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prisoned by it catalogued and reported to Dr. Harris. Afterward 
[ found that insects naturally feeble were oftentimes actually shut 
in by the growth of the plant; for instance, the Gall-flies (Cynips) 
or their progeny in the galls they caused, and feeble individuals 
of the Apple-tree Borer were sometimes unable to eat their way 
out of the trunk. 
Natick, Mass. Austin Bacon. 
§ 131. Publications—1. The American Naturalist for December 
contains a study of Imbricative Zstivation by A. P. Morgan, a 
good example of akind of work which we are glad to see getting 
more attention in this country. The two notes on Yucea filamen- 
tosa and Apple flowers are of a similar nature. The Naturalist 
always contains some instructive botanical matter, and deserves 
the support of botanists. It offers subscribers for the coming year 
the back volumes at avery low rate.—2. A List of North Ameri- 
can Lichens, by Henry W illey, New Bedford, Mass., January, 1873, 
price twenty-five cents. This list is arranged according to Tucker- 
man’s “Genera,” and is a valuable exchange medium.—3. The 
American Garden, for December, contains with other good things — 
a resumé of the recent investigations respecting insectivorous 
plants, with a plate comprising representations of seven of them.--_ 
4. Dr. Gray in the Semi-weekly Tribune, December 9, discusses the — . 
vitality of varieties.—5, Mr. Thomas Bland has presented to the 
Club, Proceedings of the Scientific Association of Trinidad, Parts 
VI. and VIL, containing a catalogue of the plants in the Royal Bo- 
tanical Gardens on that {sland (about a thousand species), and other 
interesting botanical matter.—é6. Mr. Bland has also presented the 
Third Annual Report of the Botanical Survey of Southwest and 
Northwest Louisiana, made during the year 1871, by Prof. A, 
Featherman, of the Louisiana State University. A map accom-— — 
panies it, z 
§ 132. Spotted Clover.—My cousin, Mr. Richard A. Bailey, called — 
my attention the other day to a plant of red clover, Trifolium pra- 
tense, L., in which the leafiets, instead of the usual pale mark, have 
deep, brownish, black spots upon them. The plant continues. to 
produce these, and has been removed to a conservatory by its dis- 
coverer. W. W. BaiLeY. — 
§ 133. New Stations.—Rev. H. Wibbe reports finding Sedum — 
oe L., last Spring, near Sandlake, N. Y.—Dr. Howe reports — 
entaurea nigra, 1... well established in Yonkers, found by R. 
Kersting.—Mrs. Cora H. Clark, of Jamaica Plain, Mass., reports 
having found Paronychia argyrocoma, Nutt., on the top of White 
Cap, a small mountain near Andover, Me. ie 
§ 134. Constitution and By-Laws. Copies may be procured by 
sending twenty-five cents to Mr. I. H. Hall, 36 Pine Street, N..} 
Terms—One Dollar per annum beginnin ith 12 cents for postage 
4g the Botanical Directory so aatea in cad hege ka Potente g £5 cents. ‘caer, ae 
Bac GET. 224, E. Tenth Street, New York, Money Orders on Station D., P. 0. N.Y. 
: . ele : , Nast 
ora of 7 Beaman esa aa caer Sega subscriptions or orders filled only pi 
_ ‘The Club mee ts regularly the last Tuesday y 0) i uae columbia 0Ob 
ee seg d Bs Columbia Col- 
os “lege, at 75 PM detain ie 7 the month in the Herbarium, ry 
- : xd Club, may de. found ays rep lon vited toattend. Dr. TauRper, the Presi ‘bes é t of: 
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