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ordinary paper, of the foolscap size,* (wiiicfi is now consid- 

 ered too small,) and those of each genus covered by a double 

 sheer, in the ordinary manner. The names are usually 

 written upon the sheet itself, with a mark or abbreviation to 

 indicate the source from which the specimen was derived. 

 Thus, those from the Upsal garden are marked H. Z7„ those 

 given by Kalm, K., those received from Gronovius, Gron., 

 &c. The labels are all in the handwriting of Linnanis him- 

 self, except a few later ones by the son, and occasional notes 

 by Smith, which are readily distinguished, and indeed are 

 usually designated by his initials. By far the greater part 

 of the North American plants which are found in the Lin- 

 nagan herbarium were received from Kalm, or raised from 

 seeds collected by him. Under the patronage of the Swedish 

 government, this enterprising pupil of Linnaeus remained 

 three years in this country, travelling throughout New York, 

 New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Lower Canada : hence his 

 plants are almost exclusively those of the Northern States.f 



Governor Colden, to whom Kalm brought letters of intro- 

 duction from Linnaeus, was then well known as a botanist, 

 by his correspondence with Peter Collinson and Gronovius, 

 and also by his account of the plants growing around Colden- 

 ham. New York, which was sent to the latter, who transmit- 

 ted it to Linnaeus for publication in the Acta Upsalensia. At 

 an early period he attempted a direct correspondence with 

 Linnaeus, but the ship by which his specimens and notes were 



* U])oa tbis subject, Dr Acrel, giving an account of the Linnsean col- 

 lections, thus writes to Smith : " Ut vero vir illustrissimus, dum visit, 

 nihil ad ostentationem habuit, omnia vero sua in usum accoramodata : ita 

 etiam in hoc herbario, quod per XL. annos sedulo collegit, frustra quaesi- 

 veris papyri insignia ornamenta, raargines inauratas, et cet. quae ostenta- 

 tionis gratia in omnibus fere herbariis nunc vulgaria sunt." 



-{• Ex his Kalmium, naturae eximium scrutatorem, itinere suo per 

 Peiinsvlvaniam, Novum Eboracum, et Canadam, regiones AmericBe ad 

 se[;tentrionem vergentes, trium annorum decursu dextre confecto, in patriam 

 inde nuper reducem Iseti recipimus : ingentetn enim ab istis terns repor- 

 tavit thesaurum non conchy liorum solum, insectorum, et amphibiorutn, scd 

 hcrbarum etiaui divcrsi generis ac lisus, qnas, tarn siccas quam vivas, aliatis 



