B % WESTERMANN & CO., 



{Established 1848.) 



838 Broadway . . . NEW YORK, 



FOREIGN BOOKSELLERS AND IMPORTERS. 

 QUSTAV E. STECHERT, 



766 Broadway, New York. 

 Importer of Scientific Books and Periodicals. 



Branches : Leipzig, Hospital Str. 16 ; London, 26 

 King William Str., Strand. 



SUMMER COURSE IB BOTANY. 



IT STANDS AT THE HEAD." 



At the Botanic Garden of Harvard University, 

 Cambridge. Mass. 



The Course will begin Thursday, July 1, and 

 end Saturday, July SI, 1886. 



Instruction will be given in the Principles of Mor- 

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Mr. F. L. Sargent will give instruction in Methods 

 for identifying Flowering Plants and the more com- 

 mon Cryptogam ic Genera. 



The course is designed especially for teacher.--. Fee 

 for the course $25.00. For further information, address 



Mr. F. L. SARGENT, 417 Broadway, 



CAMBRIDGE, MASS. 



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 THE AMERICAN AND FOREIGN MAGAZINE DEPOT, 

 47 Dey street, New York City. 



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An illustrated weeklyjournal,istheacknowledgcd lead- 

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GERMAN SIMPLIFIED. 



An eminently practical new method for learning the German lan- 

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 sold separately ; school edition (witboui keys), boui d in do h. $1.25. 

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Straight Cut Cigarettes. 



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