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University of Leyden. It consists of two folio volumes bound in 

 heavy oak boards and is a faithful facsimile of the celebrated 

 original, reproducing it down to the smallest fragment. The 

 plates are of great beauty and remarkable for a certain vigorous 

 distinction and decorative character that illustrators of the present 

 day would do well to study. Not the least interesting are the 

 miniatures showing groups of physicians and botanists in conclave, 

 painters at work on plant pictures, the portrait of the lady Juliana 

 herself, and lastly a most beautiful ornamental title page. His- 

 torical prefatory and descriptive matter are by Anton von Pre- 

 merstein, Carl Wessely, and Joseph Mantuani. 



Previous to the present reproduction, plates of this MS. were 

 prepared under the supervision of Jacquin, two impressions of 

 which are known to be in existence, the one having been in the 

 possession of Linnaeus is now in the library of the Linnean So- 

 ciety of London ; the other was sent to Sibthorp to be used in 

 the compiling of his Flora Graeca. This latter copy is now pre- 

 served at Oxford. 



The first paper on the program as announced was by Profes- 

 sor L. M. Underwood, on " Six new Fern Genera in the United 

 States." Professor Underwood gave a brief account of the addi- 

 tions to the fern flora of the United States since the year 1900. 

 Six genera and over forty species are included in the list, which 

 also includes several species new to science. The list will appear 

 in the Bulletin for March. The genera new to the country, and 

 some of the more interesting species, were exhibited. The paper 

 was discussed by President Rusby and Dr. Murrill. 



The second paper was by Mr. H. A. Gleason, entitled, " Notes 

 on the Flora of Southern Illinois." The southern portion of 

 Illinois is crossed by an eastern prolongation of the Ozark 

 Mountains, which have a marked influence on the rainfall. The 

 flora is characterized by the presence of about four hundred 

 species of distinctively southern plants, constituting three sepa- 

 rate floras, each of which has entered the State from a different 

 direction. Of these, the most sharply defined is the coastal 

 plain flora which has entered the region by migrating up the 

 Mississippi River from the south. The extensive cypress swamps 



