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terms usually employed in botanical descriptions. Very many of these 
terms, however, are not used at all in the body of the work; 
y—perhaps at some sacri 
of brevity, but not, I trust, of the precision for which botanical language 
is distinguished.” * * * * 
* An artificial analysis of the Natural Orders or Families, founded 
on the easier an chiefly external characters, is appended, to aid the 
- t 
Spe of 
artificial classes, 
2. Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, showing the 
Progress of the work during the year ending October, 1847. “Aap 
ur 
Oo. 
survey is making good progress. The following are a few paragraphs 
“During the past year, field or office work has extended into the fol- 
lowing eighicen States on the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico: Maine, 
ew j i York, 
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryla ia 
lina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Tex- 
as. The estimates for the next year will provi e for work in every 
* This work, we understand, is sold at retail for $1,88, and to classes, schools, 
&e., at $1,50.—Eps, 
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