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1599. Laupert. Die Griindung einer Gesellschaft zur Forderung des Zuckerriibenbaues 

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1602. Ramsbottom, J. James William Helenus Trail. (1851-1919.) Trans. British 

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 universal card index of the marine, freshwater, epiphj^tic, and parasitic algae of the world. 

 A supplement includes special bibliographies relating to fisheries, economic algae, geology, 

 and fertilizer algae; and it is noted that the bibliographies relating to diatomaceous earth and 

 to fossil algae are too large for reprinting. — C. E. Allen. 



