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both native and foreign, including a collection of the ferns of Colorado and the 

 ferns of Great Britain, the total number being nearly or about 900.* The collec- 

 tion, examination, study, and preparation of these specimens have been for 

 many years an unfailing source of interest and information. It is my desire that 

 this collection shall pass into the possession of the Academy of Science for the 

 use of its members, and I now of?er it to the Academy for this purpose. The 

 collection contains most of the Sandwich Island ferns and the ferns of Australia, 

 and many specimens from various parts of the world, such as New Zealand, 

 South Africa, India, Ceylon, South America, Jamaica, and some of the West 

 India islands, and elsewhere. The whole is encased in a black walnut cabinet. 



The specimens still unmounted I shall endeavor to mount in the same 

 manner as the others, and I hope still to add many mofe to them. 



Some books and publications relating to the filices, and which are named 

 in a list below, and now form a part of my library, I also convey by this writing 

 to the Academy. 



List of Books. 



Historia Filicum, by John Smith. 



The Ferns of North America, by Daniel C. Eaton, containing 81 colored plates. 



The British Ferns, by Sir William Jackson Hooker, containing 65 colored 

 plates. 



Synopsis Filicum, by Hooker and Baker. 



The British Ferns, by George W. Johnson, F. R. H. S. 



Our Native Ferns and their Allies, by Underwood, fourth edition, revised. 



The Fern Garden, by Shirley Hibbard. 



Ferns in their Homes and Ours, by John Robinson. 



Hand Book of the Jamaica Ferns and their Allies, by G. S. Jenman. 



The Hand Book of Jamaica, containing a list of Jamaica Ferns. 



An Atlas to the Coal Flora of Pennsylvania and of the Carboniferous Forma- 

 tions throughout the United States, by Leo Lesquereux, containing 

 numerous plates of the fern flora of the Carboniferous era. 



Hawaiian Ferns, by Edward Bailey. 



The Ferns of Kentucky, by John Williamson. 



Yours very respectfully, 



Charles W. Seelve. 



The President remarked upon the importance and value of this 

 gift to the herbarium of the Society, and said that appropriate action 

 upon the matter would be taken at a future meeting. 



The Librarian reported the addition of about 100 volumes and 

 pamphlets to the Library during the summer. 



The following paper, illustrated by maps and charts, was read : 



*Subsequent study of the collection by Mr. M. S. Baxter showed that the total number of 

 specimens w^5 nearly 1,500, See report of Curator in Botany at Annual Meeting, January g, 1900, 



