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Botanical Notes, 
The Botanical Society of America—tThe third annual meeting 
of the Society will be held in Toronto on Tuesday and Wednes- 
day, August 17th and 18, 1897, under the presidency of Dr. John 
M. Coulter. The Council will meet at I p. m. on Tuesday and 
the first session of the Society will begin at 3 p.m. The address 
of the retiring president, Dr. Charles E. Bessey, will be given on 
Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. The British Association for the 
Advancement of Science will meet in Toronto August 18th to 
25th. The opening address is to be given on Wednesnay even- 
ing, August 18th. 
A new Botanical Serial—The Royal Botanical Garden of 
Palermo, has just issued the first number of its new Bulletin under 
the title of Bolletino del R. Orta Botanico diPalermo. It is edited 
by Sig. Alberto Reber and is to be published every three months, 
the first number consisting of about 40 pages with a few illustra- 
tions in the text. A following number is to contain the Annals of 
the famous old garden from which the new Bulletin has also taken 
its title. 
Mosses of the Southern States, issued by Dr. John K. Small. 
The first half century of this interesting set of mosses is ready for 
sale. The specimens have mostly been collected by Dr. Small, 
but he has also had the assistance of other collectors, such as 
Professor Wetherby in North Carolina. Dr. Small has made 
repeated visits to several interesting localities such as Toccoa, and 
Tallulah Falls, and Stone and Grandfather Mountains. The first 
half century includes the following rare or interesting species: 
Hypnum nemorosum, Hl. Marylandicum, Entodon Drummondi, 
Thamnium Alleghaniense, Anomodon Toccoae, Fissidens Raveneli 
and F. polypodwwides, Clasmatodon parvulus, Syrrhopodon Floridanus 
and Campylopus Tallulensis, There are two new species issued : 
Rhynchostegium spinoserratum closely allied to R. serrulatum, and 
Dicranodontium innundatum both newly discovered by Dr. Small. 
Dicranodontium Millspaughi is also distributed for the first time. 
The sets may be had at $5.00 for 50 species. E. G. B: 
Fondation Miiller-Argau, 1896. It is due to Ed. Tuckerman 
(+ the 15th of March 1886) that libraries accessible to all have been 
