completion of a 50-foot-long greenhouse that would house 

 the plant collection at the Patent Office. Because of the 

 numerous plants the Institute had acquired from the Wilkes 

 Expedition, Brackenridge announced, the Institute now pos- 

 sessed one of the "most extensive and varied botanical 

 collections ." More than 500 species were already in cultiva- 

 tion and another 1,100 plants had been placed in pots. 21 



Brackenridge's report also contained the following list 

 of the live plants and herbarium specimens that had been 

 collected at the various places visited by the Expedition. 

 These included: 



Maleira 300 



Cape de Verde 



Islands 60 



Brazil 989 



Patagonia 



(Rio Negro) 150 



Terra del Fuego.. 220 



Chile and Chilean 



Andes 442 



Peru and Peru- 

 vian Andes 820 



Tahiti 288 



Samoa, or Navi- 

 gator Islands... 457 



New Holland 789 



New Zealand 398 



Lord Auckland 



Island 50 



Tongatabu 236 



Fiji Islands 786 



Low Coral Islands 27 

 Sandwich 



Islands 883 



Oregon Country... 1,218 



California 519 



Manila 381 



Singapore 80 



Mindanao 102 



Tulu Islands 58 



Mangsi Islands 80 



Cape of Good 



Hope 330 



St. Helena 20 



Total number of 

 species 22 9,674 



21 Ibid., pp. 353-354; and Rathbun, The Columbian Institute, p. 51. 

 See also Bartlett, Reports of the Wilkes Expedition, pp. 676-677. 



22 Goode, The Genesis of the National Museum, p. 353. The items in 

 the published list add to 9,683. This discrepancy is not explained. 



