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and conciliatory nature, together with his great knowledge of 

 languages and absolute command of the matter in hand, left 

 an indelible impression on the minds of all. Thus he contributed 

 greatly to the unifying of botanical nomenclature, and his 

 services at the memorable Congress held at Cambridge in 1930 

 will long be gratefully remembered. 



The undersigned, personal friends and colleagues of Briquet, 

 representing the botanical circles of his native land, desire to 

 commemorate his great services to our science by the erection 

 of a bronze Bust to be placed in the "Conservatoire botanique" 

 in Geneva, along with those of Vaucher, De Candolle, Boissier, 

 Ascherson, Engler and others who have done so much to enrich 

 the herbarium of the Conservatoire, to which Briquet has 

 contributed in so large a degree. We feel sure it is the desire of 

 all botanists to bear this testimony to the very great services 

 he rendered to that botanical institute, as well as to his in- 

 valuable and ever willing help to all who used the herbarium. 

 Together with others he made Geneva a Mecca to all botanists. 



We shall be glad if you will show your appreciation of the 

 life-work of Briquet by contributing to the above memorial. 

 Subscriptions should be sent to M. le Prof. E. Wilczek, Palais 

 de Rumine, Musfe botanique, Lausanne. 



Dr. H. Christ, Reihen near Basle. 



Dr. B. P. G. Hochreutiner, Director of the botanic Con- 

 servatory, Geneva. 



M. Oechslin, President of the Swiss botanic Society, Altdorf. 

 Prof. Dr. E. Riibel, Central president of the Swiss Society 

 of Natural sciences, Zurich. 



Prof. Dr. H. Schinz, Emeritus professor at Zurich Univer- 

 sity. 



Prof. Dr. C. Schr "ter, Emeritus professor at the Federal 

 School of High technical studies, Zurich. 



Prof. Dr. E. Wilczek, Conservator of the botanic Museum, 

 Lausanne. 



Altdorf, Basle, Geneva, Lausanne and Zurich, March, 1932 



