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reports and Blue Books in official pigeon-holes dealing with this 
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equal to his n, moreover, acquai he ly is 
not, with the work and functions of a herbarium ; and that if ‘‘no 
action was taken” it was e none seemed desirable. This, 
however, does not prevent an ipse dixit which at any rate shows 
that the Professor will allow no undue modesty to hinder the ex- 
pression of his opinion: “I am at a loss to find any adequate 
reason for the maintenance of two separate herbaria.” We have 
no intention of entering upon a discussion of the matter ; suffice it 
cated, and in view of his hope for an alliance of the herbarium 
officials with a “ local university,” it would seem a more reason- 
able plan. 
It is clear from the whole tenour of his remarks that Prof. Oliver 
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present collections will prove obsolete,” and adds significantly, 
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public, the private student, the amateur, and the monographer 
would be excluded from consideration, The National Herbarium 
