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shown at the British Museum of Natural History, by Mr. Wm. 
Carruthers, the Chief of the Botanical Department of that institu- 
tion. The collection is in book form, and is prefixed by the fol- 
lowing statement : 
“This manuscript, which has never been printed, contains a 
part of the Flora of New York, and was composed by a lady, 
the daughter of the Governor, Cadwallader Colden, well-known 
for his botanical works, and a physician as well. This lady mat- — 
ried a doctor of medicine, Farquhar, a Scotchman by birth, and 
she died soon afterwards. Some of the names are according {0 
her father and according to Gronovius, and some are according — 
to the Brandenburg Dr. Schcepff, who has read this work. The 
trivial names are according to Linnzus.”’ : 
“This work is a remarkable one, because it is that of a lady 
who possessed such a love for botany that she learned Latin, and : 
judging by its nature is so worthy and correct thateit contains — 
many, even minute, things.” 3 
This is written by F. von Langenheim, a Hessian captain in 
the “ Feldjager” Corps, New York, May, 1782. | 
Dr. Britton alluded to Governor Colden’s “ Plante Colden-— 
ghamiz in Provincia Noveboracensi Americes sponte crescentes, : 
quas ad Methodum Cl. Linnzi sexualem Anno 1742, ete.,” pub- 
lished in the Acta Societ. Reg. Sci. Upsala, 1749-1753, PP- g1- 
136, as the earliest special contribution to the Flora of the State 
Professor Byron D. Halsted presented the announced pape 
of the evening upon “ Parasitic Fungi as related to Variegated 
Plants,” illustrated by specimens and lantern views. | 
