PROFESSOR OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY 45 
himself to the study of natural history, and particu- 
larly botany. He has done it successfully, for it is 
fifteen years since he published under the title of 
Flore Francaise the history and description of the 
plants of France, with the mention of their proper- 
ties and of their usefulness in the arts; a work printed 
at the expense of the government, well received by 
the public, and which now is much sought after and 
very rare.” He then describes his second great bo- 
tanical undertaking, the Azcyclopedia and [lustra- 
tion of Genera, with nine hundred plates. He states 
that for ten years past he has kept busy ‘“‘a great 
number of Parisian artists, three printing presses for 
different works, besides delivering a course of lec- 
tures.” 
The petition was granted. At about this period 
a pension of twelve hundred francs from the Academy 
of Sciences, and which had increased to three thou- 
sand francs, had ceased eighteen months previously 
to be paid to him. But at the time (an IH.) Lamarck 
was “chargé de sept enfans,”’ and this appropriation 
was a most welcome addition to his small salary. 
The next year (an III.) he again applied for a sim1- 
lar allowance from the funds providing an indemnity 
for men of letters and artists “ whose talents are use- 
ful to the Republic.” Again referring to the Flore 
Francaise, and his desire to prepare a second edition 
of it, and his other works and travels in the interest 
of botanical science, he says: 
“Tf I had been less overburdened by needs of all 
kinds for some years, and especially since the sup- 
pression of my pension from the aforesaid Academy 
of Sciences, I should prepare the second edition of 
this useful work; and this would be, without doubt, 
