New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-11
An AMERICANS GIFT TO NEUFOTNDLAND.
HERBARItM OF THE CoIONY's FLORA MADE
by PROFESSOR ROBINSON OF HARVARD
INTERESTING DISCOVERIES
From The ST. Johns tNewfoundland) Evening Her

mer Or. Robinson one OF the most distinguished
bo;anists Of the United stat. pad visit to ths
is professor Of botany IN Harvard University. and
is The successor Of Or. Asa Gray. whose reputation
as a botanist Is worli-wde DR.. Robinson was &C
companied By Mr.. Schrenk. one OF his brightest
enterpri.. and took back Win them very large
collection Of the plants Of Newfoundland 1t will be
sTve1 from hat the npSsa s to sf K p R
sented TO the Museum complete set Of these plants
conferred a public benefit on the colony This coli
lection will be the nucleus Of herbarium which. in
To those OF young people who take an interest
IL botany this will be invaluable; and IT may be
science IN the name Of the community beg
daily 10 thank Dr Robinson for his valuable gif;:
Harvard University. Jan. e. 1885
Dear DR.. Harvey: II has been long time since
that / have not written sooner. to tell you how
much enjoyed our stay upon the island, ana TO
tribute1 so much 10 our pleasure while there. You
viii remember that promised 10 send set Of our
lie educational Institution, at your discretion
few dsy5 saf have 70 6 2T fl sent b G' rc GS
by the Canada Atlantic and Red Cross lines. and
e eha2ae dn nG fall to iet me- Know wnaf it s
hone you will feel responsibility IN regard 10 the
collection beyond placing IT, II you VIII be 80 kind.
In the institution where IL will be Of the mos,
II has been pleasure to prepare and send these
ance and many kin1nesses shown us while in New
foundand
II, as | believe there some young people in
St Johns who are interested IN botany This lite
collection may. hope prove useful IN encouraging
their study and IN time become the nuclcus OF
a much more complete herbarium Of your interest
ing native fora. have had one OF my assistants
cording to the afintes of the plants and have
had the sheets numbered In red ink IN that order.
so that II they should become isarranged In pack
ing or unpacking they can b" '"adily restored to
Their natural position. The figures ',rlnted upon the
labels are the purely empirical numbers used for
CITATION OF particular plants N "cientihc works
BY reference 10 this collection II will be possible
for any one interested to identify most pants in the
summer nora OF Southeastern Ne yfoundland. or
course you have spring plants. which had quite
ness OF our stay. A few others. ne commonest
OF all, such the dandeon. yellow water-lily the
fir. and the black spruce did not collect having
our hands full with much more interesting ma
terial. However. when any Ncwfoun Hand botansts
On , rs,uInng FROM or month in Newfoundland.
, S"na. .pecmens Of noSerins plants and several
plants have now a. been determined and distributed
as exchanges TO other herberia. One set We sent
ment naturalist. a man who has had years OF
paPterlence In Judging the va.ue OF land by its
that he fully confirms MS in thinking that the fora
OF d, me interior OF Newfoundland, as far as our
no e cSnsns FEW hHs ecacd oG5 and
Wncn would be serviceablc for various agricultural
Five OF the plans nrov OF o much
is So as their occurrence In America had never
others had only been Known m ana mo
ppe ,be. SprSSi,mens so that the copous material
new light upon their Systematic pank on his re-
urn NJ Shrenk was so fortunate as 10 secure
az az excDt@h position in leading preparatory school
vi o. SaI'norInge II he knew that was writing
s su am hnS sure tsst he would wish Join in
Rev Moses Harvey. ID. ID.