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is preserved at the New York Botanical Garden, and smaller 

 sets were distributed to Dr. Goodsell, the United States National 

 Museum, the Philadelphia Academy, andjthe Field Museum. 

 Chicago. As said before. Dr. Goodsell's collection was made at 

 five different stations. Of these three are in Greenland, viz: (i) 

 in the vicinity of North Star Bay (latitude 76° 32'), August 3-6, 

 1908; (2) in the vicinity of Cape Saumarey (latitude 77° 51'), 

 August 8, 1908; (3) in the vicinity of Etah (latitude 78° 20'), 

 August 6-18, 1908. One station was in the vicinity of Cape 

 Sheridan, Grant Land (latitude 82° 30'), June 15 to July 17, 1909, 

 and the last in a ravine near Battle Harbor, Labrador. All the 

 specimens collected by Dr. Wolf were gathered on the north 

 shore of Grant Land. 



It would not be out of the way to say something about the 

 country from which these plants came. Greenland is an island 

 about 23° long and over 50° wide. Of course, at that latitude 

 the degrees of longitude are very narrow. The land is very high 

 on the eastern side. Most of the interior is completely unknown, 

 but many mountains towering over 10,000 feet are known to 

 exist and Petermann's Mountain is estimated at 11,000 feet. 

 The mountains on the west side are evidently lower, the highest 

 known about 5,400 feet. The whole interior is covered with ice 

 or snow. The country evidently slopes somewhat from east to 

 west as the glacier seems to bring more ice down on this side. 

 So far as I know only three expeditions have been made across 

 the country, one in the extreme north by Peary and two in 

 southern Greenland. None have been undertaken in the central 

 portion, which is much higher. A cross country ride in this 

 portion would be a much more strenuous undertaking than 

 Peary's trip to the pole or even Shackleton's travels in search 

 of the South Pole. 



The eastern coast, especially the part directly opposite Iceland, 

 is practically unknown.* No vessel has been able even to get 

 near the coast in the last two centuries. There are traditions 

 telling of two settlements made hundreds of years ago from Ice- 



* A few expeditions to this part have been undertaken recently, but the reports, 

 if any, have not reached our Hbraries. 



