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Bugs " {Lachnosterna) and several caterpillars. Often kills large 

 numbers of them." 



Garden Vegetables. — History of. E. L. Sturtevant. (Am. Nat. 



xxiii. ^^y^'J']). 



We are pleased to again welcome the author's contributions 

 to this subject. In this paper he treats of the Lima Bean, {Pha- 

 seolus lunattis, L.), Lovage, i^Ligusticiim levisticum, Z.), Mal- 

 lows, {Malva crispa, L.), Marigold, (Beta vulgaris, var.), Marty- 



{Martynia p 



Intea, LindL), Melon, 



{Cucuntis melo, L.), Mint, {Me^itha viridis, L.), Mugwort, {Ar- 

 temisia vulgaris, L.), and Mustard, [Sinapis alba, L., S. nigra, 

 L., 5. brassicata, L., 5. Chincnsis, L , and 5. Pekinensis, Lour). 



Ad- 



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iptus Thureani, McCoy, from the Levis Formation — 

 lal Notes on. Henry M. Ami. (Can. Rec. Sci. iii. 502, 



503, illustrated). 



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Kinds as have been Introduced. — The Agricultural. George 

 Vasey. (Special Bull. Bot. Divn. U. S. Dep't Agric, Wash- 

 ington, D.C., 1889). 



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This profusely illustrated report begins with an account of the 

 grasses, 99 of which are figured. Amongst the forage plants 

 other than grasses may be noted Opiintia Engelmanni, Erodinm 

 ciciitariimi, Enrotia lanata, besides the Trifolinms, Medicagos, 

 and other allied plants, all figured. Excellent plates are also 

 • given, under the heading " General Description of Grasses," of 

 roots and rhizomes; sheaths, ligulcs and blades; inflorescence and 

 dissections of flowers. 



Hickory Matter.— In the. N. L. Britton. (Garden and Forest, 



ii. 621, 622). A communication, with editorial comment- 

 PalcBontology of the Plains, No. i — Contributions to the. F. W. 

 Cragin. (Bull. Washburn Coll. Lab. Nat. Hist., ii. 65-68). 

 Cycadoidea muftita is described as a new species, intermedi- 

 ate between C. megalophylla and C. vilcrophylla. 

 Relation of the Flora to the Geoloacal Formation in Lincoln 



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310-314)- 



The. Harry A. Evans. (Bot. Gaz. xiv. 



This is a contribution along a line of investigation to which 



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