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Mycological Note No. 6, by C. G. Lloyd, contains descriptions of 

 eight new species of fungi by Bresadola and Patouillard. The material 

 was collected by Mr. Lloyd in Samoa. There are also some excellent 

 notes on a number of other fungi, mostly agarics. 



. The Yearbook of the Department of Agriculture for 1900, recently 

 issued, contains a number of articles of botanical interest, among the 

 more noteworthy being " Smyrna Fig Culture in the United States," by 

 L. O. Howard; "Commercial Plant Introduction," by Jared G. Smith; 

 " Fungous Diseases of Forest Trees," by Hermann von Schrenk; " Our 

 Native Pasture Plants," by F. Lamson-Scribner; and " The Date and 

 its Culture," by Walter T. Swingle. 



A recent addition to our exchange list is School Science, a journal 

 of science teaching in secondary schools, published in Chicago and 

 edited by C. E. Linebarger, with the assistance of a board of associates 

 from various cities in the country. The articles in the three issues 

 which have thus far been published are very suggestive, and should be 

 of value to teachers. In the May number A. M. Ferguson discusses 

 " The Modern Presentation of Botany," emphasizing the importance of 

 developing the faculties of observation, comparison and deduction in 

 teaching the subject. 



The second volume of the Bidletm of the Neiv York Botanical Gar- 

 den starts with an elaborate issue, containing the annual reports of the 

 Director and other officers of the Garden, and a number of scientific 

 papers, as follows: "Propagation of Lysimachia terrestris," by D. T. 

 MacDougal; " Mimosaceae of the Southeastern United States," by John 

 K. Small; " The Oaks of the Continental Divide North of Mexico," by 

 P. A. Eydberg; and " Contributions to the Botany of the Yukon Ter- 

 ritory," with papers by several authors. 



We have just received a copy of Dr. Fernow's third annual report 

 as Director of the New York State College of Forestry, it being devoted 

 to "Progress of Forest Management in the Adirondacks." It is a pam- 

 phlet of forty pages, and gives timely information regarding the courses 

 of instruction, the college forest, the first logging operations, experi- 

 mental cuttings, planting, etc. No matter how valuable forest products 

 may be, they must have a market, and as none existed in the vicinity of 

 the College forest, manufacturing interests have been induced to locate 

 plants contiguous to the supply, and there is every evidence that the 

 forest management will be self supporting from the first. We wish Dr. 

 Fernow every success in this the initial undertaking of its kind in this 

 country. 



