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The exhibited specimens, however, are arranged in strict accordance with the classification adopted by Bentham & Hooker in their "Genera Plantarum", every single specimen in fact, occupying its place in the collection according to this classification in the exact order and sequence which is there followed out. In time it is intended that every specimen shall be accompanied with the very number (genus as well as species) which is formed to accompany them in this book.

The publication of a large descriptive catalogue comprising the entire collection has been under  contemplation for some time but, owing partly to a want of the necessary books of reference and partly also to want of time, this work has been temporarily interrupted but will be resumed as soon as circumstances favor it. 

IV. Review of special researches prosecuted

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