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Geological Survey of New York at its organization in 1836, he brought together 
the material which was issued in 1843, as a Flora of the State of New York 
in two large quarto volumes illustrated by ı61 plates. Shortly after the publi- 
cation of the Botany of the Mexican Boundary in 1859, DR. 'TORREY trans- 
ferred his herbarium and botanic library to Columbia College, where it forms 
the nucleus of the collections now gathered together in the New York Botanic 
Museum at Bronx Park. The Flora of North America containing Descriptions 
of all Plants north of Mexico by TORREY and GRAY in two volumes appeared 
in the period from 1838 to 1843. The TORREY Botanical Club organized in 
1873 has been a constant stimulus to botanic work in New York City and 
neighborhood. One of the most valued results of its labors has been the work 
of individual members on the local flora. Catalogues prepared by members, 
later than the Catalogue by Torrey in 1817, where those on Staten Island by 
N. L. BRITTON and ARTHUR HorLick; Stissing Mountain by LyMAn O. HoyS- 
RADT; on West Chester County by O. R. WıLLis; on Manhattan Island by 
O. W. MORRIS; on Central Park by E. A. Dav; on Long Island by S. E. JEL- 
LIFFE extending the earlier partial lists of E. R. MiLLER, HENRI W. YOUNG 
and others. Most valuable work contributory to the New York local flora was 
done by W. H. LEGGETT, C. F. Austin, T. F. ALLEN, H. SCHRENK in earlier 
years and in recent years by Rev. MR. LIGHTHIPE, Mrs. E. G. BRITTON, MisS 
SANIAL, E. P. BICKNELL and N. L. BrıtTon. The Preliminary Catalogue. of 
Anthophyta and Pteridophyta growing within 100 miles of New York was a 
result of the labors of N. L. BRıTTon, E. E. STEARNS and Julius POGGEN- 
BURG. In addition to the publications issued under the auspices of the Torrey 
Club should be mentioned PAINES Catalogue of Plants found in Oneida County 
1864; the Cayuga Flora by Wm. R. DUDLEY 1886; the Plants of Buffalo and 
its Vicinity (1882) by Davıp F. Day; the Chatauqua Flora by EDWARD S. 
BURGESS in 1877; Flora of the Upper Susquehanna by WILLARD N. CLUTE 
and later 1903 by FRANK E. FENNO for the same region; Plants of Monroe 
County, New York 1896 by FLORENCE BECKWITH and Mary E. MACAULEY; 
Plants of the Summit of Mt. Marcy published in Bulletin of New York State 
Museum for 1899 by CHARLES H. PECK, and Plants of North Elba in the same 
periodical for 1899 by the same botanist. BRITTON and BrowN’s Illustrated 
Flora appeared in 1896, BRITTON’s Manual in 1901 and BRITTON and SHAFER’S 
North American Trees in 1908. 
The botanic staffs of Columbia University and the recently organized New 
York Botanic Garden and Museum in Bronx Park have within the past few 
years shown unusual vigor in the pursuit of botanic knowledge under the 
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