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ANNALS NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 



At the close of the reading of Dr. Allen's address, recess was taken till 

 two o'clock, p.m. During this time the Council entertained at luncheon 

 at the Hermitage Hotel, near Bronx Park, the delegates of sister societies 

 and invited guests. Afterward the special exhibits at the Botanical 

 Museum were examined, and then was delivered the following address. 



LINNAEUS AND AMERICAN BOTANY. 



By Per Axel Rydberg, Ph. D. 



Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: 



I I have been asked to make a short address to you on Linnaeus and his 

 relation to North American botany. That the selection fell on me was not 

 because I was the most able one to deliver such an address, for there are 



THE TWIN-FLOWER, LINN/EA BOREALIS 



A plant especially beloved by Linnseua, and dedicated to him by Grono\'ius. 



many abler men present, but simply because I was born in the same countr}' 

 as Linnaeus. In fact, my grandfather came from the same province of 

 Smaiand and even from a parish adjoining that of Stembrohult. in which 

 my illustrious countryman was born. 



In the early part of the seventeenth century there lived in Jonsboda, 



