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ROCHESTER ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 



[Jan. 14, 



these for the end of the volume where they will be appended in con- 

 densed form. 



The scientific matter given to the world in the printed Proceedings 

 of the Academy is classified as follows : 



Volume I, 216 + X pages. 

 Volume 2, 348 + XI pages. 

 \'olume 3, 230 pages. 

 Volume 4, 66 pages. 



Total, 860 + XXI pages. 



Important papers. Local studies. It will be of interest to name 

 some of the more important papers which have been published in the 

 Proceedings, At the same time this will show what branches of the 

 local natural history have been seriously studied and with what 

 success. 



Botany. First in order both in amount and in thoroughness of 

 work is the study and publication of the plant life of the region. The 

 monograph forming the first 150 pages of volume 3 of the Proceed- 

 ings, entitled "Plants of Monroe County, New York, and Adjacent 



