NOTES AND QUEBIES. 
George Cuvier (born 1769 died 1832) was the founder of Comparative 
Anatomy. He proposed anew method of Zoological classification, which 
is substantially the one in use to-day, based on plan of structure. The first 
volume of his Comparative Anatomy appeared in 1800, and was completed 
in five volumes in 1805. His great work “Le Regne Animal” in four 
volumes appeared in 1817, and with its two subsequent editions was the 
foundation of modern zoology. His work on vertebrate fossils, “Recher- 
ches sur Ossemens Fossiles” in four volumes 1812-13, was one of the 
classics of scientific literature. Previous to Cuvier, the only general cat¬ 
alogue of animals was contained in Linnseus’ “ Systema Naturae.” 
The Theory of Evolution was proposed by Lamarck during the days of 
Cuvier who was a bitter opponent of the doctrine. 
Darwin’s great work, “Origin of Species,” appeared in 1859, and was 
the pioneer work in the literature of modern evolution. 
In early days fossils were classed with minerals. Cuvier was the first 
to recognize their alliance to living forms, and thus the first to bring them 
within the domain of organic nature. 
Linnjsus, the great Swedish botanist, was born in 1707 and died in 1778. 
He was the founder of the modern system of nomenclature in Natural 
History. 
I. J. P.—Louis Agassiz was born in 1807 and died in 1873. His great 
work was “ Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles.” He was a pupil of 
Cuvier. 
During a short stay in Thorndike, Maine, the writer, among other 
objects of interest, found the following, which to him seemed uncom¬ 
monly large specimens: Botrychium Virginicum 29 inches high, and 16 
inches broad; Aspidium cristatum 29£inclies high; Aspidium acrostichoi- 
des 29 inches high; Phegopteris polypodioides 24 inches.high; Strutliiop- 
teris Germanica 5 feet high. The last named fern grows in great abundance 
and beauty, in fact, the whole region is prolific in ferns, many varieties 
which are rare in this locality (Salem, Mass.) abounding in great pro¬ 
fusion. Phegopteris dryopteris and Adiantum pedatum might be added 
to the above list.— S. F. C. 
We have quite a variety of ferns which we can exchange. We desire 
especially Western species. Should be pleased to open correspondence 
with persons desiring to dispose of such material. 
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