504 ANNUAL RECORD OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 



Among the notices of rare plants should be recorded the 

 re-discovery of Shortia galacifolia in North Carolina. Only- 

 one specimen of the plant was known to exist that in the 

 Michaux Herbarium at Paris. The common European heath 

 Calluna vulgaris lias been observed near Egg Harbor City, 

 N. J. ; but Mr. Thomas Meehan, who has visited the locality, 

 thinks that it must have been recently planted by some emi- 

 grant. Two lists of introduced plants have been published, 

 one by Mr. Addison Brown, in the Torrey Bulletin, who re- 

 ports 63 species near Jersey City, 24 of which are not in Gray's 

 Manual ; the other by Mr. Mohr, of Mobile, who reports 64 

 introduced species from different points in the Gulf States. 



The " Wild Flowers of North America," of which the 

 second fascicle was noticed in last year's Record, has not 

 been continued during the present year, but the announce- 

 ment is made that it will hereafter be published at the Nat- 

 uralists' Agency, Salem. On the other hand, the " Native 

 Flowers and Ferns of the United States," by Professor 

 Thomas Meehan, has successfully completed its first volume 

 of 48 plates, and it is understood that a second volume is in 

 progress. An excellent set of dried plants from Florida has 

 been offered for sale by Mr. A. H. Curtiss. 



Higher Cryptogams. 



The present year has been especially prolific in books re- 

 lating to American ferns, and most of them have been of 

 high character. First in importance is the admirable "Ferns 

 of North America," by Professor D. C. Eaton, with plates by 

 J. II. Emerton. This work is a decided credit to the botany 

 of this country, and will be the authority for native species. 

 Eleven parts have appeared during the year, so that the work 

 is now half completed. The text and plates have not fallen 

 off from their original excellence. A second book, u Ferns 

 in Their Homes and Ours," by John Robinson, is an excel- 

 lent guide, not only to the culture, but also to the structure 

 and classification of ferns. A third book, "Ferns of Ken- 

 tucky," by John Williamson, is also a decided acquisition to 

 our fern books, and should be favorably mentioned. Besides 

 the above-named works, a large number of pamphlets and 

 articles have appeared in the different journals. Mr. G. E. 

 Davenport has published an elaborate memoir, entitled 



