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Dr. N. L. Britton, Director-in-chief, has been given leave of 
absence by the Board of Ma anagers, and sent to represent the 
is 
An examination will be made of several ee 
ale in Great Britain. The Board of Managers have designated 
r. MacDougal as Acting Director. in-Chief during his absence, 
Professor L. M. Underwood spent the summer in investigations 
upon American ferns in the Britism Museum, Kew Gardens, and 
the Cosson Herbarium in Paris. The Cosson Herbarium con- 
tains the Feé collection, formerly owned by Emperor Dom Pedro 
of Brazil. The Feé collection has the largest and best set of 
West Indian ferns in existence 
