TO 



PROFESSOR EUGENIUS WARMING 



THE FATHER OF MODERN PLAXT ECOLOGY 



AXD TO 



PROFESSOR CHARLES FLAHAULT 



WHO THROUGH HIS PUPIL 



ROBERT SMITH 



INSPIRED THE BOTANICAL SURVEY OF THIS COUNTRY 

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