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We take the following paragraphs concerning the death of Dr. C. B. Robin- 
son, which was mentioned in the January issue, from a recent issue of the Kew 
Bulletin. 
“Ic was with great regret that we learned of the murder of Dr. C. B. Robin- 
son, of the Bureau of Science, Manila, in Amboina on December 5, 1913. Dr. 
Robinson had gone to Amboina in order to collect over the classic ground visited 
by Rumphius, and to obtain as complete a collection as possible of the species 
figured and described by Rumphius. Mr. E. D. Merrill, who proceeded to Am- 
boina immediately on hearing of Dr. Robinson’s death, has sent us particulars 
of the melancholy event, and a copy of the official report of his death, and he 
also informs us that he has recovered and taken to Manila the whole of the 
botanical collections made by Dr. Robinson. 
“From the information sent to Kew by Mr. Merrill it would appear that the 
murder was committed largely from fear on the part of the Boetonese, perhaps 
also for the sake of robbery. Immediaely after the murder had been committed, 
reflection appears to have followed, and in order to wipe out every trace of their 
deed the murderers threw the body into the sea without anything having been 
stolen. It is possible, as suggested in the official report, that Dr. Robinson 
was the victim of superstitious fear caused among the inhabitants by his sudden 
and unexplained appearance in the lonely spot to which he had walked unaccom- 
panied. Dr. Robinson was very popular with the natives and with their chil- 
dren, and made frequent journeys alone, so that the true cause of the murder is 
somewhat obscure. His death caused general mourning among the population 
of Amboina. . . .’’—Kew Bulletin 1914: No. 5. 
EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT 
Offerings — To Members Only, for Return Postage. 
Mr. Geo. B. Kaiser, 508 Locust Ave., Germantown, Penna. — Fontinalis 
SuUivantii Lindb., collected in New Jersey. 
Mr. Roy Latham, Orient, Long Island, N. Y. — Dichelyma capillaceum B. 
& S., Cladonia turgida (Ehrh.) Hoffm. var. conspicua (Schaer.) Nyl., Ramalina 
calicaria (L.) Fr., and Usnea articulata (L.) Hoffm. 
Mr. Severin Rapp, 207 First St., Sanford, Fla. — Graphis termida Merrill, 
sp. nov., and Platygrapha subattingens Nyl. 
Dr. H. E. Hasse, Santa Monica, Calif. — Lecania cyrtella (Ach.) Oliv. 
Mrs. H. C. Dunham, 206 Windsor Road, Waban, Mass. — Hygrohypnum 
Mackayi (Schimp.) Loeske, and Rhacomitrium aciculare Brid., both c. fr. from 
Grand Manan, N. B. 
Miss Helen E. Greenwood, 5 Benefit Terrace, Worcester, Mass. — Cepha- 
lozia curvifolia (Dicks.) Dum., and Cephaloziella byssacea (Roth) Warnst., both 
collected in Massachusetts. 
Mr. Edward B. Chamberlain, 18 West 89th St., New York City. — Oedi- 
cladium rufescens (Hornsch.) Mitt, collected in Java by Dr. Max Fleischer. 
Miss Alice L. Crockett, R. F. D. 1, Camden, Me. — Solorina saccata (L.) 
Ach., collected in Quebec. 
