94 THE PLANT WORLD. 



lecture in Cliicao;o on March 30tli, under the auspices of the 

 Field Columbian Museum. He took for the title of his ad- 

 dress, "A Superimposed Vegetation — the Plant Rusts." Pro- 

 fessor Arthur is one of the foremost students of this group of 

 plants in the world. 



"Lady Ilollyhoch and Her Friends" a book of nature dolls 

 and others (The Baker and Taylor Co.) may be heartily com- 

 mended to teachers of children as a useful help to the contriv- 

 ance of playthings which will help the little ones to that knowl- 

 edge of things which is the foundation of the wider and deeper 

 experience which makes for an intelligent view of the world. 



In May there is to he held at Upsala, Sweden^ the two-hun- 

 dredth anniversary of the birth of Linnaeus. Professor Francis 

 Darwin is to represent the University of Cambridge on that oc- 

 casion. 



In a few weeks ground is to be hrohen for the new Botan- 

 ical Laboratory and Garden of the Johns Hopkins University, 

 at Homewood, near Baltimore, the future home of that institu- 

 tion of learning. 



Wanted To Furchase. — In order to complete a set a pre- 

 mium will be paid for the following numbers of the Botanical 

 Gazette: iN'os. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11, of Volume VII.; :^o. 5 

 of Volume VIII. ; l>lo. 3 of Volume IX. ; No. 11 of Volume X. 



Persons having any of these copies for disposal should ad- 

 dress Dr. D. T. MacDougal, Tucson, Arizona. 



Tn a recent hidletin of the University of Texas (Scientific 

 Series Xo. 10), Professor William L. Bray discusses the distri- 

 bution and adaptation of the vegetation of Texas. Many of the 

 facts set forth have appeared in previous papers of the same 

 author, but their significance and interest are enhanced rather 

 than lessened in this comprehensive review, which he has under- 

 taken with immediate reference to its use in the schools of the 

 State. 



Among the noteworthy sections is that on the Edwards 

 plateau type of woodland, the meeting ground of Atlantic, 

 Lower Solonan, and Rocky Momitain species. But many of its 



