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mens, of the late Edward Lee Greene was left by him to the 

 University of Notre Dame. The herbarium is probably the 

 richest private collection in the country. 



In connection with the twentieth anniversary celebration of 

 the New York Botanical Garden, Miss Caroline Coventry 

 Haynes presented to the garden the collection of Hepaticae 

 formerly belonging to Dr. Marshall A. Howe, from whom she 

 purchased it in 1909. This collection is especially rich in 

 Californian material and includes most of the specimens de- 

 scribed or cited by Dr. Howe in his memoir on "The Hepaticae 

 and Anthocerotes of California," published in 1899. The collec- 

 tion includes, besides, a considerable amount of foreign material 

 received in exchanges with Schiffner, Levier, Heeg, and other 

 European students of the Hepaticae. The pockets of specimens 

 now turned over to the garden number 1,174. The Ricciaceae 

 of this herbarium had already been deposited at the garden. 

 Certain specimens belonging to groups in which Miss Haynes 

 is especially interested are being retained by her for a time, 

 making the total number of pockets of specimens that are 

 eventually to come to the garden about 1,851. 



Ecologists and phytogeographers should be warned by the 

 following which appeared in the New York Times, November 22. 

 "Professor Will S. Monroe of the Montclair State Normal 

 School has ended another season of planting seeds in various 

 parts of this country. This is the first year in twelve that he 

 has not done international planting, the war having interfered 

 with his hobby. Ever since he was a boy Mr. Monroe has 

 delighted in transposing the seeds of w41d flowers and plants 

 and trees, so that the growths indigenous to one section would 

 find a home in another. He formerly took American seeds to 

 European, countries and planted them there, returning to this 

 country with seeds from the foreign lands, which he planted 

 in this country. In the Eagle Rock Park, west of Montclair, 

 he has planted many foreign seeds, but most of his planting 

 has been done in the woods of New Jerse}-, New York, and New 

 England. Mr. Monroe usually goes on his walking trips carrying 

 bags of seeds in his pockets. The seed he tosses broadcast as 



