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Mountains now in preparation. A recent gift from‘Mr. Adrian 
Iselin has made the extension of the important work possible. 
Professor D. T. Mac Dougal, tis assistant, who has spent a 
s absence in the West Indies. Dr. MacDougal was accom- 
panied by Mr. Wilson Harris, as a voluntary assistant, and secured 
a large number of living plants for th door plantations, 
many kinds of seed for growing additional species, and over go 
numbers of herbari nd museum specimens, collectively in- 
ludin ore than 3, eci s n additi ese a con- 
siderable number of duplicates from the collections of the n- 
tana University were obtained. e expenses of the expedition 
have been paid from funds contributed b 
of the board of managers. Professor MacDougal attended the 
eeting of the American Association for the Advancement o 
Science held at Denver, August 24th to 29th, acting in the im- 
portant position of secretary of the council of the Association. 
rcy Wilson, museum aid, who was sent to the East 
Singapore, and at Buitenzorg, J w. was most kindly 
received, and arranged with these institutions for important ex- 
changes of plants, books and specimens. Ou ks are due to 
r. Fox, ingapore garden to Professor Treub, of 
. of the Sing: 
the Buitenzorg institution, for their interest in facilitating Mr. 
Wilson’s work, which will be reported on in detail by him in a 
subsequent issue of the JOURNAL. 
T h has shown extremes in neither temperature 
nor rain eas although its rainfall of 8.56 inches has 
