590 
After remarks by Dr. Rusby appealing to the Club to secure 
the membership of all who are interested in botanical science, the 
Club was adjourned. 
Index to recent Literature relating to American Botany. 
Anderson, A. P. Comparative Anatomy of the normal and diseased’ 
Organs of Adies balsamea affected with Aecidium elatinum. Bot. Gaz. 
24: 3090-344. pl. 14,15. 17 N. 1897. 
Ashe, W. W. Notes on the woody Plants of the South Atlantic 
States. Bot. Gaz. 24: 373-377. 17 N. 1897. 
Fothergilla monticola n. sp. . 
Bailey, L. H. The Improvement of our Native Fruits. Yearb. U. S. 
Depart. Agric. 1896: 297-304. 1897. 7 
Baker, J. G. Agave Schottii. Curt. Bot. Mag. 53: p/. 7567. D. 
1897. 
Native of Arizona. 
Beal, W. J. How Plants flee from their Enemies. Plant World, 1: 
26-28. N. 1897. 
Berry, E.W. ‘The Pine Barren Plants of New Jersey. Asa Gray 
Bull. 5: 71-75. 2f. 25 O. 1897. 
Bessey, C. E. Are the Trees receding from the Nebraska Plains? 
Gard. & For. 10: 456. 17 N. 1897. ; 
Chestnut, V. K. Aédrus Poisoning. Asa Gray Bull. 5: 35-36. 11 
= Je, 609, . 
Chestnut, V. K. Some common poisonous Plants. Yearb. U. S. 
Dept. Agric. 1896: 137-146. f. 24-28. 1897. 
Cockerell, T. D. A. On the Value of Section Names. Bot. Gaz. 24: 
478... 17 N. 1897; 
Coville, F. V. Notes on the Plants used by the Klamath Indians of 
Oregon. Cont. U.S. Nat. Herb. 5: 87-108. 9 Je. 1897. 
Coville, F. V.and Leiberg, J. B. Two new Plants from Mount 
Mazama, Oregon. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 11: 169-171. 9 Je: 1897- 
Arenaria pumicola and Cardamine bellidifolia pachyphylia described. : 
De Candolle, C. The latent Vitality of Seeds. Pop. Sci. Month. 
51: 106-111. My. 1897. a 
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