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in the herbarium of the Garden, and in the herbarium of Columbia 
University deposited at the Garden, and it is safe to say that not 
less than fifty thousand specimens in all have been examined in 
the course of the investigation. Many thousand of these have 
been collected by Dr. Small himself in various parts of the area, 
so that he has an intimate knowledge of the plants in life as well 
as in the herbarium. <A great many have been cultivated at the 
Garden, either out doors or under glass, and the work has gone 
forward simultaneously with the building up of the Garden col- 
lections in all departments. 
Dr. Small took up the study of the plants of the Southern 
States, realizing that the flora of the region was very imperfectly 
known, and during its progress every opportunity has been taken 
advantage of to carry on exploration in that field and to secure 
- for the Garden collections specimens obtained by all botanical 
collectors who have visited the region; much material has also 
been contributed by resident botanists in the south. Several 
hundred species new to science, many of them of great botanical 
interest, have been disclosed. The descriptions of many others 
have been made more accurate than those furnished: by preced- 
ing writers and more satisfactory generic limits have in many 
cases been established, so that the work is a grand contribution 
to science, 
Both Dr. Small and the Garden are to be congratulated on the 
successful completion of this important work, which must remain 
for many years as the standard text-book upon the flora of the 
southeastern United States. 
N. L. Brirron. 
NOTES, NEWS AND COMMENT. 
Mr. L. Cockayne, of Christ Church, New Zealand, one of the 
most valued correspondents of the Garden, who has contributed 
to our collections in many ways, has recently been awarded the 
degree of Doctor of Philosophy, onoris causa, by the University 
of Munich, 
Sir Daniel Morris, Imperial Commissioner of Agriculture for 
