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Heer, and other authors. Reasoning from the well-known varia- 
bility of the foliage of Z. Tulipifera, many forms of which are 
illustrated on the accompanying plates, Mr. Holm is inclined to 
maintain that the three species described by Dr. Newberry from. 
the Amboy clays are forms of a single one; this hypothesis, 
indeed, appears to be the main object of the paper. 
Mr. Holm’s work indicates much research. He has, however, 
made one mistake, and that we believe a most serious one. We 
refer to the fact that he has not seen the specimens on which Dr. 
Newberry’s paper was based, but has written all these pages on 
the information to be derived from the single figures of the three 
species alluded to. Since that paper was written an immense 
amount of additional material has been derived from the Amboy 
clays, and enough of Lirzodendron to support the species indica- 
ten in the original descriptions. If Mr. Holm had taken the 
trouble to come to New York we could have shown him more 
in Liriodendron than he has hitherto had opportunity to inspect. 
N LL.B. 
Lonicera oblongifolia, Hook. and L. villosa, Muhl. Hi. Zabel. 
(Gartenflora, xxxviii. 526, 527). 
Mamillaria Grusoni and Echinocactus Bolansis, FE. Runge. 
(Gartenflora, xxxviii. 105, 106; two figures). — 
Two new Cacti from Coahuila, Mexico. a 
Masdevallia Chimera, Reichb. f. G. Sommer. (Gartenflora, 
t. 4314). 
Native of New Grenada. 
Notes from a Garden Herbarium —II. L. H. Bailey. 
This article treats of raspberries and blackberries. Rubus 
villosus, R. villosus, vas. frondosus, R. neglectus and R. occidentalis 
are figured and described and two new varieties of R. vzllosus 
are also described, viz.: var. a/binus, founded on the creamy white 
fruit, and var. sa¢évus which has larger, more globular fruit than 
the species. This latter is stated to be the parent of nearly all 
the cultivated varieties of high blackberries. 
Notes on Rare East Tennessee Lichens. W.W. Calkins. (Am. 
Nat. xxiv. 1078, 1079). 
Notes on the Flora of the Lake Superior Region.—ITI._ E. J. Hill. 
(Bot. Gaz., xv. 304-311). 
