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a few copies to dispose of at $4 apiece. His address is 120 Belle- 
ville Avenue, Newark, N. J.—2. Botanical Contributions, by Asa 
Gray, from Proc. Am. Acad. Arts & Sci., Vol. X., April, 1875. 
Conspectus of the North American Hydrophyllacew. We notice 
that Ellisia ambigua, Nutt., is now decided to be a slender form of 
E. Nyctelea, L.—3. Contributions to American Botany, V., by 
Sereno Watson, from Proc. Am. Acad. Arts & Sci., Vol. X., April, 
1875. Revision of the Genus Ceanothus, and Description of New 
Plants, with a synopsis of the Western Species of Silene.—4. Zrans- 
actions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, for the year 
1874, Part IL—5. First Annual Report of the Geological and ins 
cultural Survey of Texas, hy 8. B. Buckley, State Geologist.—6. 
Psyche, January—April, 1875.—7. The Naturalist Advertiser, 
January, 1875 ; free by mail to all applicants, Naturalist’s Agency, 
Salem, Mass. Contains 52 pages of titles of works, journals, and 
papers, in all departments of natural history.—8. The American 
Naturalist, May, 1875. The botanist will always find matter of in- 
terest in the pages of this well deserving monthly. The present No. 
contains: Zhe law of embyronic development the same in plants as 
in animals, by T. A. Lapham, LL.D. ; The fertilization of certain 
Jlowers through insect agency, by Thomas G, Gentry ; Botanieal 
observations in Southern Utah, No. 4, by Dr.~C. C. Parry: the 
present is a list of the collection of plants made in 1874. There are 
also some other short botanical notes.—9. American Garden, Jan. 
—May, well sustains its character, and is full of entertaining and 
instructive reading. The white-berried Mitchella repens was found . 
by a lady in Canaan, Ct. in 1872. Buxx. II., 48.—10. The St Louis 
Democrat, Mch. 6th, 1875, contains a full report of Dr. George En- 
gelmann’s able lecture on Zhe Forests of the Rocky Mountains.— 
11. Ferns a Specialty, A. B. Gilbert’s priced Catalogue of native 
and exotic Ferns in cultivation, Hancock St., Cambridgeport, Mass. 
12. Harvard University. Summer instruction in Chemistry, Bot- 
any, and Geology, for 1875. Intended for teachers and other 
adults. A synopsis of the course in Botany will be forwarded upon 
application to Prof. G. L. Goodale, Cambridge, Mass, Application 
for places in the laboratory should be made before June Ist. A 
second course in Cryptogamic Botany by Prof. Farlow will be given 
at some locality on the seashore not at present determined. A 
knowledge of phenogams is indispensable for those taking this 
course. Apply on or before June Ist to Prof. W. G. Farlow, 
Botanic Garden, Cambridge. The fee for each course is $25 in ad- 
vance. Each course will begin July 8th, and continue six weeks, 
As Harvard is making Botany a condition of entrance, she does 
well to provide instruction for teachers. : 
§ 29, Sandwich Island Ferns.—Mrs. J. M. Whitney, 753, Logan 
street, Cleveland, Ohio, writes that she has a large assortment of Sand- 
‘wich Island ferns to dispose of, with about ten varieties from the 
Yo Semite. The former were named for her by Mr. Lidgate, the 
compiler of a list of the Island ferns, which she has had printed here, 
and offers for sale at 25 cts Mrs. Whitney holds her ferns at per- 
haps a rather high rate, but is willing to make terms. 
