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upon you as the great philosopher who has raised for himself in the 
field of science a monument, which neither the violence of parties nor 
the lapse of time are capable of overturning. 
[We have received also an advertisement of the Herbarium of Nees 
von Esenbeck, which is on sale, from which we cite the following.— 
Ed 
_ The Herbarium includes about 340 volumes, besides 57 volumes 
In duplicate. It is arranged in the main in accordance with Lindley’s 
Natural System of Botany, 2d edition. The value of the whole is esti- 
mated at 12,000 rix thalers, or about 30 rix thalers per volume. The 
whole number of species included is between 34,000 and 40,000, and 
each volume contains between 100 and 120 species. The species are 
from all parts of the world, Asia, the Indies, New Holland, Tropical. 
America, &c. 
List of the volumes and their contents.* The price is given in rix 
thalers, each worth about 72 cts. 
No. of — Price in 
vols. Thaters. 
1. Ranunculaceae, . 8 
2. Magnoliaceae, Winteraceae, Anonaceae, Schizandraceae, 
Diileniaceae, Myristicaceae, 
8. Papaveraceae, Fumariaceae, Nymphaeaceae, ........ tees 
4. Umbelliferae, ..... 
5. Araliaceae, Saraceniaceae, Grossulariaceae, Brunoniaceae, 
Berberideae, Pittosporaceae, Vitaceae, Olacaceae, Franco- 
ee) 
ciferae, .... 
10. Aceraceae, Tern stroemiaceae, Violaceae, Sauvagesiaceae, .. 
11, Capparidaceae, Resedaceae, Moringaceae, Droseraceae, Fran- 
keniacea, Passifloraceae, Flacourtiaceae, Bixaceae, Gutti- 
e, 
ferae, Hipericaceae, 
12. Sapindaceae, Aescula 
naceae, Linaceae, 
ceae, Polygalaceae, Vochysiaceae, Elati- 
Hugoniaceae, Chienaceae, Cistaceae, 
Reaumuriaceae, 1 
18, Sterculiaceae, ., oe 1 60 
14, Malvaceae, ..,. : 1 
= Elaeocarpaceae, Dipteraceae, Tiliaceae, Lythraceae, Melia- 
sa ‘i 
ceae, Cedrelaceae, Humiriaceae, Auran Spondaceae, 
16. Rhamnaceae, Chailletiaceae, Tremandraceae, Nitrariaceae, 
Durseraceae, ‘ 
1%. Euphorbiaceae, : + 
18. Empetraceae, Stockhausi , Fouquieraceae, Celastraceae, 
Staphyleaceae, Malpighiaceae, ......- o- 
16, Sileneae, Seeds } . 
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