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to discuss in Polish as well as in Russian. Many of the 

 Polish landowners could not have spoken on scientific 

 subjects in Russian, and therefore it was a very wise step 

 on the part of the committee of the congress to permit 

 the use of the two languages. To the honour of the 

 committee be it said that it withheld itself from bureau- 

 cratic views, and having set aside out-of-place principles, 

 permitted discussion in Polish, and they thereby enlisted 

 the active sympathy of many who would otherwise have 

 been but dumb spectators. Measures of this kind ren- 

 dered the conference very popular. Russian members 

 became the " very dear guests " of Polish members, an 

 enthusiasm such as is seldom witnessed was engendered, 

 and the weighty subjects were most warmly discussed. 

 According to accounts of old residents of Warsaw, such 

 heartiness in a " public important topic " has seldom been 

 shown. The whole finished up with a " final supper in the 

 Swiss valley." This entertainment was characterised by 

 great warmth, and expressions of warm sympathy on the 

 part of all assembled.' 



In reply to an enquiry which I addressed to a friend, 

 a Pole, in regard to works on forestry and botany in 

 Polish, he supplied me with the following list : 



Alexander Potujanski. Opisanie Ias6w Krdlestwa Pol- 

 skiego i Gubernij Zachodnich Cesarstwa Rossyjskiego pod 

 wzgledem historycznym, statystycznym i gospodarczym. 

 Warszawa, 1846. 4 tomy. (Description of the forests of 

 the kingdom of Poland and Western Governments of the 

 Empire of Russia. Warsaw. 4 volumes.) 



J. Waga. Flora Polonica Varsoviae, 1848 an., and 

 Stirpes rariores Bucovinae Stanislawow 1853 an. 

 (Bucovina at present belongs to Austria.) 



Flora Cracoviensis, 1859. 



Kluk Krzysztof. Dykcysnarz roslinny. (Dictionary of 



Jundzitt Stanislaw Bonifacy. Opisanie roslin litew- 

 skich podlug ukladu Linneusza. 1811. (Description of 



