Excerpt from Laws of Botanical Nomenclature Adopted by the International Botanical Congress, Held at Paris in August 1867: Together With an Historical Introduction and a Commentary The discussion in congress was remarkably well conducted by M. Dumortier, one of our honorary vice-presidents, whilst the President himself, author of the scheme, acted as re porter. In the course of the debates, carried on through several sittings, some useful modifications were introduced into the original text but no article of primary importance underwent any essential change. Generally speaking, when it was found necessary to vote, a large majority showed how much Opinions had been conciliated by discussion. Finally, after a long sitting, on the 23rd of August, at 11 o'clock at night, the following decision was carried all but unanimously and with manifest satisfaction, by about a hundred botanists of all countries. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.