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Botanical Literature — Trhnen's Journal of 



,. , , ^ . > J- G. Baker. To judge from the 



editor s remarks at the close of the volume, English botanists are slow 

 to give journals devoted to their specialty that cordial support that 

 they should. We regret to learn that the Journal, as old as it is 

 and the only one of its kind in England, *S's still in need of finan- 

 cial support, and that additional subscribers, as well as contributors " 

 are wanted. ' 



^ In Grevillea, for December, the editor sharply defends his spec- 

 ialty against the incursions of Mr. Saville Kent, who, in his recent 

 work on Injusoria, has attempted, as others have done before him, 

 to rob Mycology of the Myxogastres and transfer them to the an- 

 imal kingdom. Mr. Chas. B. Plowright gives an interesting account 

 of spore diffusion in the larger Elvellacei, and Mr. Greenwood Pirn 

 contributes a valuable ' Index to the British Fungi described or no- 

 ticed in Grevillea, Vols, i.— viii/ 



The Botanical Gazette for December has an interesting account 

 of a 'Summer on Roan Mountains,' by Prof. J. W. Chickerina; an 

 account of some experiments with * Carnivorous Plants,' by W. K. 

 Higley; 'Notes from Utah/ by Marcus E. Jones; and a description of 

 a new species oi' Nabalus {N, Roanensis), by Prof Chickering. 



To the American Naturalist for December, Prof C." E. Bessey 

 contributes an interesting * Sketch of the Progress of Botany in the 

 United States in the year 1879.' In the department of Botanical 

 Notes (which we are pleased to learn will hereafter be edited by 



Prof.^ Bessey), L. P. Gratacap gives a list of plants observed by him 

 g^rowing spontaneously last summer in Manhattan Square, New York 

 City, and W. W. Bailey, in the same place, describes and illustrates a 



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tains a short article by William Earnell on ' Plants (insectivorous) in 

 Florida.' The editor announces that during the present year the 

 subject matter of the Journal will be increased by the substitution of 

 smaller types for those heretofore in use, the number of pages re- 

 maining the same. This periodical contains matters of interest to 

 nearly a^l botanists, and should receive their support. 



Erie Natural History Society. — This is a historical sketch of 

 the Society, with the Constitution and By-laws, a list of members and 

 a few of the papers read before the association. The members are 

 divided into two classes — those who contribute, and those who work ; 

 the fees from the latter being of course smaller. The active mem- 

 bers are again divided into four sections, corres])onding Xo branches 

 of the Natural Sciences, viz: Geology and Mineralogy, Botany, Zoology 

 and Chemistry. Of the five papers published, two are botanical. 

 Mr. G, Guttenberg is President and Miss Sarah Madole Correspond- 

 ing Secretary for iSSo. 

 Erie, Pa., vivat ! 



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