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MEMOIRS . . . v. I-XIII. New York, 1889-1907. 8. 



"A series of technical papers on botanical subjects." 

 v. 5: List of Pteridophyta and Spermatophyta growing without cultivation 



in northeastern North America. Prepared by a committee of the 



Botanical club, American association for the advancement of science, 



1893-94- 

 y. 10, 13: Studies in the history and variations of asters, by E. S. Burgess. 



pt. I, History of pre-Clusian botany in its relation to Aster; pt. 2, 



Species and variations in Biotian asters, with discussion of variability 



in Aster. 

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Preliminary catalogue of Anthophyta and Pteridophyta growing within 

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United States Catholic Historical Society. 



Address. 346 Convent Avenue, New York City, N. Y. 

 History. Founded in 1884; incorporated Jan. 12, 1885. 



Object. The discovery, collection and preservation of historical materials relating 

 to the introduction, establishment and progress of the Catholic church and faith 

 in the United States, to the progress of Christian art and civilization therein, to 

 Catholic American bibliography, and to the evidences of Catholic Christianity 

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Proceedings . . . 1885-86. New York, 1885-86. 2 nos. 8. 

 UNITED STATES CATHOLIC HISTORICAL MAGAZINE, v. 1-4. New York, 

 1887-93. 8. 



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HISTORICAL RECORDS AND STUDIES, v. I-IV, Jan. i899-Nov. 1906. New 

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Contents: I. Unpublished letters of Charles Carroll of Carrolton, and 

 of his father, Charles Carroll of Doughoregan. Comp. and ed. with a 

 memoir by T. M. Field. 2. Forty years in the United States of America 

 (1839-1885), by A. J. Thebaud; with a biographical sketch by Rev. 

 T. J. Campbell. Ed. by C. G. Herbermann. 3. Historical sketch of St. 

 Joseph's provincial seminary, Troy, N. Y., by the Right Rev. Henry 

 Gabriels. 



