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including Greenland on the north and the Republic of Panama 
and the West Indies south to Grenada on the south. The exten- 
sive explorations carried on by the Garden during the past few 
years have brought together plants and specimens the study of 
which will make it possible to present a somewhat comprehen- 
sive treatment of the various groups of plants, including the 
cryptogams, and the continuation of these explorations will add 
the value of the wor 
Professors Underwood and Britton have succeeded in enlisting 
the cordial codperation of many students in various parts of the 
ntry, thus dividing the labor of preparing the necessary 
* manuscript. Its the largest undertaking of the kind that has 
yet been attempted in any part of the world, and it is believed 
will be of great value to botanical science. 
The subscription price has been fixed at one dollar and fifty 
cents for each part, but a limited number of separate parts will 
be sold at two dollars each 
N. L. Britton, 
Director-in- Chief. 
EXPLORATIONS IN THE BAHAMAS. 
To THE ScIENTIFIC DirECTORS OF THE New York Boranicau 
Gentlemen: Pursuant to authority granted by the Board of 
Managers, I continued the botanical exploration of the mate 
Islands during the period from January 21 to March 7, 1905 ; 
was accompanied by Dr. Marshall A. Howe, assistant curator, 
who made very large collections of seaweeds during the trip; by 
Mrs. Britton, who aided greatly in the collection, preservation 
and ee of Seeie and by Dr. C. F. Millspaugh, curator 
of botany at the Field Columbian Museum of Chicago, who 
divided with me the work of collecting and preparing specimens 
and plants, the institution which he represents sharing the ex- 
penses of the expedition ; the collections will be divided between 
the Garden and the Field Columbian Museum . L. J. K. 
Brace, of Nassau, New Providence, also agers eenadesble 
assistance. 
