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For the plants of America outside of Canada, as well as 
for the general herbarium containing species from all other 
parts of the world, M. Brunet, always careful to give to his 
museum an indisputable authority, secured specimens from 
the most celebrated collectors, as we may see from the 
following partial enumeration :— 
Plants from the Rocky Mountains, from the collections 
of Hall, Parry and Harbour, named by Asa Gray and Dr, 
Engelmann 
Plants of Illinois and Missouri, from ihe collections of 
Reid arranged by Stendel. Also from the collections of 
Geyer. 
Flora of New York from the collection of Leidenberg, 
named by N. Sonder. 
Flora of Texas and vicinity, from collection of Mr. 
Vincent. 
* American mosses, from the collections of Sullivant and 
Lesquereux. 
It would also be necessary to mention a large number of 
plants furnished to M. Brunet by his correspondents as 
exchanges ; among others, by Mosser, Smith and Durand, of 
Philadelphia. As for the specimens of the general herb- 
arium, it will suffice to name Messrs. Puel, Maille, Borderey, 
Le Jolis, Verlot, E, Bourgeau, J. Carruel, Balansa, Mougeot 
and Nestler, to make one realize the value of an herbarium 
containing collections from so many well known botanists. 
An idea of the amount of labor accomplished by the 
lamented professor, outside of his teaching and other duties, 
may be gained from the statement that the herbarium of 
Laval University—thanks to the intelligent care of M. 
Branet—contains more than 10,000 specimens, all properly 
named and classified. In addition to this work, M. Brunet 
occupied himself in collecting for the benefit of his students 
a complete series of our Canadian woods, He caused the 
specimens to be cut in such a manner as to present all the 
parts of the wood from the bark to the pith. ‘To the collec- 
tion thus made by himself, he added a number of exotic 
woods which he obtained from the friends he had made in 
