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A. C. Waghorne; from Cuba by Mr, Charles W: from 
Venezuela by Fendler and Gillard ; bon Brazil by Balansa ; from 
Argentina by Spegazzini; the whole representing an array of 
American material unparalielled) in any collection in the world. 
The Old World is represented by an enormous amount of ma- 
terial obtained by cxchange during the last thirty years, and the 
specimens included in the fungi exsiecati, or collections issued for 
sale in sets, amount to about 35,000. Among these are the sets 
of Ravenel, Ellis, pene and Holway, Seymour and Earle, and 
r from America, and the European series of Rehm, Raben- 
horst, Romell, Rou ere, Kunze, Krieger, Karsten, Serie 
Berkeley’s copy of Desmazieres’ es Cr Te de France 
illustrated with copious drawings by Berkeley himself. Many of 
these exsiccati are e of special value and are accessible in but few 
American collect 
Following the ee of the larger herbaria the species of the 
ee are Saeed on the herbarium sheets in their proper 
sequence. The original lists or indices of the exsiccati are care- 
fully preserved so that species referred to by number can be 
readily found in the collection, and a judicious system of cross 
references will make it possible to find such species as were ori- 
ginally issued under names other than the one now recognized. 
research and reference 
Lucien M. UNDERWooD. 
MOSSES IN MARCH. 
“ For thou, to eae lands, again 
The glad an ri i 
And thou hast joined 
And wear'st the ae name - Spring.” 
Bronx River has been at its flood, and in one night of 
wind and rain has leaped its bounds, covering the north meadows 
