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find Linnaea borealis, Gronov., reported in the Elliott Collection, and 
that our authors have themselves seen Va/eriana sylvatica, Richards, 
and Chiogenes hispidula, Salisb., so near New York. There are many 
other points of interest which we have no space to notice. * The 
Catalogue is a valuable one and adds much to our knowledge of the 
flora of New York. The zeal and enterprise of these young 
young botanists, is one of the many evidences we see about us, that 
the great example of Dr. Torrey will not be forgotten in his native 
city.—4. Catalogue of Phaenogamous and. Vascular Cryptogamous 
Plants, collected during the Summer of 1873 and 1874 tn Dakota and 
Montana, along the 49th parallel, by Dr. Elliott Coues, U.S.A.; with 
which are incorporated those collected, in the same region at the same 
times by Mr. George M. Dawson: by Prof. J. W. Chickering, Wash- 
ington, D.C. From the Bulletin of Hayden’s Survey. “ This Cata- 
logue comprises 692 species, besides quite a number of varieties, and 
.1s of much value and interest, not so much for the number of new 
species enumerated as for the information supplied respecting the 
range of many species known to be common farther east, west, or 
south.’ “Doubtless a careful examination of certain localities 
through the entire season would add many species to the list, but the 
present catalogue serves very well to convey to the botanist a good 
idea of the characteristic flora of the 49th parallel—5. Woolson & 
Ca:'s Descriptive Catalogue of Hardy Perennial Plants, Spring and 
~Fall of 1879, Passaic, N. J. For those who have the opportunity 
for cultivating them, we know of no better way of procuring most 
of our hardy perennials than from this extensive collection. It is 
not confined to American plants, but the supply of the latter is large 
and catholic, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from Ranunculus rhom- 
boideus to Botrychium simplex.—6. Those who want botanical. books 
can procure almost anything from &. Friedlaender & Sohn, 11, 
Carlstrasse, Berlin. Catalogues are sent us by Gustav R. Steichert, 
766 Broadway N. Y.—7. S. E. Cassino, Salem, Mass., has issued his 
new advertisement of, The Wild Flowers of America, illustrated by 
Isaac Sprague, text by Prof. George L. Goodale. The work is 
promised to consist of twenty-five parts, to be issued at intervals of 
from one to three months. Each number will contain two plates and 
from twelve to sixteen pages of text. The publisher, whose reputa- 
tion is well. established, promises that the plates “ will surpass in 
beauty and excellence of workmanship any drawings of flowers ever 
published in any country.” When we consider that the editor is 
Prof. Goodale, distinguished not only for his scientific knowledge, 
but also his success in presenting it, and the artist the unsurpassed 
Sprague, the price, one dollar and fifty cents a part, at considerable 
intervals, seems low enough to suit even the present times. 
Terms—One Dollar per annum eginning with the January number. For the Botanical 
sh ap 40. cents ; three copies for one dollar, or twelve Jor three dollars. Vols. 1.-V., 
with index,and photograph of Dr, Ti orrey, $3.75. Copies of Constitution and By-Laws 
of the Club. 25 cents. Address, WM. H. LEGGETT, 54, East 81st Street, New York. Money 
Orders on Station K, NV. ¥. AW subscriptions or orders filled only on receipt of the money 
The Club meets regularly the second Tuesday of the month in the Herbarium,Columbia College 
at 7:30 P.M, Botanists are invited to attend. Dr. THURBER. the President of the Club 
may be found at 245 Broadway. : 
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