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" Plantoe Heermanniaiije : Descriptions of new plants col- 

 lected in South California by the Pacific Railroad Survey 

 under Lieutenant R. S. Williamson, U. S. A.," in conjunction 

 with Dr. Hilgard. " Plant^e Prattenianse Californicse : An 

 enumeration of a collection of California Plants made in 

 the vicinity of Nevada by Henry Pratten, Esq., of New 

 Harmony." '' Plants Kaneanee Groenlandicae. Enumera- 

 tion of Plants collected by Dr. E. K. Kane in his first and 

 second expeditions to the Arctic regions." These were 

 published in the Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, 

 Volume III, 2d ser., 1855-58. "^ In 1859 he published a 

 " Sketch of the Botany of the Basin of the Great Salt Lake of 

 Utah." This was founded upon a collection made by a lady, 

 Mrs. Carrington, a resident of Salt Lake City, and the plants 

 described in other memoirs were here enumerated so as to 

 present a view of the botany of that region up to the time 

 of the publication. ]\Ir. Durand was also author of a 

 treatise "Sur les Vignes et les Vins des Etats Unis" 

 (Societe d^ Acclimation, IX : 313, 410), and of a Paper, " Mono- 

 graphic Botanique " {Societe d' Acclimation, IX : 479-486). 



Although so long a resident of this country, Mr. Durand 

 remained a thorough Frenchman. It was the pride of his 

 life to have served under I'Empereur. During his career 

 he accumulated an herbarium which, though not remarkably 

 large, was of great value. It probably contained a more 

 complete set of Nuttall's collections than any other, not 

 excepting the herbarium of the Academy. In 1868 he 

 carried out his long-cherished intention of depositing this 

 herbarium in the Paris jNIusuem, and made a long voyage 

 to France solely for that purpose. In his will he directed 



* See introduction to this book, pages 9 and 10. 



