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My examination of the collections of living plants was greatly 
facilitated by the personal attention of Sir William Dyer, Director 
of the Royal Gardens, to whom we are greatly indebted for much 
valuable information and suggestion. 
Respectfully submitted, 
BRITTON, 
Divector-in- Chief. 
NOTES, NEWS, AND COMMENT. 
Professor M. Treub, Director of the Botanical Garden, at 
Buitenzorg, Java, was a visitor at the garden during a few days 
in mid-November and again toward the end of the month. In 
addition to the inspection of some of the other botanical insti- 
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island. Very important arrangements for future exchanges of 
seeds, specimens and books were made wit 
Dr. and Mrs. F. C. Clements, of the University of Nebraska, 
are in residence at the Garden. making some special studies of 
the flora of Nebraska in connection with ecological work in that 
region and in the Rocky Mountains 
Professor A. D. Selby, botanist, and chief of the division of 
plant physiology and pathology in the Ohio Agricultural Experi- 
ment Station has obtained leave of absence for six months and 
has come to the Garden to carry on some special investigations 
in pathology and physiology. 
Dr. M. A. Howe, assistant curator, has returned from a six 
weeks’ collecting trip along the coast of Florida, bringing a large 
number of specimens of the algal flora of the Keys 
Professor F. S. Earle, assistant curator, returned from Jamaica 
on December 2d. During his tour on the island of Jamaica an 
