DONATION OF BOOKS FROM ALEXANDER VATTEMARE, ESQ. 



Paris, June 24, 1851. 

 To A. Chandler, 



Corresponding Secretary American Institute : 



Dear Sir — I have forwarded to you, care of E. Irving, Esq., the 



books and pamphlets contained in the enclosed list, presented to 



the American Institute in the name of the distinguished scientfic 



gentlemen. Professor Becquerel, Dr. Herpin and Mr. Audot, as a 



token of their respect for the Society and their hope of seeing 



uninterrupted scientific intercourse well established between the 



American Institute and the societies to which they belong, viz : 



the Central and National Agricultural and Horticultural Societies. 



With great respect, yours, &c. 



ALEXANDER VATTEMARE. 



CATALOGUE OF BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS, 



Received by the American Institute from Mexander Vattemare^E$q.y 

 Paris, June 24, 1851. 



[Translated by Henry Meigs.] 



History and culture of the Pansy, (Pensee,) the Violet, Auricu- 

 la and Bear's Ear, with plates, by Ragonet Godefroy. Duo- 

 decimo. 



History of the Rose, its culture, its poetry, with plates. Duo- 

 decimo. Ry Loiseleur Deslongcharaps. 421 pages. 



Manual for the cultivation of Dahlias. Duod'o. By A. Le- 

 grand. 2d edition, revised and corrected, by Pepin, Chief 

 gardener of the Jardin des Plants, Paris. Pages 155. 

 Plates. 



Of the genera of Camellia, Rhododendron, Azalia, Acacia, Epa- 

 oris. Erica, and of plants of the cold conseivatory, in gene- 

 ral, their history and culture. By Mr. Ch. Lemaire, aided 

 by Mr. Paillet. Paris. Duod'o, pages 174. 



