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■Illustrations of British Fun^i. By M. C. Cooke. 8vo. Williams 

 & Norgate, London.— This very beautiful series of colored illustra- 

 tions of Agarics, which has now reached Part III, is deserving of a 

 more extended notice than we can give it at present, but we hope 

 before long to refer to the subject again. As a large number of the 

 species represented is common to our own country, the work when 

 completed, will prove fully as valuable to American as to English 

 botanists, and we trust that it may be liberally supported by both. 



In Hedwigia, for July, Prof. G. Von Niessl describes seven new 

 f ^i^i^^ of Pyrenomycetes, and Dr. Rehm reviews Century V of Mr. 

 J.B. Elhss North American Fungi." 



The Revue Mycologique, for July, contains: 'Additions to the 



Mycological Flora of the Department of Sa6ne-et-Loire,* by Messrs. 



LucandandGillot ;/ Fungi Helvetici Novi,' by Dr. George Winter ; 



Reliquiae Mycologicae Libertianae,' by Messrs. Ronmeguere and 



Saccardo; and a large number of extracts from other journals. 



me/tln°'.vfrrf k"^' f I^' ^^^'^^ CIub.-The regular monthly 

 ?n!^? • ^^"1" ""'^^ ^f ^ '"■' ^"^^ Herbarium, Columbia College, 



Tuesday evening, June 14th the chair, in the absence of the presid- 

 ing officers, being occupied by Mr. G. W. Wri-ht There were 

 eighteen members and three visitors present 



at c)Lf^T'^^^^ °"fie'd meetings reported on the meetings held 

 at Cranford, N J.; West Brighton, S. I.; Newton, N. J., and Fort 



cursions "^ ^^^^^ °' ''°'' '""' ^^""^ ^^ ^"^ °f these ex- 



abnorma?habft n?Sf 7°.'^'''^"^^'^?" ^™ ^^'' ^- ^^- Ravenel on an 

 aonormal habit of Asclepias amplexicaulis, Michx. 



Speamem Exhibited -~Ux. Britton showed specimens of Clematis 

 ochroleuca Ait., from Todt Hill, S. I., having three to Le-^obed 

 leaves, and also a specimen of Fogonia verticillata Nut haWnfan 



fheTummir ' D T^^ '''\-^^ T"" ^ ^-^ below "he' wS at 

 the summit Dr. Schony exhibited specimens of Geaster hygrometri- 



Drtd ;; ''""^'^^ ^P°" '^' hygrometric properties ofthe pkn 

 S ctse'd Mr^BHttrd'^ Tf"^ °' ^^'''^^^^'^ ^^^^ shov^n' and 



Judge Brown remarked upon the persistency of certain foreitm 

 ^ip"?Ma1t.'''''"""^'"°'"^^' ^"^° ^^^ vic'inity 'oTr ci^m 



Mr. HoUick stated that he had detected, this spring at West New 

 Brighton, a tncotyledonous seedlingof Fa^us ferru-ita ThA 

 cotyledons were of equal size and perfectty-^istincTr'nn . '' 



for ?"tfv:TeKrsirir"'^^ ^^" ^^^"^'' ^^' °"^ ^^^^^ P-P<>-^ 



