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Paris. Author of "Flore Complete de Prance, Suisse, 

 at Belgique, illustre en couleurs;" editor of "Dietion- 

 naire de Botanique," etc. 



Britton, Nathaniel Lord. Born at New Dorp, 

 Staten Island, N. Y., January 15, 1859. A prominent 

 American Botanist, Director of the New York Botan- 

 ical Gardens from 1896. Author of "Illustrated 

 Flora of the Northern United States and Canada," 

 "Manual of the Northern United States and Can- 

 ada," etc. Hon. Addison Brown, President of the 

 Torrey Botanical Club, assisted him. 



Bromfield, William Arnold. Author of "Flora 

 Vectensis," 1856. Of this author I am unable to give 

 further statistics, but take this opportunity to ac- 

 knowledge the pleasure and profit the above book gave 

 me in making the acquaintance of the flora of the Isle 

 of Wight. 



Brovtn, Robert. Born at Montrose, Scotland, 

 December 21, 1773; died at London, June io, 1858. 

 He went as naturalist of the Flinders Australian Ex- 

 pedition. He published works on the plants of New 

 Holland and Australia. 



Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. Born at Ge- 

 neva, February 4, 1778 ; died at Geneva, September 9, 

 1841. A celebrated Swiss botanist and one of the 

 founders of the natural system of botany ; a Professor 

 of Botany and author of several important works: 

 ' ' Histoire des plantes grasses, " " Theorie elementaire 

 de la botanique," "Regni Vegetabilis Systema Na- 

 turale. " This work was continued by 



