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one of her latest works ; this we shall publish iu an early issue of The 

 Plant World. 



Dr. Carroll E. Smith, of Syracuse, N. Y., one of the regents of the 

 State University, and prominent as a journalist, also died within the past 

 month. Dr. Smith was greatly interested in plant life, and was well known 

 and beloved among the Syracuse botanists. On the occasion of Mr. 

 Pollard's lecture last May under the auspices of the Wild Flower Preser- 

 vation Society, Dr. Smith presided, and aided the work in every possible 

 way. His death is a distinct loss to his city and to the State. 



Miscellany. 



Yarrow or milfoil, here a common roadside weed, is sown in Germany 

 purposely for sheep pastures. Its aromatic leaves, resembling wild car- 

 rot, are very enduring and nearly evergreen. In the large principal 

 cities small bunches of yarrow are sold, as we use here fennel and such 

 like. — Hartford Thnes. 



With the intention of fixing upon a proper forest policy, Cali- 

 fornia has undertaken this year, with the help of the Bureau of Forestry, 

 a comprehensive and detailed study of its forests. The State legislature 

 recently appropriated $15,000 for the study, the condition being that it 

 should be carried out by the Bureau of Forestry, and that the Bureau 

 should bear half the expense. The task of securing all the information 

 necessary for a forest policy for California the Bureau of Forestry has 

 begun this summer. The work is of such magnitude that several years 

 will be required to complete it, but valuable and suggestive results will 

 be secured each year. 



Mr. G. W. Oliver, expert in the U. S. Department of Agriculture, 

 has just published a bulletin (Bureau of Plant Industry, No. 46) on the 

 propagation of tropical plants. He discusses in successive chapters the 

 mango, the loquat, the fig, the tea plant, and Manila hemp, giving full 

 directions in each case. It is apparent that there are many localities in 

 the Southern States where the cultivation of these crops may be profit- 

 ably undertaken. 



We are in receipt of an announcement of the publication of a new 

 Standard" Dictionary, thoroughly revised and enlarged by about 

 17,000 words. The subject of botany is given much prominence, as it is 

 recognized as one of the most progressive of the natural sciences. The 

 new definitions in botany were prepared by Dr. W. Nevin Geddes, who 

 assisted Dr. F. H. Knowlton in this work for the original edition. 



