Publications 



the botanical museum leaflets of harvard university, 



now in its 29th volume, has been a major outlet for the scientific 

 papers of its staff and students. Printed until recently on our 

 own press, it has published papers of worldwide interest with 

 many novelties and discoveries in orchid taxonomy, new genera 

 and species of tropical America, origin of cultivated plants, eco- 

 nomic botany, Amazonian ethnopharmacology, ethnobotany, 

 ethnomycology, phytochemistry and paleobotany. The staff has 

 likewise published over the years a large number of books in 

 these fields, a number out of all proportion to its small size. 

 Especially notable is the production of books in orchidology, for 



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ica, Trinidad and Tobago, Mexico, Guatemala, Venezuela, 

 Ecuador, Peru, lesser Antilles and Okinawa. 



Commemorative Events During 1983 



During this 125th year of the Botanical Museum, several 

 events in recognition of the anniversary have been planned and 

 carried out. In February, the Tina and Gordon Wasson Ethno- 

 mycological Collection was dedicated. The halls and cases where 

 the Glass Flowers are exhibited were air-conditioned for control 

 of humidity to safeguard the models, some of which are nearly a 

 century old, from dust and deterioration. The first extensive 

 book on the Glass Flowers, illustrated with 85 colour photo- 

 graphs of the models and published in December 1982, was 



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has spread far and has been felt in many circles, primarily 

 because of the interdisciplinary character of all of its teaching 

 and research. It proudly takes its place among the institutions 

 dedicated to the advancement of botany around the world. 



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