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his death. Distinguished as a lichenologist, Tuckerman was one 
of our most philosophical botanists, and a ripe scholar, with 
literary skill of a high order, belonging to a family well known 
for its literary and musical tastes. Professor Tuckerman was a 
pioneer in the study of the White Mountain flora. His name as 
an explorer will be ever remembered in the ravine of Mt. Wash- 
ington, which bears his name. Among his principal works are 
the following: “ An enumeration of North American Lichenes,” 
1845; “ A synopsis of the Lichenes of New England, the other 
Northern States and British America,” 1848; “ Genera Lichenum: 
an arrangement of the North American Lichens,” 1872; “A 
synopsis of the North American Lichens,” part1, 1882. Healso 
contributed the chapter on lichenes. to the botany of Wilkes’ 
U. S. Exploring Expedition, and was the author of a number of 
other papers and works. 
—The annual report of the trustees of the American Museum 
of Natural History in Central Park, New York, for 1885-86, 
shows gratifying progress in the scientific development of that 
institution. The expenditures for maintenance were $30,508.80, 
while $6,654.16 were spent for improvements and additions to 
the collections; $5,937.50, a gift of Mr. W. H. Vanderbilt, being 
carried to the endowment fund. The purchases include the — 
Bailey collection of birds’ nest and eggs, toward the purchase of 
which Mrs, Robert L. Stewart contributed $1500. 
—The celebration of the sixty-ninth year of the New York 
Academy of Sciences took place on the evening of May Icth, at 
Columbia College. Secretary H. L. Fairchild read an interesting © 
résumé of the society’s history. Dr. Asa Gray read his first paper 
before this society. Its first president was the Hon. Samuei 
L. Mitchell, who held the office seven years. He was succeeded - 
by Dr. John Torrey, Major Joseph Delafield, Professor Charles 
A. Joy and Dr. John S. Newberry. The history of the society 
will form the subject of a forthcoming volume. 
. From the report of the Zodlogical Society of so 
' It appears that, as the result of special effort, $22,000 were ral 
tor the present and future support of the garden. Still a large 
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Most remzrkable addition was a pair of hairy-nosed wombats 
—An interesting feature of recent bers of the Journal of the 
Royal Microscopical Society has been the publication of portraits — 
“0M photographs of all the presidents of the society. The — 
hs aay pee furnishes a full-page likeness of the present presi- 
LR - H. Dallinger. 
