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sistence of the broken stipe bases which indisputably 

 are spiny. In certain species the spines are long 

 straight, columnar and blunt ; in others low and broadly 

 conical with a hooked point ; in still others slender and 

 sharp but very short and closely set. In color, spines 

 range from yellow to brown, purple, and black, usually 

 taking the color of the stipe or presenting a darker and 

 highly polished surface, — From an article by W. R. 

 Max on in Smithsonian Report for iqii. 



OWNERS OF COMPLETE SETS. 



As this magazine closes its existence, it will be of in- 

 terest to again indicate the whereabouts of the few 

 complete sets that are known to be in existence. So far 

 as we can ascertain these number thirty-one, three of 

 which are owned outside of the United States. There 

 are several sets that are known to be nearly complete. 

 Mr. D. Le Roy Topping, of Manila, P. I. and Mr. W. 



A. Poyser, of Hammond, Indiana have sets lacking 

 only one or two numbers, and the set owned by the late 



B. D. Gilbert, now in the public library Utica, N. Y., 

 lacked only four pages of completeness. Several of the 

 larger public libraries have files that are nearly com- 

 plete. The perfect sets are as follows : 



Arthur, Dr. J. C, Lafayette, Inch 



Barnhart, Dr. J. H., Tarrytown, N. Y. (Two 



copies) . 

 Belhatte, C, Paris, France. 

 Brooks,, Mks. Wm. Ft, New Britain, Conn. 

 Burr, J. H. Ten Eyck, Rome, Italy. 

 Chase,, Virginius H., Barclay, Kans. 

 Coffin, Mrs. Judith, H., Newburyport, Mass. 

 Clute, Willarq N., Joliet, 111. 



