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Montreal Botanic Garden. D. P. Penhallow. (First Annual 
Report, 1885.) 
The site “where the earliest spring flowers bloom” has been 
selected on Mt. Royal, and some progress has been made in 
planting. A government appropriation and several private dona- 
tions have enabled the work to proceed in a quite encouraging 
manner. 
New Plants from Southern and Lower California. C. C. Parry. 
(Proc. Davenport Acad. Nat. Sci., iv., pp. 38-40.) 
Phacelia suffrutescens, Ptelea aptera, ria dole Fishie and 
Gilia Orcuttit are here described. 
Opium Mould—A yellow. (Eurotium aspergillus-glaucus, Lk.) 
Wm. Trelease. (Contrib. Dep. Pharmacy Univ. Wisc., ii., 
pp. 5-9; illustrated.) 
It was found on cutting open a cake of Turkey opium. With 
the naked eye the mycelium and perithecia could be distinguished, 
as they differ in color. Other spores were also distinguished but 
could not be identified. e 
Oxalis acetosella. (Gardener's Chronicle, xxv., pp. 684, 685, with 
figure.) 
The question is again raised whether this or 77zfolium repens 
be the true shamrock. 
Phosphorescent Fungi. J. B. Everhart. (Journ. Mycol., ii., pp- 
70-71.) 
Note is made of Panus stypticus having been noted by two 
observers to be phosphorescent in the gills. This phenomenon 
was only noted on specimens gathered in damp weather just 
before a storm. ; 
Picea Menziesit. (Gard. Chron., xxv., p. 728; two figures.) 
Platanus occidentalis. (Gard. Month., xxviii., pp. 165, 166; 
one figure.) 
Quercus virens.—The American Live Oak. (Garden, xxix., p. 
532; one cut.) 
Botanical Notes. 
Medicinal Plants wanted. Dr. C.F. Millspaugh, of Bing- 
hamton, New York, is anxious to obtain typical, living, flower- 
ing specimens of Spigelia Marilandica, Stillingia sylvatica, 
