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The Harvey Herbarium.

In our last issue of the BULLETIN we advertised the fact that we hold for sale the Herbarium of that distinguished botanist, the late Professor W. H. Harvey, of Triaty College, Dublin. We have had some inquiries about this Hebarium from parties considering the question of it purchase. For its contents we refer to the resume
given in last BULLETIN. For its character, quality and value we can only repeat that this is one of the most celebrated botanical collections which has ever been before the public. It long held in Great Britain the position (due to its comprehensice fullness) and the reputation which Dr. Gray's celebrated Herbarium at Harvard
holds in this country.

Professor W. H. Brewer, the well-known botanist and naturalist of Yale College, says:

"Professor W. H. Harvey was one of the most noted botanists in the generation just preceding this, and when Systematic Botany was the subject of vastly more study than now, and when a large number of collectors and explorers were in the
field gathering in the species for comparison and study. He took advantage of the time, to gather a Herbarium representing the vegetation of various lands. He was a standard writer, and the results of his work occupy an important place in botanical literature. For such a work as his an Herbarium as extensive as the whole boundary of science was necessary. Some of the very first specimens from Arizona and Southern California found their place in this Herbarium. (See Bot. California, vol.[ ], p. 555.)

This noted Herbarium would be a treasure for any college where Systematic Botany is taught. Beyond the great expense and the long years which were required in its making, it has a notable value in connection with the history of Botanical Science."

We hold this celebrated Herbarium still on sale. It is carefully mounted and labelled by Harvey himself, and contains no less than seventeen thousand species, with a total of over seventy-thousand specimens. These from all parts of the world. For its contents and range, see page 16 of our last BULLETIN.

Price of Herbarium, . . . $3,000.

Price of Herbarium, $3,000.