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The article is accompanied by representations of leaves of Plata- 

 nus oricntalis L,, P. occidentalism L., P, raccmosa, Nutt. and Sas- 

 safras Cretacciufty Newb. 



Plants collected in 1889 at Socorro and Clarion Islands, Pacific 



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Ocean. Geo. Vasey and J. N. Rose. (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 



xiii. 145-149, reprinted). 



These islands are situated about 260 miles south of Cape St. 

 Lucas and were visited in 1889 by the Fish Commission steamer 

 *' Albatross," the botanical collections being made by Mr. Chas. 

 H Tovvnsend. The following new species are described: Ten- 

 riuni Tozvnsendii, Cardiospennnni Pabneri. 



Promising Wild Fruits— IL A. A. Crozier. (Am. Garden, xi. 



649-653, illustrated). 



Crabs, Plums, the Buffalo Berry, Cacti and Persimmons are 

 discussed in this contribution, and Pyrns coronaria and Diospyros 



Virginiana are figured. 



Rtibus Artai der Antillcn. W. O. Focke. (Abhand. Naturn. 



Ver. Bremen, xi. 409-412). 



Description.s of the three species known from the West Indies : 

 I. R. durus, Sauv. (Cuba, Wright, 2410); 2. R. forulentns, 

 Focke. (Porto Rico, Sintensis 4100; 4669, with var. Eg'gersii, 

 Focke (St. Domingo, Eggers 2065); 3. R. Domingcnsis^ Focke 

 (St. Domingo, Eggers, 2281). All three have ternate leaves. 

 There is apparently a fourth species in Guadaloupe. 



N. L. B. 



Shrubs of Santa Barbara County — The indigenous, H. C. Ford. 

 (Bull. Santa Barbara Soc. Nat. Hist. i. No. 2, 29-31). 

 A list of about sixty species. 



St. Johnsworts — Two American. (Garden & Forest, iii. 524, 



525, figs. 26, 27). , 



Under this heading are described ^xxdfigwrcd Hypericum pro- 



lificum and //. densiflorum. 



The Silva of North America. A Description of the Forest Trees 

 zvhich grozv naturally in North America exclusive of Mexico, 

 By Charles Sprague Sargent, Director of the Arnold Arbor- 

 etum of Harvard University. Illustrated with Figures and 



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