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hope only that later, when the war is over, a way will be found to obtain the
light metal cases. In the meanwhile everything possible is being done to keep the
sheets free from dust and dirt.

As already stated, the Martindale Herbarium is a very comprehensive collection
of plants. The sheets are filed in alphabetical sequence of species within the genera.
Sometimes each species is enclosed by a species cover of white paper. This happens
mostly when several specimens are present. Upon the outside of these species-covers
very often are glued clippings of an identification book, the origin of which we do
not know. There are also pieces of pages from Ace Grey "New Manual of Botany", 5th
edition ( ). The different species are united within the genera, and enclosed by a
genus-cover of a light-brown stiff Manila paper. The format of the sheets is larger &
than it is used in general.

Martindale purchased entire collections, for instance in 1861 the Ferdinand Rugel
Collection. In July 1874 he bought in Interlaken, Switzerland, the Brunner Collection.
There are still booklets and notices, written by Martindale, concerning the purchasing
of these collections. Martindale himself remounted the specimens of the purchased
collections and glued their labels upon the new sheets. These labels are often very
interesting as they show that the Martindale Herbarium contains plants of the whole
world. Among the collectors we find sometimes famous names like St. Hilaire, Schimper,
Russey and others.

Among others, I found the following labels:

O.G. Thedemius, Stockholm,
Ex Museo botanico Holmieni, communicavit M.J. Andersson,
(Both are from Stockholm, Sweden, with North-European plants)
W. Steinitz, Budapest, (with Hungarian plants)
Herbier de Ad. Chatin,
Herbier L.E. Planchon, (sometimes with signatures of Auguste de St. Hilaire
from the years 1846/47.)
Flore des Environs de Rosenlau, Faulhorn, Grimsel, Furca etc., ex Collection
J. Brunner,
(With alpine plants)
Ex Herb. Postian, apud Colleg. Syriens, Protest. (by George W. Post, author of
"Flora of Palestine") Beirut.
(With plants from Syria and Palestine)
Herbarium Dr. Ferdinand Rugel of Temesse. (Sometimes with signatures of
Schimper from 1835/36, concerning Arabian plants, or Endres, dated from
the twentieth of the 19th century, written in German language, with
plants from Germany)