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orders in the same way. Interest has been centered about the rushes, 
sedges, and grasses; 102 sheets represent the Juncaceae, 778 the 
Cyperaceae (of which 8o are Cyperus and 558 are Carex), and 1017 
the Gramineae. Some of the other orders are represented as follows ; 
Compositae, 691 sheets; Filices, 315 sheets; Leguminosae, 269 sheets ; 
Rosaceae, 188 sheets; Scrophulariaceae, 159 sheets; Labiatae, 131 
sheets; /Vazadaceae, 122 sheets of which rog are Potamogetons mostly 
purchased from Dr. Thomas Morong. 
Taylor, Thomas, see Harvard University, Cryptogamic Her- 
barium. 
Terry, Emily Hitchcock, NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS. — 
Mrs. Terry's herbarium contains about 1600 specimens of flower- 
ing plants and ferns, and has been collected during the last 
‘fifteen years. The most important part is the collection of ferns, 
which represents all the species, with one exception, which are 
described in Gray's Manual, also many of more recent discovery. 
In addition Mrs. Terry has specimens of ferns from western and 
southern United States, the West Indies, Bermuda, Labrador, Iceland, 
Japan, India and the Hawaiian Islands. 
Thoreau, Henry David.— At his decease Henry D. Thoreau 
bequeathed to the Boston Society of Natural history his herbarium 
excluding the Carices. The latter he gave to Mr. Edwin S. Hoar 
of Concord, Mass. After some years the Boston Society of Natural 
History gave the part in their possession to the town of Concord and 
it is now deposited in the Public Library. It consists of six large 
sized folios of about roo sheets each, several specimens being mounted 
upon one sheet. The plants, which are arranged systematically have 
no labels, the names being written on the sheets often without further 
data, and sometimes with a pencil. Some Maine plants are included 
but Concord and its vicinity have the largest representation. Ina 
written catalogue 750 species and varieties are recorded. 
EDITORIAL. 
Two botanical journals have expressed surprise at the publication 
in our advertising pages of the Bangor and Aroostook notice. They 
have done so upon the not unnatural supposition that the plants 
