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naeus ; early blue violet, hardhack, partridge pea, purple flower- 

 ing raspberry, dwarf cornel, jack-in-the-pulpit, harebell, alum- 

 root, meadow beauty, ground-nut, button-snakeroot, wake-robin, 

 swamp rose-mallow, marsh-marigold, skunk cabbage, water hem- 

 lock, cardinal -flower, large blue flag, butterfly-weed, pickerel-weed, 

 sea-side goldenrod, five-finger, large blue gerardia, black-eyed 

 susan ; sweet elder, swamp honeysuckle, witch-hazel, rhododen- 



tree, black birch, fringe-tree, tulip-tree, and American linden. 

 American Trees Known to Linnaeus. 

 At the conclusion of the exhibition of lantern slides, Dr. W. 

 A. Murrill led the way through the grounds of the Garden from 



certain species of American trees known to Linnaeus. The fol- 

 lowing trees were observed, in the order given, and some of their 

 characteristics briefly mentioned ; tulip-tree, sweet-gum, red 

 maple, red cedar, sweet birch, white pine, white ash, sugarberry, 

 flowering dogwood, sassafras, buttonwood, butternut, white elm, 

 red oak, white oak, hemlock, chestnut-oak, and American linden. 



Dedication of the Linnaeus Bridge. 

 A handsome new bridge over the Bronx River on Pelham 

 Parkway, between the Botanical Garden and the Zoological 

 Park, was then dedicated by the unveiling of a bronze tablet 

 commemorative of Linnaeus placed thereon by the Academy of 

 Sciences. Dr. N. L. Britton, Director of the Garden and Presi- 

 dent of the Academy, made the following address : 



Address by the President of the Academy.* 

 The recognition of the work of famous men is one of the hap- 



courages us to make efforts which we would probably not make 

 without their examples before us. 



To-day we do homage to a distinguished man of science, and 



Bronx River, by Nathaniel Lord Britton, President of the New York Academy of 



