225. 
Them,” are descriptions of Lestadia Bidwelli, Perenospora 
viticola, Sphaceloma Ampelinum, Plowrightia morbosa, Montlia 
Sructigena, Fusicladium dendriticum, Entomosporium maculatum, 
Phytopthora infestans, Puccinia graminis, Claviceps purpurea, 
Tilletia fetens, Ustilago segetum, and U. Maydts, the last three 
figured. - 
Notes from Columbus, Ohio. Aug. D. Selby. (Bot. Gaz. xvi. 
5 148, 149). 
The following western species are supposed to have been in- 
troduced from the cars or wagons of a traveling circus: Erodium 
cicutarium, Aster pauciflorus, Amphyachyris dracunculoides, 
Dysodia chrysanthemoides, Gutierrezia Texana, Helenium nudt- 
florum, Hf. tenuifolium, Parthenium Hysterophorus, Solanum 
rostratum, Monarda citriodora, and Croton capitatum. 
Notes on the Flora of the St. Croit Region. E. J. Hill. (Bot. 
Gaz. xvi. 108-113 ; 126-130). 
Notes on the Distribution of Some Kansas Tr rees. §. C. Mason. 
(Gard. and For. iv. 182, 183; fig. 34). 
Notes on the Cottonwood, (Populus montlifera). 
Peat Bogs in New Brunswick.—On Raised. G. F. Ganong. 
(Bot. Gaz. xvi. 123-126). 
Pitcairnia Roeslit. J. G. Baker. (Bot. Mag. T. 7175). 
Quinoa. H. H. Rusby. (Reprint from Bull. Pharm., Mch. 
1891, illustrated). 
Chenopodium Quinoa is here described, mostly from the eco- 
nomic importance of its seed as an article of food in South 
America. 
Report.—Department of Vegetable Physiology, ‘ J. E. Humphrey. 
(Eighth Ann. Rept. Mass. Agri. Exp. Sta. 200-226, PI. i, ii). 
Contains notes upon several fungus pests, with illustrations 
of Plowrightia morbosa, Plasmopara Cubensis, P. Australis, 
Monilia fructigena, and Pythium de Baryanum. 
Report of the Secretary of Agriculture, 1890. (Cloth 8vo, pp. 
612, illustrated. Washington, D. C., 1890. Also reprints 
of reports of Chief of Division of Vegetable Pathology, and 
Chief of Division of Forestry.). 
Amongst the matters of botanical interest may be cited a 
report upon mushrooms of the United States, by the micro-_ 
