500 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [1899. 



This picture represents him holding in his right hand two 

 specimens of Linmea, a tall one and a short one. The tall one 

 has three flowers and the short one only one, so that neither of 

 them is a twin flower. The leaves of Linncea are orbicular-simtu- 

 late, very obtuse and coarsely toothed. In the picture they are 

 ovate-cordate, acute and entire. That the artist should have 

 thought that one weed looked just like another is natural enough, 

 but that Liunreus should have overlooked these errors in his 

 favorite plant is very strange. 



The President accepted the gift, commenting on the Academy's 

 obligation to the donor, and stating that the portrait would be 

 hung in the museum in such a position as to secure the best possible 

 illumination. 



The following resolutions were proposed at the suggestion of 

 Mr. Smith, and adopted : 



Resolved, That the thanks of the Academy of the Natural 

 Sciences of Philadelphia be tendered to Baron Verschuer, of 

 Holland, for his kindness in allowing the portrait of Linnaeus, 

 belonging to him, to be copied for the Academy. 



Resolved, That the thanks of the Academy of the Natural 

 Sciences of Philadelphia be tendered to the Hon. Stanford New^el 

 for his judicious advice and valuable aid in securing for the 

 Academy the portrait of Linnaeus, copied by Mr. Boudewijnse, 

 now in its possession. 



The following resolution was then unanimously adopted : 



Resolved, That the thanks of the Academy be voted to Mr. 

 Charles E. Smith for the life-size portrait in oil of Carolus Lin- 

 naeus, presented by him this evening, a gift which is valued not 

 only as a work of art, an adornment to the museum, and a 

 memorial of one of the world's greatest naturalists, but also as 

 an evidence of the continued interest of one to whom the society is 

 indebted for active aid and encouragement, extending over nearly 

 half a century. 



The following were ordered to be printed : 



