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related to our ii stimulosa of Florida, or the white nettle 
as it is called t 
Both Mr. Smith or Mr. Galloway furnished every facility for 
the proper moving of the plants, and did all in their power to 
expedite the process, and we feel grateful to them for their help 
GeorcE V. Nasu. 
and courtesy. 
NOTES, NEWS AND COMMENT. 
Professor N. L.Britton, director-in-chief, left for St. Kitts and 
other of the Windward Islands, on August 30th, accompanied by 
t ffi i 
r. Jo . Cowe 
The object of their expedition is to obtain living tropical plants 
and seeds for the conservatory collections, specimens for the 
public museums, and as complete a collection of herbarium speci- 
mens of these islands as can be obtained during a month or six 
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work in Porto Rico made possible by funds contributed by Mr. 
W. E. Dodge 
Professor L. M. Underwood, of the scientific directors, whose 
ex 
ploration begun by Dr. P. A. Rydberg, whose studies on the 
botany of that region are published in five numbers of Garden 
Contributions and in volume 1 of our Memoirs, preliminary to 
the publication of his exhaustive Flora of the Northern Rocky 
