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production of rapidly-growing sprouts to form a copious second 

 growth. 



Botanical Literature 



A Dictionary of Popular Names of I^lants which furnish the natural 



and acquired Wants of Man in all Matters of Domestic and 



General Economy^ their History^ Products and Uses. By John 



Smith, F.L.S. London : Macmillan <Sc Co. 



The scope of this work is sufficiently indicated by the title which 



we give in full. It is only necessary to add that the plants treated 



of are arranged alphabetically under their English names, as far as 



such exist, followed by their systematic names (according to I.ind- 



ley's system) and a compact statement of their history, character- 



istics, products and economic uses. Mr. Smith has enjoyed unex- 

 ceptional facilities for obtaining information on the subjects of 

 which his book treats, inasmuch as he has been officially connected 

 with the Kew Gardens for upwards of forty years, and was assist- 

 ant to the late Sir W. Hooker in establishing and arranging the Kew 

 Museum of Economic Botany. 



The work abounds in information of the most valuable and in- 

 teresting character, and will prove very handy as a work of refer- 

 ence to every one who takes an interest in the vegetable kingdom. 



The Woody Plants of Ohio, arranged under their appropriate Botan- 

 ical Orders, ivith Remarks upon their Uses, Qualities and 

 Sources. By John A. Warder, M.D., assisted by David L. 

 James and Joseph F. James. 8vo. pamph. pp. 40. 

 In this paper, which was presented at the meeting of the Agricultu- 

 ral Convention of Ohio, in Columbus, January, 18S2, the author and 

 his assistants have aimed to provide the farmers of Ohio with a refer- 

 ence-list giving the names, relations, habits and uses of the woody 

 plants of the State. The plants are enumerated in the order in which 

 they occur in Gray's Manual; and the names of many are included in 

 the list which, though insignificant from their diminutive size, *' are 

 still useful in the arts, or fill an important office in practical forestry 

 as nurse-plants and as undergrowth, or even as 'ground herbage ' 



„™^v,.r fV.^ rr^r^rf^ nnhlp and valuable Trees of the Wood." 



Proceedings of the Torrey Club*— The regular meeting of the 

 Club was held at Columbia College, Tuesday evening, November 

 14th the President in the chair and twenty-six persons present. 



The Librarian reported on the books and pamphlets received 



since last meeting. 



Field Excursions, — Prof. Day, m behalf of the Field Committee, 



read a report on the field excursions that had taken place during 



Tuly, August and September. 



Adhesion, — Mr. Wilber exhibited a section of a hemlock in which 

 one of the branches had curved inward and become, at its extremity, 

 fused with the trunk- Mr. Britton described and illustrated a case 

 of adhesion between the branches of two maples that had been 

 observed by him recently at Mt. Clair Heights, N. J. 



Virescence in the Rose. — A specimen was shown by Mr. Braman 

 of what is popularly called a "green rose ''—a condition of the 



