Abstract
AS with the British nation, so with the American, the rapid extension of its territorial boundaries, and absorption of outlying regions abounding in new and interesting forms of life, has determined to a great extent the direction and progress of the natural history sciences which it cultivates.
Synoptical Flora of North America.
By Asa Gray, Fisher Professor of Natural History (Botany) in Harvard University. Vol. ii. Part 1. (New York, 1878.)
Bibliographical Index to North American Botany, with a Chronological Arrangement of the Synonymy.
By Sereno Watson. Part 1. Polypetalæ. (Washington, 1878.)
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HOOKER, J. Synoptical Flora of North America Biographical Index to North American Botany, with a Chronological Arrangement of the Synonymy . Nature 18, 325–326 (1878). https://doi.org/10.1038/018325a0
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