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NOTES ON CURRENT 

 LITERATURE 



Mr, Geo. B. Sudworth, of the Division of Forestry, U. S. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, has just issued under the title of The Forest Nur- 

 sery, a very valuable pamphlet containing full directions for collecting 

 and growing tree seeds of all kinds. Just at present, ^hew forestry is 

 assuming such importance, this little book comes as a welcome addi- 

 tion. 



The December number of the Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 

 contains, among other things, a list of the species in a small collection 

 of Alaskan pteridophytes by Mr. Wm. R. Maxon. The collection 

 comes mainly from the vicinity of Cape Nome, and embraces 24 species, 

 one of which, Di^yopteris aquilonaris, is new to science. This new 

 species is nearest to Z>. fragrans, but is less rigid, the lower pinnae not 

 reduced gradually, and there are fewer, much more dissected pinnules. 



The Tenth Annual Report of the Wyoming Experiment Station 

 contains a list of the cryptogams of Wyoming. This is the first list of 

 any importance from this State. The list is necessarily far from com- 

 plete, as it will require many years of careful and thorough collecting 

 to exhaust the resources of the State in this direction. The mosses, 

 lichens, and rusts are best represented. Much of our great West is 

 terr« incognita so far as its cryptogamic flora is concerned, and any 

 effort to increase our knowledge of it is to be commended. — C. L. S. 



In the December number of the BuUetin of the Torrey Botanical 

 Club, Professor Chas. H. Peck describes a number of new species of 

 fleshy fungi, among which are two Amanitas. One, Amanita radicata 

 Peck, is evidently a plant which is not rare about Washington, but has 

 heretofore been referred to A. strobiliformis and A. solitaria. The other 

 species, A. submaculata, we fear is not suflicientl}^ described to be de- 

 termined with certainty, though whitish stripes or spots on the dark 

 brown pileus are said to make it easily recognizable. — C. L. S. 



