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mammals. The accumulation of the latter would most certainly be of 
great benefit, but a large collection of the former would simply duplicate 
the museums of Philadelphia and Bosto 
Our strictures are wholly due to a ican to awaken the directors of 
an museum to the importance of avoiding the errors of their predeces- 
Ew is no Pesce excuse for a tigi of ee which, at 
history e all the museums with which we are acquainted, either in this 
article upon the ‘ Scientific Institutions of North America,” by George 
entham in his Annual Address to the Linnzan Society, for 1867, and the 
various articles frequently published upon the proper — of 
museums and kindred topics in ** Scientific Opinion" and ** Nature.’ 
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all respects, worthy of the name that it has taken, and of the city that 
should have a museum unequalled by any in the country. 
NATURAL HISTORY MISCELLANY. 
BOTANY. 
FRAGARIA GILLMANI. — In a note on this plant by Mr. Gillman, page 312, 
it is stated that Dr. Asa Gray considers that the ** well — leaf on 
the scape, proves to be the distinguishing character of the species." It 
is not clear whether this refers to F. ** Mexicana," or F.* gessi but 
to show that neither can lay claim to this character —€— I enclose 
F. vesca, in which are not only well developed leaves on the 
gern but better bie leaves than I have ig ees on p ** Gill- 
ma 
In i note on F. **Gillmani" last year I stated that leaves on the scape, 
or flowers on the runners were poor characters to found species on, be- 
cause a flower scape is nothing but an erect runner, and a runner but 
Snares scape. In this specimen, now sent, you will see this Rabe 
y the rudiments of roots, as well as leaves on the scape.— THOMAS 
HAN. 
[We understand Dr. Gr ray to have remarked that all the specimens 
he has seen of Schieehtendal's F. Mexicana have leaf-bearing scapes, and 
tion and habit in Mexico, or an aboriginal form, — which in either case is 
curious. — Eps.] 
