78 ANNALS NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 



The Boston Society of Natural History. 



The Boston Society of Natural History, through its official representa- 

 tive, Mr. Joel Asaph Allen, sends its greetings and congratulations to 

 the New York Academy of Sciences, and desires to share in the celebration 

 of the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of Carl von Linn^. 



Upon the basis of the scientific achievements of the great Swedish 

 naturalist, all subsequent work in botany and zoology has been built up. 

 To his labors and to the system introduced by him, we owe the possibility 

 of recording, and thereby mastering, the immense and bewildering flora and 

 fauna of the world. Our debt to him can hardly be overestimated: there- 

 fore the Boston Society of Natural History is glad to add its tribute of admi- 

 ration and gratitude, and begs to thank the Academy for the opportunity 

 of participating in the present noteworthy celebration. 



Charles Sedgwick Minot, President. 



The Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 



The Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences gratefully accepts the 

 invitation of the New York Academy of Sciences to participate in the 

 commemorative exercises to be held on the two hundredth anniversary of 

 the birth of Linnseus. 



The Academy appreciates the lasting influence which his work in botany 

 and zoology has exercised on the development of these sciences throughout 

 the whole world. Through his profound studies he was enabled to bring 

 order out of the chaotic writings of his predecessors, to establish the science 

 of taxonomy on a firm and satisfactory basis, and to prepare the way for a 

 natural and logical classification of plants and animals. 



The Academy has the honor to appoint Professor Alexander W. Evans 

 as its authorized representative. 



A. E. Verrill, President. 

 George F. Eaton, Secretary. 



The American Journal of Science. 



The editorial staff of the "American Journal of Science" — whose birth 

 in 1818 was contemporaneous with the beginnings of natural science in this 

 country, and which for nearly a century has kept pace with the growth of 



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