of his collections for the general understanding of the Flora 
of Greenland as a whole, a problem especially interesting for 
my studies. Also his collections will contain several verifi 
cations to earlier american lists,, in, which unintended eonfu 
sion of the collections with such from South Greenland pro¬ 
bably has arisen. 
Here Mr. Ekblaw studied my herbarium and the scandi 
navian arctic botanical.literature and he made collections 
of plants from South Disko for comparison. I dayly witnessed 
his diligence and his delight in bringing a good result in 
this branch for his efforts during 5 long years of his life. 
I cannot help, it seems to me an injustice towards 
Mr. Ekblaw that the results of his good service cannot be 
utilized, and it seems unwise for one of the greatest scien¬ 
tific institutions in the world to economize in the utilizing 
o the results, even when the expedition became^sxpensive 
than expected. The subsequent Danish expedition (K. Rasmussen^ 
covered partially the same afcea. The collections of' my late 
unfortunate friend Dr. Wulff are now in the hands of Dr. C. H. 
Ostenfeld and will probably soon be ready for publishing, whili 
Mr. Ekblaw’s, gathered long time before, are still delayed. 
va 
I allow me - without awaiting Mr. Ekblaw’s aporo 
_a n appeal s ^ ■ 
1 ~ your "great influence in that matter, trusting that 
a word of yours will acquire full consideration by the Ameri_ 
can Museum. It will be necessary for Mr. Ekblaw to revise 
his identifications at some large museum, perhaps also to 
get a little help in difficult matters. When here, he planned 
to elaborate his lists under your guidance and after their 
publishing make studies in the arctic herbariums of Copenha¬ 
gen, Stockholm and Christiania and lastly write a book on the 
