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leaves o{ ^sculus Californica may be identical with Ascomyces 

 deformans so well known and dreaded in the peach orchards. 

 Elm — The American, (Garden and Forest, lii. 281, 282, illus- 

 trated). 



Contains an excellent representation of a typical New Eng- 

 land country road and tree of Ubnus Americana. 

 Embothrinm coccineum. (Gard. Chron. vii. 716, fig. 121). 

 Encelia farinosa^ Gray. T, S. B. (Zoc, i. 83). 



The author states that '* this species has received a synonym 

 by tlie publication ol Encelia radians in Proc. Cal. Acd. Ser. A., 

 li. 176," which was founded upon a low smooth" form, without 

 the characteristic tomentum. Its local name is " incienso/' on 

 account of the gum from it, which is burned as incense in the 

 churches. 



Escape 



Frank. H. Vaslit (Zoc, i. 86). 



The following plants are noted as having escaped and be- 

 come naturalized : Scabiosa atropurpurea^ Dipsacus fnllomim^ 

 Vinca major and cultivated Chrysanthemums, which latter are 

 stated to be '* rather troublesome to get rid of." 

 Euphorbiacece — Coiitribntions to North A merican — //. C. F. 



Millspaugh. (Pittonia, ii. 82-90 ; reprinted). 



This includes I., ** Upon Euphorbia serpyllifolia^ Pers. and its 

 Forms/' a critical study of this wide-spread and variable species; 

 three varieties are recognized : var. consangninea, to w^hich are 

 referred plants by other writers considered the same as the Afri- 

 can E, sangiiinea, Hochst. & Steud.; var. Neo-Mexicana {E, Neo- 



Greene), and var. rugulosa. Under II, '' Notes upon 

 some New or Noteworthy "^^^ci^^,'' E. psetidoserpyliifolia from 

 Arizona, E. Greenei from Idaho, E, Laredana from Texas, E. 

 Jonesii from Arizona, and E, dentata, var. gracillima from Ari- 



Mexicana 



zona are described as new, and interesting facts concerning other 

 species are recorded. Croton So7iorci% Torn, is Mr. Rcverchon's 

 No. 1595 from Texas. N. L. B. 



Garrya elliptica, E. Molyneux. (Garden, xxxvii. 501, illus- 

 trated). 

 Representing the appearance of a porch covered with it in the 



south of England, where it is evidently a favorite in cultivation. 

 Geology of Artesian Wells at Atlantic City, N. J. Lewis Wool- 



