GuilHenrde Vriese Protrepticus ad commilitones, Athenaei Illustris Amstelodemensis alumnos, quo scholas botanicas, die Vante idus Octobres, MDCCCXLI, publice instauravit . The Museum. books of Columbia University, as well as those accumulated by theGarden, now numbering more than eight thousand volumes, with noreckoning of unbound separates and pamphlets. The collection ofbotanieal periodicals is nearly complete, and the library is especiallyrich in literature concerning the mosses, ferns, and the flora of IsTorthand South America. The main herbarium occupies a room in the east wing, eighty-fi
GuilHenrde Vriese Protrepticus ad commilitones, Athenaei Illustris Amstelodemensis alumnos, quo scholas botanicas, die Vante idus Octobres, MDCCCXLI, publice instauravit . The Museum. books of Columbia University, as well as those accumulated by theGarden, now numbering more than eight thousand volumes, with noreckoning of unbound separates and pamphlets. The collection ofbotanieal periodicals is nearly complete, and the library is especiallyrich in literature concerning the mosses, ferns, and the flora of IsTorthand South America. The main herbarium occupies a room in the east wing, eighty-fiveby forty-seven feet, and connected with it are storerooms and officesadequate to its administration. Windows on all sides of the mainroom and skylights give ample illumination. The number of mountedspecimens 011 the shelves is not less than three quarters of a million,including the herbarium of Columbia University, which is depositedhere in accordance with the agreement between the two collection is especially rich in fungi, embracing the collections ofEllis and other eminent mycologists. A large amount of material of 174 roVULAR 8CIENCE MONTELY.
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