291 
M, auriculata, Liriodendron tulipifera, Tilia Americana, 
Acer rubrum, A spicatum, sculus glabra, 4. discolor, 
E. parviflora, Robinia psaudacacia, R. viscosa, Cercts 
Canadensis, Gymnocladus Canadensis, Gleditschia triacanthos, 
Prunus Americana, P. Chicasa, P. Pennsylvanica, P. Virginiana, 
P. serotina, Pyrus coronaria and Cornus alternifolia. We learn 
from the announcement at the beginning of the volume that these 
are the finished plates of what was to have been a complete work 
upon the forest trees of North America. The text was never 
prepared, and none has been added, and the accompaning no- 
menclature is such as was in use at the time the plates were exe- 
cuted, and we think that in thus preserving the work in its original 
shape, those who are responsible for its publication have acted 
wisely. Had it been completed the work would have been a 
magnificant one, coveringa large part of the same ground included 
in Prof. Sargent’s Sylva of North America. Mention is made of 
the preparation of these plates in the preface to Prof. Sargent’s work, 
and it isa matter for sincere congratulation that we now have them, 
not only on account of their botanical value and handsome ap- 
pearance, but also for the historical interest attached to them. 
A..F, 
Poisoning by the So-Called Wild Parsnip—Review of some cases 
of. F.D. Power. (Pharm. Rundsch. ix. 162-165, illustrated). 
The author takes issue with all who claim poisonous qualities 
for the roots of wild Pastinaca sativa, and it is claimed that in all 
cases investigated where poisoning has resulted from eating par- 
snip roots, these were shown to belong to Cicuta maculata. In 
every case where the author has known wild Pastinaca to be 
eaten no evil results have followed. __ 
Popular Names of American Plants. Sylvanus Hayward. 
(Journ. Am. Folk-Lore iv. 147-150). 
Populus monticola. (Gard. and For. iv. 330, f. 56.) 
Record of Current Literature for 1890. (Ann. Bot. iv. No. xvi). 
This entire number is taken up with the above subject. It 
is divided into two parts. Parti is “ Books and Pamphlets,” in- 
dexed under the authors’ names; Part ii is Periodical Litera- 
ture,” indexed geographically. 
Rediscovery—An Interesting (Gard. and For. iv. 253, 254). 
