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and it ought to stimulate them to at least show equal zeal and 
interest in adding to the value and scope of the State Herbarium 
A. H. | 
Aster cordifolius. C. W. Dod. (Gard. xl. 337; illustrated). 
Berberis aquifolium. (Gard. xl. 383, 384; illustrated). 4 
California Wild-Flower Notes. K.P.S. Boyd. (Am. Gard 
xii. 737, 738; illustrated). | 
Contains cuts representing Adromia umbellata, Mimulus car 
dinalis, M. luteus, and M. glutinosus. q 
Callirhoé Papaver. (Gard. xl. 541, with colored plate). 
Calandrinia oppositifolia. (Gard. xl. 485; illustrated). : 
Catalogue of Flowering Plants and Ferns of Santa Cruz County, 
California. F. L. Clarke. Gaeuh pp. 13, Santa Crug 
Calif). 
This list was compiled from specimens collected by the pupils ’ 
in the public schools of Santa Cruz County, asa result of the 
“Wild Flower Contest,” inaugurated by the Santa Cruz Surf 
Additions to the list were made by Dr. C. L. Anderson, and the 
modest wish is expressed that the work may serve as a nucleus 
to which many additions may be made in the future. a 
Cereus procumbens. (Bot. Mag. t. 7205). 
Colors of Flowers.—I. I], E. W. Hervey. (Gard. and For. 
568-570; 578-580). | 
The author seeks to show that nature begins in all colore od 
flowers by a change from green to white, and thence to the bright 
er colors,—that this the line of the evolution of colofs 
In other words, that chlorophyl is first eliminated from 
the specialized leaves and a white subject prepared on which 
the more diverse colors can be painted. The other colors, he 
author concludes, do not follow each other in any sequence, a 
may spring directly from the white and are of equal rank. 
examples given and the course of reasoning employed are inte et 
esting, to say the least. : 
Colors of Leaves. E. W. Hervey. (Gard. and For. iv. 591, sa} 
This is a sequel to the author’s previous article on the colo® 
of flowers. The course of reasoning is similar, and the questiot 
asked is whether the green color of leaves is the original color, % of 
is it secondary. The conclusion is reached that our green vege 
