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This herbarium is, perhaps, not excelled in the scientific world for the mag- 

 nificence, freshness and completeness of its specimens, and the costly style 

 with which it has been fitted up. It is contained in upwards of three hundred 

 wooden cases, elegantly shaped in the form of folio volumes, each volume ave- 

 raging from thirty to fifty specimens, enclosed separately in sheets of fine white 

 paper ; the large genera or several of the kindred genera under a colored cover, 

 and the American kept apart from the European, each in its portfolio. 



The tropical plants are yet in numerous unopened packages, consisting of 

 HoUon's Flora Neo-Granadina, 1852-53 ; Fendler's Plantse Venezuelanse, 1854-57; 

 Couthony and Jameson's Plants of the Andes of Quito ; R. C. Alexander's Plantoz 

 Jamaicenses ; Cb. Wright's Plantse Cubenses, &c, &c. When these collections 

 are properly arranged, they will constitute an almost complete equatorial her- 

 barium of about 6000 species. 



Besides the above collections, I have to mention a package of East India 

 Ferns, collected by Dr. Griffith ; another of Australian Al'gse, with other minor 

 packages of Gryptogamous plants, and the two fine volumes of American Musci 

 et Hepaticse by Mr. Win. S. Sullivan, all derived from the splendid Short-Her- 

 barium. 



Mr. Asbmead's collection of Algae is, I believe, principally composed of 

 American species. It is neatly set up in twelve elegant cases, in the form of 

 quarto volumes. 



The Lesquereux's collection is particularly \aluable,containing over 700 

 species authenticated by the best Algologisls of the age, Messrs. Lenormand, 

 Desmazieres, Agardh, Mongeot, Meklenbeck, Bonjean and others, among which 

 Mr. Lesquereux's name is not to be passed in silence. 



Respectfully, E. Dcrand, 



Chairman of the Botanical Committee. 



The election of officers for the ensuing year was held, in accordance 

 with the By-Laws, with the following result : 



President Eobert BRIDGES, M. D. 



\ ice- Presidents W m . S . V au x . 



John Cassin. 



Corresponding Secretary Thomas Stewardson, M. D. 



Recording Secretary B. Howard Rand, M. D. 



Librarian J. D. Sergeant. 



Treasurer Win. C. Henszey. 



Curators Joseph Leidy, M. D. 



Win. S. Vaux, 

 John Cassin, 

 J. D. Sergeant. 



Auditors Wm. S. Vaux, 



Joseph Jeanes, 

 Aubrey H. Smith. 



Publication Committee Wm. S. Vaux, 



Isaac Lea, 



Robert Bridges, M. D. 

 Joseph Leidy, M. D. 

 Thomas Stewardson, M. D. 



[Dec. 



