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Cemtozamia. Swimming spermatozoids had previously been 

 found in three other allied gvmnospennous genera, Gingho, 

 Cycas and Zamia. 



Commencing with numlicr one of volume three, MiiJihn- 

 bcrgia is to be a monthly jdurnal of l)ot;iny, devoted chiefly to 

 the phanerogams. It is edited and published by Mr. A. A. 

 Heller, Los Gates, Cal. 



We luTve received a leaflet by Mr. C. A. Stel:)bins, of the 

 Chico (Cal.) State i^ormal School, containing l)rief but good 

 directions for garcU'u work in nature study. The increase of 

 this sort of nature study is a gratifying sign. 



The Mycological Bulletin Xo. 74 is devoted to a treatment 

 of the stalked puft"l)alls (Tijlosiojiiaccac) by Dr. C. G. Lloyd, 

 of Cincinnati. 



Dodd, Mead & Co. annoiuice for jnilflication in Mareh, 

 '']\Iy Garden Record," by Luther S. Livingston. It is hard 

 to rememl)er from one season to another one's garden experi- 

 ences, and a new season finds one with a more or less hazy 

 recollection (^f the previous year's successes and failures. The 

 Garden Record will enable one to keep in compact form and in 

 a systematic manner all the data which it is desirable to record. 



Dr. George Macloskie, Professor (emeritus) of Biology in 

 Princeton, has sailed with Mrs. Macloskie for Ireland, where 

 they will spend some months at their old home. 



The jSTew England farmer's woodlot is the source of lumber 

 for the manufacture of the enonnous numbers of boxes used 

 for shipping factory products. The value of the wood used in 

 1905 in 344 box factories was $7,871,500. The supply is 

 gradually diminishing, a condition which promises higher re- 

 turns from forest planting. 



In his recently pul)lished work on plant dispersal in certain 

 Pacific islands, Hawaii, Tahiti and Fiji, Guppy accounts for 

 the position attained by species growing l)y river or ocean solely 

 on their capacity for floating. Further, according to his view, 

 it is not the station which is the detenninate factor in the devel- 

 opment of the quality of Inioyaney but ])hints already in the 



