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NOTES ON CURRENT 

 LITERATURE 



The May issue of The Forester contains an interesting article on 

 " The Study and Practice of Sihdculture," by Henry S. Graves, illus- 

 trated mth numerous photographs; also an account of the rubber 

 industry of Costa Eica, by H Stuart Hotchkiss. 



Tne Eeport of the State Botanist of New York for 1899 has re- 

 cently been distributed. A number of new species of fleshy fungi are 

 described. Four quarto colored plates are included, illustrating some 

 of the new species of agarics. 



In the supplement of the 26th volume of the Eoyal Academy of 

 Sciences of Sweden, L. Eomell reports on a collection of Hymenomy- 

 cetes from South America. A number of new species are described and 

 illustrated. The illustrations are excellent. 



In the Ma3^ number of the Botanical Gazette, E. W. D. Holway 

 publishes the third of a series of articles on Mexican fungi. As here- 

 tofore, the author has had the assistance of Dr. Dietel. Thirty-one 

 new species are described, most of which are rusts (Uredineae). 



Mr. Willard N. Clute has recently published the first supplement 

 to his "Flora of the Upper Susquehanna and its Tributaries," noticed 

 in a former volume of this journal. The list enumerates 95 additional 

 species and a number of new stations. The same author, we learn from 

 the announcement of the Frederick A. Stokes Comi:)any, is about to 

 publish a new work on ferns entitled " Our Ferns in their Haunts." 



The Biltmore Herbarium, Biltmore, N. C, has commenced the pub- 

 lication of " Biltmore Botanical Studies," which will be issued at irreg- 

 ular intervals, and Avill contain papers by the Curator and his assist- 

 ants. The first number, which is beautifully printed, contains descrip- 

 tions of a number of new species, and revisions of certain trilliums and 

 of the Comjiosite genus MarshaUia. 



