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flora. There is also a nearly complete set of N. A. Atlantic coast 

 sea-weeds, and above a thousand species of fungi. 



In addition, the University has a somewhat extensive collection of 

 woods, fruits, seeds, fibres, and various .commercial, medicinal and 

 economic vegetable products. 

 Ithaca, N. Y. 



A. N. Prentiss. 



§ 98. Aspidium Lonchitis, Sw., in Colorado.— Mr. T. S. Bran- 



degee has recently found this fern in a damp sand-stone canyon in 

 the Elk Mountains of Colorado, at an elevation of 9,800 feet. Dr. 

 Parry and others had previously collected it in Utah, but we are not 

 aware that it has been seen in Colorado till now. Aspidium Filix- 

 mas and Pellaea gracilis, already known to the Colorado flora, also 

 exist near the same locality. 

 Philadelphia, Pa, 



J. H. R. 



§ 



99. ine Popular NamesofPIantS.— Dr. Grav, in a notice, last 

 year, of the third edition of Dr. Prior^s interesting work *' On the 

 Popular Names of British Plants," remarked : " What we here need 

 is a supplement to Dr. Prior's volume, recording the changes which 

 have occurred in the application of English popular names to North 

 American plants, and giving the history and application of our in- 

 digenous plant-names. '■" It seems to us that there is no better time 

 than the present to begin the collection of material for such a sup-. 

 plement. We have already gathered from, various sources a large 

 number of popular names by which our native plants are, and have 

 been known ; but there are one or two points on which we need in- 

 formation that can only be obtained by the kind co-operation of the 

 readers of the Bulletin. We should like to find out, for instance, 

 to what extent the English names applied to our plants in botanical 

 manuals are mere book-names, and to what extent, and cohere they 

 are in use among those who have no knowledge of Botany. Wc wish 

 to ascertain, too, where many of the popular names that we have 

 collected are at present in use. We know of no other way to obtain 

 such information than to ask our readers to aid us by collecting lists 

 of the popular names by which our plants are known in their neigh- 

 borhood and sending them to us from time to time when convenient. 

 When sufficient material has*been collected the Bulletin will pub- 

 lish It. It would be of interest, too, to put on record the names by 

 which our plants are known to the aborigines, and we should like 

 information on that point also, with the etymology of the names 

 wherever obtainable. A hearty response to a request like this made 

 through the columns of the Science Gossip, a few years ago, has en- 

 abled Messrs. Britten and Holland to compile an exceedingly inter- 

 estmg '' Dictionary of English Plant-Names,"* which has now reached 

 Its second part, ending with the letter O. It is hardly necessary to 

 say that, to make them of value for our purposes, the popular names 

 should be accompanied by their scientific equivalents. 



W. R. G. 



A Dictionmy of Em^lisli Plant-Names, By James Britten, F.L.S., and 

 Kobert Holland. Pan I, 1878: Part II, 1879. London, Triibner & Co. 



