It is significant of the character of the man that Judge Brown's 

 later work was the more important. His service, in connection 

 with Judge Charles P. Daly, in drawing the charter of the 

 New York Botanical Garden, was of inestimable value, not only 

 to that institution, but to botanical science. He became the 

 president of the Garden in 191 o and continued in that position 

 until the time of his death. 



He was a subscriber to the endowment fund of the garden to 

 the extent of $25,000 and he bequeathed to it property to the 

 value of more than $20,000. This bequest is preserved in The 

 Addison Brown Fund, the income of which is to be devoted to 

 the publication of a magazine with colored illustrations. 



The greatest botanical work in which the Judge participated 

 was the writing of Britton and Brown's Illustrated Flora of the 

 Northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions, 

 the second edition of which was completed just before his death. 

 It should never be forgotten that Judge Brown undertook this 

 great work with no expectation that it would ever repay its 

 cost. His only anxiety was as to the probable extent of his loss, 

 which he hoped would not exceed $25,000; and it is exceptionally 

 gratifying, under such circumstances, that the publication proved 

 to be financially, as well as scientifically, successful. 



An extended obituary, written by Dr. N. L. Britton, will be 

 found in the Journal of the New York Botanical Garden for 

 June, 1913. 



H. H. RusBY 



VIOLETS NEW TO SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA 



By H. D. House 



A single day was spent by the writer in the vicinity of Gilmer- 

 ton, Norfolk county, Virginia, in April of 1912, and again in 

 April, 19 1 3. The only finds of real interest were violets, abundant 

 and easy to find at that season of the year. 



Viola septemloba LeConte 

 This rare southern species seems well entitled to a position in 

 the flora of the northeastern states, having already been twice 



