200 
$ 2ro. Chicago Botanical Garden.—We are very sorry to learn 
-that this promising enterprise has come to an untimely end. The 
‘Managers had solicited contributions from the principal Gardens of 
the world, promising to make suitable returns as early as possible, 
The total number of packets of seeds and living plants received up 
to July 1, 1877, was nearly 15,000; the number of similar packets 
returned, about 5,000; the number of species under cultivation in 
the Garden, over,6,o00. Nevertheless, the Board of Commissioners 
voted in July, on account of the expense, to terminate the operations 
-of the Garden, and place all its plants, seeds, etc., under the charge 
of the General Superintendent of the Park. The Managers, sup- 
ported by many citizens, sought in vain to have the matter recon- 
sidered. They are, therefore, rendered powerless to fulfil the promises 
«made with the sanction of the Commission. 
§ 211. Botanical Gazette.—-The January No. of this publication, 
being No. 1 of Vol. IIL, justifies the editors’ determination to make 
the “Gazette” indispensable to botanists. The editors are John M. 
Coulter, Hanover, Ind., and M. S. Coulter, Logansport, Ind. It is 
published monthly, at $1.00 a year, and is to be illustrated when 
necessary. It is nicely printed on tinted paper, and consists of 8 
-pages, larger than those of the BuLLetTin. In the January No. we 
find the description of a new species of Isoetes, by Dr. Engelmann, 
LI. Butleri, found by Mr. George D. Butler, in Indian Territory, along 
with /. melanopoda, J. Gay, a new locality. Dr. Chapman contributes 
a long list, to be continued, of plants chiefly from the semi-tropical 
regions of Florida, which are either new, or which have not hitherto 
been recorded as belonging to the Flora of the Southern States. 
Several of them have been noticed before in different publications ; 
some in the BULLETIN, e¢. g., Pavonia spinifex, Cav., Vol. V., § 95, 
but it is a great advantage to have the new plants brought together 
in one list. There are also other notes of interest. : 
§ 212. Asplenium ebenoides, R. R. Scott.—Did you know how 
proliferous this species is? I saw a plant lately, in J. Warren Mer- 
rill’s greenhouse at Cambridgeport, on which there were four fronds 
having little plantlets starting from the apex—one of them large 
enough to be potted. Mr. Merrill told me that he has propagated 
it by this means. He has several plants growing and fruiting finely, 
and showing remarkable variations. G. E. D 
[ Have plants ever been raised from the spores >—Eps. ] 
§ 213. ErrATA.—Fresh-water Algae, p. 188, 59, POTEROPHORA, 1. & dele 
“in”; L Aefor ‘‘consistentia” read ‘‘instructa”; |. ge for “constructis” read 
“instructis ” ; p. Ig0, under ARCHIDIUM DONNELLII, |. » for ‘‘ Hampden Co,” 
read ‘‘ Hampden Sidney College, Prince Edward Co.” ; p. 192, § 203, 1. # for 
“ A. minutum, Englm.” read ‘‘[A. minutum, Englm.|” ; |. ¢ for “ Rhyncos- 
pora” read ‘‘ Rhynchospora ”’. 
Terms—One Dollar per annum beginning with the ¥anuary number. For the Botanical 
Directory 40 cents. Vols. 1-V., with index, and photograph of Dr. Torrey, $3.75. Copies 
of Constitution and By-Laws of the Club, 25 cents. Address, WM. H, LeGGEetT, 54, East 
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The Club meets regularly the last Tuesday of the month in the Herbarium Columb ja Colle 
at 7:30 P.M. Botanists are invited to attend. Dr TuHurser, the President ar tae CE 
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