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The phenomena most nearly related to these results are 

 to be found in seminal hybrids in which the parental char- 

 acters are frequently segregated in bud-sports. 



A text-book by Dr. K. Goebel on the subject of experi- 

 mental morphology of plants (Einleitung in die experimen- 

 telle Morphologic der Pflanzen) has recently appeared from 

 the press of Teuber, in Leipsic. A further account of the 

 work will be given in a later number of the Plant World. 



Dr. F. M. Andrews, of the University of Indiana, is 

 occupying the Smithsonian table at the Naples station for 

 marine biology. He will return to America in the early 

 summer. In the new building of this station several rooms 

 have been set aside for research in botanical lines. 



Dr. JFvi. A. Setshell, Head Professor of Botany at 

 the University of California, will spend his summer vacation 

 examining the algae in certain European herbaria, especial 

 at Copenhagen and Paris. He leaves Berkeley on April 30. 



Mr. T. S. Brandegee, of the University of California, 

 will depart early in May for Mexico, where he will join Dr. 

 C. A. Purpus and spend several months botanizing in 

 Puebla and neighboring states. 



Dr. J. N. Rose, of the U. S. National Museum, is 

 engaged in making a field study of the Cactaceas of the 

 Southwest. Plis headquarters are at the Desert Laboratory. 



Dr. Douglas H. Campbell, Professor of Botany at 

 Stanford University, spent a portion of his spring vacation 

 at the Desert Laboratory and made a brief examination of 

 the plants in the vicinity of Tucson. 



