Nov., 1903.] 



Notes and News. 



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THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF PLANTS. V. 



John H. Schaffnfr. 



The plants listed below were measured during the past season 

 in Ohio and Kansas. All are considerably taller than given in 

 Britton's Manual: 



OHIO. 



Bromus tectorum L., . 

 Urtica gracilis Ait., 

 Thalictrum purpurascens L., 

 Iinpatiens aiirea Muhl., 

 Angelica atropnrpurea L,., 

 Daucus carota L., . 

 Pastinaca sativa L., 

 Carduus altissimus L. , 

 Lactiica canadensis L. , 



KANSAS. 



Sagittaria latifolia Willd., 

 Phleuni pratense L., 

 Eh'inus virginicus L., 

 Elynius canadensis I,., 

 Rumex crispus L., 

 Saponaria officinalis L., 

 Brassica nigra (L. ) Koch., 

 Penthorum sedoides I,., 

 Geum canadense Jacq., 

 Althaea rosea Cav. , 

 Asclepias syriaca L., 

 Marrnbium viilgare L,., 

 Aster viniineus Lam., 

 Chrvsanthemuni leucanthemimi L, 



NEWS AND NOTES. 



The thirteenth annual meeting of the Ohio State Academy of 

 Science will be held a Denison University, Granville, Ohio, Nov. 

 27th and 2Sth. 



The Ohio State Academy of Science has this j'ear published 

 three important "Special Papers." The first is Special Paper No. 

 5, Tabanidae of Ohio, by James S. Hine. This is a pamphlet of 

 63 pages and, in addition to a general disciLSsion of the life history 

 and anatomy of these insects, it contains a catalogue of Taban- 

 idae from America North of Mexico and a sj'stematic treatise of 

 Ohio .species with kej^s for their identification. 



Special Paper No. 6 is entitled " The Birds of Ohio," A Revised 

 Catalogue, by Lynds Jones. It contains 241 pages and gives a 

 general view of Ohio in relation to its bird life and a list of the 



