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The present paper by Dr. Edward Lee Greene, Associate in 

 Botany in the U. S. National Museum, entitled ''Landmarks 

 of Botanical History," discusses certain epochs in the develop- 

 ment of the science of botany. The subject is viewed from a 

 philosophical rather than an industrial standpoint, and the author 

 gives prominence to the biography of some of the early botanists, 

 including Theophrastus (B.C. 370-286), and Brunfelsius, Fuchsius, 

 Tragus, and Cordus of{the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Doc- 

 tor Greene has in preparation further contributions on this general 



subject. 



CHARLES D. WALCOTT, 



Secretary, Smithsonian Institution. 



WASHINGTON, 



November, 1909. 



