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  Mr. 
  AVinslow's 
  paper 
  was 
  lirst 
  offered 
  to 
  the 
  Maryland 
  

   Academy 
  of 
  Sciences 
  for 
  publication, 
  but 
  was 
  declined 
  

   on 
  acconnt 
  of 
  a 
  want 
  of 
  funds 
  to 
  publish 
  it, 
  when 
  it 
  was 
  

   offered 
  to 
  Maj. 
  Ferguson, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  Commissioners 
  of 
  

   Fisheries 
  of 
  Maryland, 
  who 
  accepted 
  it 
  for 
  j)ublication 
  in 
  

   the 
  annual 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  Commission 
  for 
  1881. 
  It 
  will 
  be 
  

   noticed 
  that 
  the 
  author 
  makes 
  no 
  claim 
  as 
  to 
  his 
  ability 
  

   as 
  an 
  accomplished 
  embryologist, 
  but 
  the 
  observations 
  

   he 
  has 
  made 
  are 
  very 
  important, 
  as 
  showing 
  that 
  the 
  

   eggs 
  of 
  Ostrea 
  edulis 
  can 
  be 
  artificially 
  fertilized 
  and 
  

   their 
  development 
  watched 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  our 
  own 
  species.] 
  

  

  J. 
  A. 
  R. 
  

  

  