BICENTENARY OF LINN^US 77 



Sociedad Cientifica "Antonio Alzate," Mexico, D.F. 



By request of the Sociedad Cientifica "Antonio Alzate" of the City of 

 Mexico, I have the honor to represent that distinguished Society as its 

 delegate to the New York Academy of Sciences on the occasion of the 

 exercises commemorative of the two hundredth anniversary of the birth 

 of Linnaeus. 



The Society Antonio Alzate, which represents the scientific thought of 

 the Republic of Mexico, is composed of men of high attainments, many of 

 whom, through the important official publications of the Society and through 

 other media, have made rich contributions to the sciences of botany, zoology, 

 chemistry, astronomy and other branches of learning. These enlightened 

 men are in full sympathy with the most advanced men of science in the 

 United States. 



The members of this important Society are fully imbued with the Lin- 

 nsean spirit, and are animated by the same desire to emulate the great 

 example of the master that inspires their New York brethren. 



By the instructions of the Society Antonio Alzate I bring the friendly 

 greetings and hearty sympathy of its members to the New York Academy 

 of Sciences as it celebrates this interesting and notable anniversary. 



George T. Stevens, Delegate. 



The Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University. 



The Museum of Comparative Zoology in Harvard University accepts 

 with pleasure the invitation of the Academy to participate in the exercises 

 commemorative of Linnaeus, and it has requested Mr. William Brewster, a 

 member of its staff, to represent it upon that occasion. 



Linnaeus embraced the whole department of natural history in its widest 

 sense. His conspicuous contributions to botany have much obscured the 

 fact that ever}' field of nature was investigated by him with productive results. 

 Throughout the entire range of inorganic and organic nature he passed with 

 steady step, introducing methods of study and systems of terminology which 

 brought order out of confusion. 



Recognizing the indebtedness which all natural science owes to Linnaeus, 

 our Museum joins in the tributes which at this time the whole world is pay- 

 ing to his name. 



Charles W. Eliot, President. 

 Alexander Agassiz, Secretary. 



