 nerica. It grows in swamps, and in some places covers large 

 sas. It is of frequent occurrence on the Hackensack marshes 

 the neighborhood of New York City, and in other places of 

 nilar nature. It was largely used by the Indians for food. 

 There are at present in the Economic Garden thirty-one beds, 

 these, and along the brook and in the shrub borders, are con- 

 ned about two hundred and thirty different kinds of economic 

 ints, classified as follows : food plants, one hundred and forty ; 

 ers, six; medicinal, sixty-five; condiments and relishes, 

 George V. Nash. 



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REPORT OF LECTURES ON THE PRESERVATION 

 OF WILD FLOWERS. 



New Brighton, New York City, 



August 2, 1907. 

 Dr. N. L. Britton, 



Director-in-chief, New York Botanical Garden. 



Dear Sir: Upon 

 ing a gra 



defraying the expenses 

 plant protection, I procee 

 selection at the Garden of 

 the Van Brun 

 from which pli 

 extended me by Mrs. Geo. 



of your letter of May 9 last, ; 

 of #200 from the Stokes' Fund to be 

 1 lecture tour in aid of the 

 ed to New York, and, after 1 

 about fifty colored lantern sli 



tuthoi 



what u 



1 the 



>y the school children, many of whom 

 ecture, was very gratifying. 



On May 1 1, 1 went to Nantucket, wher 

 ng about the island and observing the 

 andy prairies and scrub pine groves. 



