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octavo, in parts, forming annual volumes. THey relate chiefly to 

 the education, introduction, and so-called acclimatization of animals, 

 but contain also papers on animal physiology, geographical dis- 

 tribution, &c. There are nine volumes complete from 1854 to 

 1862. 



In 1854 also an entirely new Society was formed by the leading 

 botanists of Paris, strictly limited to Botany, but on an extensive 

 scale, its permanent abode and meetings for the greater part of 

 the year being in Paris ; but every summer it meets for a week 

 at some provincial town or other locality of botanical interest, to 

 be changed every year. The Society immediately began publish? 

 iug a Bulletin de la Societe Botanique de Prance, in large octavo, 

 and small type, but without plates, in parts, forming annual 

 volumes. It is now in its twelfth; the issue, however, has been 

 very irregular, often appearing long after the dates assigned ; and 

 the titles and indexes to several of the last volumes have not yet 

 been received. A large portion is occupied by bibliographical 

 notices, not the less useful &om criticism being rigidly excluded, 

 and by long reports of the meetings, often of temporary interest 

 only. As, however, the most eminent Prench botanists take a part 

 in the proceedings, the reports often include short papers in ex- 

 tenso, and records of facts and observations, in physiological as 

 well as in structural and systematic Botany, of considerable im- 

 portance. 



Lamarck and others at Paris commenced in 1792 a Journal 

 d'Histoire Naturelle, published in parts, in octavo, with plates ; 

 but, after completing two volumes in the course of the year, it 

 came to an end in the disorders of the Revolution. It contains 

 some good papers in various branches of Natural History. 



It was not until the year 1824 that it was replaced by the An- 

 nales des Sciences K'aturelles, This important periodical was then 

 commenced under the editorship of Adolphe Brongniart and others, 

 appearing in monthly numbers, forming in each year three volumes 

 octavo of text, with a few quarto plates, intended to be separately 

 bound iip. It was carried out on the same plan through a first 

 series of thirty volumes or ten years, to 1833, comprising geolo- 

 gical and mineralogical papers as well as Zoology and Botany, 

 In 1834 a second series was commenced on an improved plan : 

 Mineralogy and G-eology were altogether rejected ; and Zoology 

 and Botany were separated into distinct sections, each with its 

 own paging, title, and indexes ; at the same time the plates were 

 reduced to the somewhat enlarged form adopted for the text. 



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