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Virginia counties, but his carefully and explicitly kept Journal does not bear out such a conclusion. He did however collect at Harpers Ferry, Charlestown and Summit Point, in Jefferson County, and at Wheeling, Buffalo Point, and the mouth of

the Little Kanawha River, on his journey to Kentucky and Illinois in 1793. His collections are in the Herbarium of the Museum of Paris.

(2) Matthias Kin, a German nurseryman and collector, took up his residence in Philadelphia and from there made many extensive excursions for the purpose of collecting living plants and seeds for horticultural purposes. During these trips he also preserved plants for herbarium material. About the year 1800 he collected extensively from Cumberland, Md., through the Tygarts River Valley in Randolph County. His exact localities are in doubt as his labels are eccentrically written in "Pennsylvania Dutch." The prime set of his collections of dried plants is in the Royal Botanical Garden, Berlin.

(3) Frederick Pursh, a noted German Botanist (born in Russia) established himself in Philadelphia in 1799. From there he made many important botanical explorations. His most interesting collections were made in the vicinity of Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County; and in Greenbrier and Monroe Counties in the neighborhood of White Sulphur and Sweet Springs in 1805. His prime collection is in the Herbarium of the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew, London.

(4) (Constantine Samuel) Rafinesque (Schmaltz), the eccentric Franco-German naturalist (Born in Turkey), immigrated to Philadelphia in 1802. In 1818, on his way to Kentucky, he collected plants at Wheeling, Williamstown and Point Pleasant ; and on his return walked from Wheeling to Kenilworth through Ohio, Brooke and Hancock Counties, collecting throughout the route. In 1819 he collected afoot along the Potomac River from Harpers Ferry to Cumberland, Md., through Jefferson, Berkeley, Morgan and Hampshire Counties. In 1825 he again collected in Ohio County from Valley Grove to Wheeling; and later, starting from Cumberland, he followed the South Branch of the Potomac from its mouth through Hampshire, Hardy, and Pendleton Counties to the South Fork Mountains, where he "collected many fine plants." From here he crossed the county and the mountains to Virginia. In 1832 he again collected in Jefferson County in the neighborhood of Harpers Ferry. While his collections were undoubtedly large, and very valuable, their numerical strength is unknown as his private herbarium has never been found. Some of his duplicates are in the herbaria of the University of Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia Academy of Sciences.

(4a) Dr. William E. A. Aikin of Baltimore, Maryland, collected in the neighborhood of Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, about the year 1832. The extent and disposition of his collections is at present unknown. I have seen but one specimen of his, that in Dr. Torrey's herbarium. New York Botanical Garden.

(5) Gray, Carey and Constable. Dr. Asa Gray, John Carey and John Constable, on their collecting trip to the mountains of