264 Floristik, Geographie, Systematik etc. 



mon to many stations, as common in a few, as rather common, as 

 scarce, as rare; reproduction of species on the edges of their ran- 

 ges, as flowering scantily, freely, fruiting freely, etc. In some cases 

 competition with other plant species is more important than climate 

 in fixing the limits of ranges. General considerations form an im- 

 portant part of the paper. • Harshberger. 



Gpiggs, R. F,, Observations on the geographica! Compo- 

 sition of the Sugar Grove flora. (Bull. Torr. Bot. Club. XL. 

 p. 487-499. Sept. 1913.) 



Sugar grove is in Fairfield Co., Ohio in the south central 

 part of the State. From an analysis of the flora, Griggs has grouped 

 the species into (A) Alleghenian plants on the southwestern edges 

 of their ranges (Ex. Betiila lutea)\ (B) Appalochian and New Eng- 

 land species on the western edges of their ranges. (Ex. Sericocarpits 

 as,teroides (C) Appalochian plants (Ex. Aspletiiiirn inontanimi)\ (D) 

 Carolinian plants on the northern edges of their ranges (Ex. Passi- 

 flora lutea); (E) Mississipian plants on the eastern edges of their 

 ranges (Ex. Isopyriim hiternatian) and (F) Plants on the southern 

 edges of their ranges (Ex. Scutellaria galericulata). 



Harshberger. 



Harrer, Die 50jährige Seqnoia gigantea bei Apfeltrang. 

 (Natw. Zschr. Forst, u. Landw. XI. p. 501. 1913.) 



Im Forstamtsbezirk Kaufbeuren bei Apfeltrang steht zwi- 

 schen gleich alten Fichten, Föhren und Lärchen eine 50 Jahre alte 

 Sequoia gigantea, von 41 cm Durchmesser und 19 m Höhe. Die 

 stärksten Fichten der Nachbarschaft haben 27 — 32 cm Durchmesser 

 und 17 — 19 m Höhe. Die .Meereshöhe ist .etwa 800 m, das Klima, 

 im Alpenvorland des AUgäu, rauh und niederschlagsreich (1100— 

 1200 mm), die Vegetationszeit kurz. Leider ist der Stamm bereits 

 beschädigt. Verf. schlägt deshalb vor, diesen wohl zu den ältesten 

 Sequoien Deutschlands gehörigen Baum als Naturdenkmal zu 

 schützen. W. Herter (Berlin-Steglitz). 



Harshberger, J. W., Plant life seen between Philadel- 

 phia and Atlantic City, New Jersey. (Old Penn Weekly 

 Review. XII. 29. with portrait. Apr. 25, 1914.) 



This is a Synopsis of a public lecture delivered at the Universitj^ 

 of Pennsylvania and an abridged account of a forthcoming mono- 

 graph on the pine barren Vegetation of New Jerse3^ A short 

 history of the settlement of the country is given and the Vegetation 

 is described as represented in such formations as the tidal stream, 

 deciduous forest, pine barren, white cedar swamp, piain. savannah, 

 saltmarsh dune and black. Harshberger. 



Harshberger, J. W., The Veofetation of Nantucket. (Bull. 

 Geogr. Soc. of Philadelphia. XII. p. 70—79. 10 fig. 5 pl. 1 outline 

 map. 1914.) 



A description of the heath-like Vegetation of the island of 

 Nantucket, of the deciduous tree Vegetation, of the marsh for- 

 mation, the saltmarsh Vegetation, the dune and bluff formations. 



