VOL. I.] Recall Literature. 3^5 



SOUTHERN STATIONS OF THE ROSE BAY. 



On page 83 of this journal a note was made of the occurrence of 

 Rhododendron Califor^iicum at Waddell's Mills in Santa Cruz Coun- 

 ty. Since that time it has been again reported from Santa Cruz 

 County,* and Mr. McLaren, Superintendent of the Golden Gate 

 Park, states that he has dug up plants of it in the mountains three 

 miles back of Monterey. 



T. s. B. 



* F. L. Clarke. Catalogue of the Plants of Santa Crnz County. 



RECENT LITERATURE. 



The " Gila'' Monster. By S. Garman. This paper is a reprint 

 from vol. xxii, Bull. Essex Institute. The author, the well known 

 curator of the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, comes 

 to the rescue of the much maligned " Monster," and shows by 

 observations and experiments on a specimen kept m confinementat 

 the museum, that many of the reports of its venomous properties 

 are widiout foundation or greatly exaggerated. 



No. 47 of the Kew Bulletins of Miseellaneous Information is de- 

 voted to a discussion of Liberian Coffee, the product of Cojfea 

 liberica. ft bears a very large fruit (as large as a walnut), which is 

 rather difficult to prepare and its value in the London market is 

 said to be 10 per cent, less than common coffee. On the other hand 

 it is said to be easily cultivated, requiring very little pruning, not 

 easily affected by drought, being a deep rooted tree, and to be 

 comparatively uninjured by the dreaded fungus, Hemtkza vastatr.x, 

 which has worked such havoc in the plantations oi Coffea arahea. 

 An extended notice of the value of the Cola Nut. Cola acummata, 

 which is said to have properties similar to those ascribed to Coca 

 leaves, Erythroxylon coca, terminates the number. 



Annual Report of the State Botanist of the State of Ne^^^ 

 by Charles H. Peck. Lists of additions to the State He barium 

 and descriptions of many new species of fungi, among . Ich we 

 note, as of much interest, a new genus o Helvellace^ called L> 

 derwoodia, in compliment to Prof L. M. Underwood Jt - figu d 

 on plate 4, and is very peculiar in habit. We regret to see that the 

 unnecessary naming of form-species goes merrily on. 



