193 
Carolina Wild Flowers. \.. Greenlee. (Vick’s Mag. xiv. 154, 
155, illustrated). 
Description and figure of Asarum Virginicum. 
Calochortus Leichtlintii. (Gard. Chron. ix. 469, fig. 97), 
Canada Thistle—The. (Third Ann. Rept. W. Va. Agric. Exp. 
Sta., 118-121, pl. viii, ix). 
This article is designed as an appeal to the farmers to eradi- 
cate Cuicus arvensis, and illustrations are given of the root-leaves 
and mature plant, as it was incidently discovered that other 
plants were known under the common name of ‘“‘ Canada This- 
tle’; such species, for instance, as Echium vulgare and Dip- 
sacus sylvestris, The article concludes with a series of questions 
in regard to common weeds which are all quoted by their popu- 
lar or local names. 
Contributions to the Knowledge of the Germination of some North 
American Plants. Theodor Holm. (Mem. Torrey Bot. 
Club, ii. 57-108; 15 plates). 
Mr. Holm has given much careful study to the development 
of herbaceous plants, and some of his results are included in this 
Memoir, which is an important and valuable contribution to the 
literature of germination. The species described are Anemone 
thalictroides, Thalictrum dioicum, Ranunculus abortivus, R. re- 
curvatus, Delphinium nudicaule, Sarracenia purpurea, Sanguin- 
arta Canadensis, Viola palmata, var. cucullata, Lespedeza vio- 
lacea, L. procumbens, Clitoria Mariana, Cassia Chamecrista, 
Rubus hispidus, Potentilla Canadensis, Saxifraga Virginiensis, 
Dionea muscipula, Thaspium barbinode, T. aureum, Osmor- 
hiza longistylis, Sanicula Marylandica, Aralia spinosa, Pilea 
pumila, Sabal Palmetto, Attalea excelsa, Carludovica palmata, 
Agave univittata, Eucharis candida, Smilax rotundifolia, S. 
glauca, Hemerocallis fulva, Yucca gloriosa, Peltandra undulata, 
Orontium aquaticum, Anthurium Andreanum, Alisma Plan- 
tago, var. Americanum. A\ll these are beautifully figured. 
Curcurbit—A New. A. Cogniaux. (Zoe, i. 368, 369; pl. xi). 
Description and plate of a new genus aud species, Vaseyan- 
thus Rosei. 
Cupressus Macnabiana, (Gard. Chron. ix. 403, fig. 90). " 
Distribution of Northern Plants.—The Relative Altitudes of the 
