The two hundredth anniversary of the birth of Linne was made the occa- 

 sion for a celebration in the chapel at Augustana College and Theological Sem- 

 inary, April 13th, 1907. An address on The Place of Linnk ia the ScieDtiSc 

 World was then delivered by Dr. Charles E. Bessey of the University of 

 Nebraska, and another address on Linn^ and the Love for Nature was given 

 by Mr. E. K. Putnam of the Davenport Academy of Sciences. Brief addresses 

 were made by Dr. Josua Lindahl of the Cincinnati Museum of Natural History, 

 by Dr. P. A. Rydberg of the New York Botanical Garden, and by Dr. J. A. 

 Udden of Augustana College. 



Dr. P. A. Rydberg was invited by the committee on arrangements to pre- 

 pare a paper to be published in commemoration of the occasion. He chose for 

 his subject, Scaudiaaviavs who have Contributed to the Knowledge of the 

 Flora of North America. 



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