As the Expedition’s principal field of work lay in Ellesmereland, 
and as only in a few instances had I any opportunity of visiting other 
parts of the Arctic American Archipelago, the contributions to the botani- 
cal exploration of that region which I have been able to make have, for 
the most part, reference to the Ellesmereland flora and vegetation. The 
former is treated in my FI. Ellesm., about the latter I hope soon to get 
an opportunity of publishing a paper. From our three quarters, in the 
south coast, however, some expeditions were made which brought home 
some small materials of plants and observations from the south-west and 
west also. For my own part, I visited in 1900 and 1902 a few points on 
the coast of N. Devon; in 1901 and 1902 different points in the island 
of N. Kent; and in 1902 the two small islets Castle Island and Devils 
Isle off the coast of N. Devon. As these short visits were made in the 
favorable season, I think I can give a tolerably adequate idea of the 
botanical features of these places. Still worse is the case with the con- 
tributions to the botany of some other places where I have not myself 
been and which were only visited in the spring sledging expeditions by 
other members of the expedition. Mr. Scuer especially has thus contri- 
buted to the botanical exploration; his collections and notes were made 
on Graham Island, in Heiberg Land, and in N. Devon. 
The places where collections are made are shown in the sketch-map 
on the next page where they are marked by their names or by numbers 
corresponding with those in the text. 
