The Chronica Botanica Co.

Abstract

THE Chronica Botanica Co., of Waltham, Mass., has issued a special edition of Dr. C. A. Browne's "Thomas Jefferson and the Scientific Trends of his Time" (an advance reprint from Chronica Botanica, 8) on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of its establishment. The Chronica Botanica Co. was founded in Leyden, the Netherlands, in September 1933, and was transferred to the United States early in 1940. An old, interesting, symbolic engraving, reproduced on an insert with the commemorative booklet, recalls the successful transfer of the firm's entire stock and its unique collection of source material in the history of botany and horticulture, just a few months before the invasion of the Low Countries. The firm, which is directed by Dr. Frans Verdoorn, publishes Chronica Botanica, "A New Series of Plant Science Books" and Annales Cryptogamici et Phytopathologici (formerly Annales Bryologici). Special projects in the course of preparation include: "Plants and Plant Science in Latin America" and the "Index Botanicorum".