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conical, like a narrow thimble, sometimes an inch in length, less 

 soft and fleshy and possessed of a pecuHar flavor. 



Abundant on the higher mountains of New York, New Jersey 

 and Pennsylvania, it goes everywhere by the name of *' the 

 mountain blackberry." 



Aster prkxaxtiioides, (Mulil.), var. loxgifolius. 



Leaves thin, deep green, sharply serrate above the middle, 

 the larger ones 5 to 8 inches in length, narrowly lanceolate, 

 tapering into a long acumination, the contraction below the 

 middle nearly obsolete, ' 



This well-marked variety has been found in Northampton, 

 Delaware and Luzerne Counties, Pennsylvania. 



Tiios. C. Porter. 



Botanical Notes. 



T/ie Missouri Botanic Garden, The provisions of the will of 

 Mr. Henry Shaw, the philanthropic millionaire of St. Louis, have 

 recently been made public, and botanists have every reason to be 

 highly gratified with them. P^or the whole of his vast estate, 

 representing a present valuation of more than $3,000,000, is left 

 in trust for the support of the gardens which were his delight 

 durhig the latter portion of his long life-time, and which will thus 

 be supplied with an income second only to that of Kew. This 

 must give a most powerful impetus to the study of botany and 

 horticulture. The great income, it is stated, will probably be 

 materially increased in the appreciation in value of real estate 

 now lying on the outskirts of the city. 



Dr. VVm. Trelease, the professor of Botany in Washington 

 University, has been fittingly chosen as Director of this important 

 establishment. His time must necessarily be largely occupied 

 with administrative details, but we hope that these will not alto- 

 gether interfere with further contributions from his pen towards 

 the elucidation of critical problems in North American Botany. 



Reviews of Foreign Literature. 



Freie Geflissbiindcl in den Habncn von 0/jra. In a late 

 number of '* Flora'' is an article by Fritz Miillcr from Brazil. 

 The author describes the joints of a certain species of Olyra^ a 



