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to some extent in other parts of the world. In the publications 
of these three societies, the student of paleontology will find a 
mine of valuable materials for his work. 
the comparison of fossils with living forms, and his results 
were of great importance. In his “Tableau des genres végetauc 
Fossiles,” etc., published in Paris in 1849, he gives the classifica 
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ture of fossil plants. “ Antediluvian Phytology,” by Artis, 
was * este in London in 1838.. Bowerbank’s of 
lished in 1848, was an important contribution to the science. 
Bunbury, Williamson, and others, also published various 
papers on fossil plants. This branch of Paleontology, how- 
ever, attracted much less attention in England, than on the 
ontinent. 
In Germany, the study of fossil plants dates back to the 
inning of the century. Von Schlotheim, a pupil of Wer- 
ae, published in 1804 an illustrated volume on this subject. 
A more important work was that of Count Sternberg, issue 
in 1820-38, and illustrated with excellent plates. Cotta in 
1882 published a book with the title, “Die Dendrolithen,” in 
localities in Germany. Corda’s “Beitrage 2ur Flora 
Vorwelt,” issued at Prague, in 1845, was essentially a continu- 
* Prodrome d'une histoire des végétaux fossiles. Svo. Paris, 1828. 
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