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Botanical Notes. 
The Herbarium of the late Isaac C. Martindale, of Camden, N. 
J., has, we are informed, been secured by the Philadelphia College 
of Pharmacy. This is another evidence of the rapid advance of 
modern pharmacy along sound, scientific lines. It will be recalled 
that the herbarium of Mr. Wm. M. Canby was purchased some _ 
months ago by the New York College of Pharmacy, and an acr 
count of it was at that time published in the BuLtetiy. Although 
the Martindale collection is not nearly as extensive as the one sé 
cured by the New York institution, and the specimens are not | 
nearly as fine nor as well named up, it isa most valuable accession __ 
to the teaching equipment of the Philadelphia college, whose offi- t 
cers are to be heartily congratulated on its acquisition. Mr. Martin- 2 
dale was a diligent student of the marine Alga, and his herbarium 
is rich in specimens of these plants. The deposition of these two 
important private herbaria where they will be maintained and their 
growth continued in practical directions is an important occurrence 
in the history of Economic Botany. — N. L. B. 
New Plants in the Cayuga Flora. Scleria pauciflora Muhl.— 2 
While collecting about the West Junius marshes in August, 1893, 
I found this plant, which is not recorded in Dudley’s Cayuga Flora. 
_ It seems to be rare in Central New York, and our station is ptO 
__ bably on the northern limit of the species. a 
= Trifolium arvense V..—During the same excursion, two other 
‘members of our party, Prof. W. W. Rowlee and Mr. H. Schrenk ee 
discovered numerous specimens of this species growing along ag 
roadside between the marshes and West Junius station. Thee 
marshes lie on a sandy ridge 6 miles north of Geneva, N. Y. The’ 
ridge constitutes the water-shed between the Seneca and Clyde 
River valleys. They are composed of three marl ponds and"one _ 
peat pond surrounded by an extensive sphagnum meadow. Wee 
Junius is particularly interesting as constituting a portion of Dr. 
Sartwell’s old collecting ground in Central New York, and the 
people in the neighborhood have very distinct recollections of 
many botanical trips through that region. Bee, 
Sparganium minimum Fries—This species was collected 
me in a sphagnum bog southeast of Chicago station, Cortland 
