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MEMOIRS OF THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN [Vo/. V 8, No. 3 



ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 



Our contacts in Nyasaland were marked by unfailing courtesy and an al- 

 ways interested and helpful attitude on the part of officials and other European 

 residents of the country. Our plans were approved and in many ways forwarded by 

 Sir Edmund Richards, at that time Governor of the Protectorate. Mr. M. E. Leslie, 

 Acting Chief Secretary, did much to smooth our way. The African Lakes Corpora- 

 tion, old-established merchants and traders, amply fulfilled our espectations as 

 agents of the expedition. 



For valuable assistance and initial advice we were especially indebted to 

 Mr. C. W. Benson, District Commissioner at Zomba, and ornithologist by avoca- 

 tion. We also were greatly aided by Mr. R. G. M. Willan, Assistant Conservator 

 of Forests; Mr. William Rangley, District Commissioner at Kota-kota; and Mr. 

 Guy D. Muldoon, Officer in Charge, Mweru Agricultural Experiment Station. Ar- 

 rangements for my work on Nyika were made easy by Major D. N. Smalley, Chief 

 Agricultural Officer, Northern Province, and Edward Kachali, Native Agricultural 

 Instructor at Nchena-chena. It is a pleasure, too, to acknowledge the generous 

 assistance of Mr. Duncan Smith, manager of Mianga Tea Estate, at Cholo. 



To Mr. Arthur Vernay, sponsor and leader of the expedition, I am grateful for 

 the interest and generosity which led to my being a member of the party. He and 

 Dr. Anthony and Captain Shortridge were congenial companions in the field. All 

 three had an eye for plants and brought in contributions to the collections which 

 were much appreciated. 



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