2t)S TIIK PLANT WORLD. 



The fjovernmeiif iryujalion and drainage worlc of the Office 

 (»f Experiment Stations of the TJ. S. Department of AjiTicul- 

 tnre has been divided into two sections, following the resigna- 

 tion of Dr. Elwood Mead, who has been in charge of this work, 

 bnt has been called to Anstralia to direct government wtirk of 

 a similar nature there. Dr. Samnel Fortier, irrigation engineer 

 in charge of the Pacific District of the Irrigation and Drain- 

 age Investigations, and stationed at the University of Cali- 

 fornia, has been appointed Chief of Irrigation Investigations. 

 Mr. C. G. Elliott, for several years engineer in charge of drain- 

 age investigations, has been made Chief of Drainage Investi- 

 gations. Tlie work in these two lines will follow the general 

 ])lan ma])ped ont before they were separated. 



Contributions from the U. 8. National Hoharlum, Volnme 

 XI, Flora of the State of Washington, by Charles V. Pi])er. is 

 a recent pnblication. In addition to the list of species, which 

 is large, including flowering plants and ferns, the author has 

 included notes on the early botanical explorers, and a brief dis- 

 cussion of the physiography and geology of the region. Siiiii)l(^ 

 keys to genera and species are given, which greatly facilitate 

 the use of the volume. Professor Piper's study of the ]dants 

 of Washington extends over a jieriod of twenty years. — T. J. T. 



^fr. Fj. (iriffoii has descril)i'<l his experiments on herba- 

 ceous ffraftiu"' amou"- the Solanums ( Pul. Soc. Bot. France ^^: 



O Ci c^ 



r)l)9-704, 1900). From grafts of the potato upon the tomato, 

 tlu' tomato upon the potato, the os^o; plant u])on the tomato and 

 the tomato upon the egg plant, the author was able to obtain 

 HO evidence of any influence of stock on scion or of scion on 

 stock. Variations in form and structure which were observed 

 occurred as frequently on imgrafted plants grown under the 

 same conditions as on the grafted ones.- — -I. J. T. 



Dr. E. ^f. Freonan will leave the Bureau of Plant Industry 

 of the F. S. Department of Agriculture at the end of the ]iresent 

 year and return to the Botanical Department of the Uni\ersity 

 of ^Minnesota. 



