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who consequently knows better what to look for and what to miss. 
A word may be said, too, in general in regard to the truth of the photo- 
graphic record. Leaving out of account the loss of color, the reduction 
of everything to terms of black and white, we inevitably find an altera- 
tion of values, particularly, for instance, in the yellows and violets. 
With the best that the photographer can do, then, his Amanita caesarea. 
and some of his yellow Pholiotas are bound to be almost unrecogniza- 
bly blackened, and his Cortinarius violaceus and other similar species 
have all true likeness washed out of them. 
Some of Mr. Hard's photographs suffer from other causes. Too 
frequently, as he mentions in certain instances, his material was not 
in good condition, having, perhaps, been received from a distance 
(Nos. 63 and 173, from Boston), or having been poorly selected, 
(No. 112). Many suffer from poor illumination or from indistinctness. 
It is to be regretted that the exigencies of publication demand the 
reproduction of anything but the best, such as no. 142 (from Prof. 
Atkinson), and numbers from C. С. Lloyd. ‘The excellence of these, 
and of a few of the author's own, bring up the average. But, all in all 
they are disappointing to the trained eye. One, at least, no. 163, is 
so good as to show that it does not deserve the name assigned to it, 
that of Hygrophorus pratensis. 
H. W. 
THE ANNUAL FIELD MEETING ОЕ THE VERMONT BOTANICAL AND 
Brrp Стлвѕ will be held "Tuesday and Wednesday, July 6 and 7, 
1909, at some point on or near the shores of Lake Champlain easily 
accessible from Burlington. Members desiring to attend should apply 
to Dr. H. F. Perkins, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, 
for the circular giving details as to the plans. 
Vol. 11, no. 125, including pages 85 to 108, was issued 4 May, 1909. 
