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Redwood belt and is there now rapidly becoming the prey of 
the bark peelers. The commercial value of its bark is so great 
that large quantities are being hauled over rough mountain trails 
to the railroads or seacoast. The bark only is used and great 
masses of the wood are left to rot or become fuel for forest fires, — 
and unless the onslaught is checked, the large and valuable growth — 
of this fine oak will be entirely destroyed. 
Tradescantia pilosa. (Meehan’s Month. ii. 36). 
Illustrated under the name of 7. rosea. 
Treatment of Smuts of Oats and Wheat. W.T.Swingle. (U.S. _ 
Depart. Agric. Farmers’ Bull. No. v). 
Trichomanes radicans. (Meehan’s Month. ii. 33, illustrated). 
Trinidad Royal Botanic Gardens—Annual Report on the. (Gov. 
Print. Est. Port of Spain, 1891). 
This is an imposing document, minutely setting forth the 
work accomplished in every direction in this flourishing West — 
Indian garden. Illustrations are given of Cowroupita Guianens's, 
Latania glaucophylla and Licuala sp., and also elaborate dia- 
grams of the organs by which Coryanthes macrantha is fertilized 
by a bee. 5 
Touroulia Jenmani. (Hook. Icon. Plant. x. pl. 1998). : 
Weeds of California—The. E. W. Hilgard. (Gard. and For. — 
316, 328, 375, 424, 458, 604). ao 
A large number of our Eastern pests are noted, such 4 — 
Brassica sp., Rumex sp., Chenopodium sp., etc. Portulaca oler- 
acea does not seem to be spreading, although it has appeared in 
afew localities. Calandrinia Menziesii is a native that is classe¢ 
as a “weed” as isalso Eschscholtzia Californica, Oxalis cornitu- 
lata and Evrodium cicutarium: 
Among the Leguminose are mentioned Medicago denticl- 
lata, Melilotus Indica, Lupinus formosus, Glycirrhisa lepidoti. 
The Umbelliferz are said to include hardly a single plant that 
can be classed as an obnoxious weed. Among the Composit 
py noted Centaurea Melitensis, C. solstitialis, Anthemts Cotula, 
Stlbyum Marianum, Xanthium Canadense, X. spinosum, Senecio — 
vulgaris, Sonchus oleraceus and Erigeron Canadense. : 
Winter Rambles in the Pine Barrens. i, 1. E. J. Hill. (Gard 
and For. v. 74-110). 
