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the home of more species of marine algae than any other known 
place on the eastern coast of North America. Dr. W. H. Harvey, 
of Trinity College, Dublin, author of the classical Nereis Boreali- 
Americana, spent a month there in the winter of 1850, and it is 
the type locality of several species described for the first time by 
him in that work. Later, Key West was visited by Mr. Samuel 
Ashmead, of Philadelphia, and by J. Cosmo Melville, an English- 
man, who have written accounts of their findings, and also by 
others who have sent their collections to well-known phycolo- 
gists for determination. Less is therefore to be expected in the 
way of novelty from Key West than might be the case from a 
less explored locality ; however, as a basis for proposed work, it 
was highly desirable that the marine flora of this somewhat clas- 
sical spot should be well represented in the collections of the 
Garden. 
On the return journey, a stop-over of two days was made at 
Port Tampa which permitted a little poles at this point on 
the west coast of Florida. ew York was reached again on 
November 26. On the trip as a whole, 602 numbers were 
collected, representing at least 6,000 dried specimens, as speci- 
mens of algae are commonly counted. Many of the numbers 
are represented also by material preserved in formaldehyde solu- 
tion ; these will be added to the exhibits in the public museum 
or reserved for future studies or for use in instruction. Some of 
the algae, as is well known, undergo such changes in drying that 
fresh material or fluid-preserved specimens are absolutely essen- 
tial to a proper understanding of their form and structure. It 
may be remarked that the mode of reproduction of several of 
the larger algae inhabiting our warmer seas still remains entirely 
unknown. Much will doubtless be learned by the person so 
situated as to be able to keep the living plants under continuous 
observation throughout the year 
Respectfully submitted, 
MarsHaLi A. Howe. 
