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He particularly desires to secure New Jersey, Southern and 
Western plants, ’ 
_ 1. New Publieations.— Zhe American Journal for Dee. contains an 
instructive notice -by Dr. Gray of Decaisne’s, Monograph of the Genus 
Pyrus—The American Naturalist for Dec., appetizing articles on The 
Vegetation of the Lower Wabash Valley, and the Alpine Flora of Colorado; 
for Jan., Mr. Bailey on Our Poisonous Plants, and Mr. Biseoe on 
The Study of Lichens. We recommend all our readers to subscribe 
to this most deserving Journal. We notice an oversight in not 
crediting us with Mr. Merriam’s article on Trees and Rain.—The 
Popular Science Monthly has an article on Cultivating Wild Flowers, 
by Rev. 8, Lockwood.—Nature, Oct. 10 and17, has some very interest- 
ing observations on the Fertilization of a few common Papilionaceous 
lowers. 
ORCHIDACEZ. 
ORCHIS, L.—9, spectabilis, L.; not rare; High Bridge; Hoboken; New 
urham, ete. 
HABENARIA, Willd., R. Br.—IL tridentata, Hook.; not uncommon; 
New Durham and Secaucus swamps; Closter, Austin ; Big 
Swamp, Chatham, N. J.; Staten Island, W. H. Z.—H, virescens, 
Spreng.; not uncommon; Closter, Secaucus, Chatham, N. J.; 
Yonkers, Pooley; Glen Cove, Coles.—H. viridis, R. Br., var. brac- 
leata, Reichenbach; Closter, very rare, Austin.—H, Hookeri, Torr. ; 
Westchester Co., Le Roy; abundant in Orange Co., Austin.— 
H. orbienlata, Torr.; Closter, very rare, Austin.—ll. eristata, R, Br. ; 
New Durham Swamp, Torr. Cat., but not reported of late years. 
—H. ciliaris, R. Br. In aswamp in Love-lane, and in Hoboken 
meadows, Torr. Cat.; Tappan and Tennafly, Austin ; Staten Is- 
land and Redbank, N. J., W. H. L.; Keyport, N.J., 2. W. Brown; 
Glen Clove, Coles.—I. blephariglottis, Hook.; Keyport, Brown ; 
Closter, Austin; Secauens, W. H. L.—H, lacera, R. Br.; common 
in all onr districts; N. Y-—Il. psyeodes, Gray ; common; Closter, . 
Austin; Glen Cove, Coles; Chatham, N. J.; W. Z. LM, fim- 
briata, R. Br.; “Meadows about Elizabethtown, N.J.”, Eddy in 
Torr. Cat. 
GOODYERA, R. Br.—O. pubescens, R. Br. ; common ; N. Y. 
SPIRANTHES, Richard.—-%. latifolia, Torr. ; reported from Glen Cove, 
but needs confirmation.—&. cernua, Richard ; common.—S. gra- 
minea, Lindl., Var. Walteri; common ; Staten Island and Sum- 
mit, N. J., W. H. L.; Closter and Morris Co., N. J., Austin ; 
Train's Meadow, Newtown, L. I., Ruger.—t, gracilis, Bigelow; the 
most common form in all our districts; N. Y.—S. simplex, Gray; 
Tottenville, Staten Island, rare, W. H. Z.; Keyport, quite com- 
mon, Brown; Closter, rare, Austin. 
LISTERA, R. Br.—_[. eordata, R. Br.; probably grows in our region, 
though no specimen properly authenticated is at hand.—L. con- 
vallarioides, Hook.; “In the cedar swamp at New Durham,’ 
Torr. Cat. ¢ 
ARETHUSA, Gronov.—A. bulbosa, L. ; Closter, rare, Austin ; New Lots, 
. Merriam; Glen Cove, Coles; New Darham Swamp, formerly, 
