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10 Notices of European Herbaria. 
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shelves are also made to draw out like a case of drawers. This 
method is unrivalled for elegance, and the facility with which 
the specimens may be found and inspected, which to a working 
botanist with a large collection, is a matter of the greatest conse- 
quence. ‘The only objection is the expense, which becomes very 
considerable when paper worth at least ten dollars per ream is 
employed for the purpose, which is the case with the principal 
herbaria in England: but a cheaper paper, if it be only suffi- 
ciently thick and firm, will answer nearly as well. The Bank- 
sian herbarium contains authentic specimens of nearly all the 
plants of Aiton’s Hortus Kewensis, in which many North Ameri- 
can species were early established. It is hardly proper, indeed, 
that either the elder or younger Aiton should be quoted for these 
species, since the first edition was prepared by Solander, and the 
second revised by Dryander, as to vol. 1 and 2, and the remain- 
der by Mr. Brown. Many American plants from the Physic gar-- 
den at Chelsea, named by Miller, are here preserved, as also from 
the gardens of Collinson, Dr. Fothergill, (who was Bartram’s cor- 
respondent after Collinson’s death,) Dr. Piteairne, &c. There 
are likewise many contributions of indigenous plants of the Uni- 
ted States, from Bartram, Dr. Mitchell, Dr. Garden, Fraser, Mar- 
shall, and other early cultivators of botany in this country. ‘The 
herbarium also comprises many plants from Labrador and New- 
foundland, a portion of which were collected by Sir Joseph 
Bauks himself; and in the plants of the northern and arctic re- 
gions it is enriched by the collections of Parry, Ross, and Dr. 
Richardson. ‘Two sets of the plants collected by the venerable 
Menzies in Vancouver’s voyage, are preserved at the British Mu- 
seum, the one incorporated with the Banksian herbarium, the 
other forming a separate collection. Those of this country are 
from the North West Coast, the mouth of the Oregon river, and — 
from California. Many of Pursh’s species were described from 
specimens preserved in this herbarium, especially the Oregon 
plants of Menzies, and those of Bartram and others from the 
more southern United States, which Pursh had never visited, 
although he often adds the mark v. v. (vidi vivam,) to species 
which are only to be met with south of Virginia. 
The herbarium of Walter still remains in the possession of the. 
Fraser family, and in the same condition as when consulted by 
Pursh. It is a small collection, occupying a single large volume. 
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