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adopted to advantage. The pamphlet is profusely illustrated with half- 

 tone engravings which add much to its attractiveness as well as useful- 

 ness. C. L. S. 



The report for 1900 of the State Botanist of New York, Prof. Chas. 

 H. Peck, has lately appeared. This is a reprint from the 54th Annual 

 Report of the New York State Museum. The author reports 407 species 

 added to the herbarium, 57 of which were not before represented. Twenty- 

 eight species are described as new. Besides the species described as 

 new by Prof. Peck, there are several of the Thelephoraceae mentioned as 

 unpublished species of Dr. Burt, who is at present monographing that 

 family. A line or two of descriptive matter accompanies these names, 

 which raises the question as to whether this should be considered the 

 place of publication of the species or not. We infer that it was not so 

 intended, though one especially familiar with the group might consider 

 these brief notes sufficient for the identification of the species. Besides 

 the notes and descriptions of new species there is a synoptic table of 

 the New York species of Trametes and 13 folded plates of edible fungi. 

 We are pleased to note that the author has at last been furnished with 

 more convenient quarters for the herbarium, which has been moved from 

 the corridors of the Gapitol to Geological Hall, where it is hoped to be 

 able to make accessible the valuable collections so long rendered useless 

 for lack of space. C. L. S. 



Editorial. 



The publishers of The Plant Woeld take both pride and pleasure 

 in usurping the editorial chair, for a short period, in order to announce 

 the honor conferred upon our senior editor, Dr. F. H. Knowlton, who 

 has been awarded the first prize hj the New York Botanical Garden 

 for the best essay upon the subject of the preservation of our native 

 plants. 



As one of the founders of this journal, which has been the pioneer 

 in popular botany. Dr. Knowlton has labored unceasingly for the 

 advancement of the science, and has argued strongly on many occasions 

 for the adoption of more active measures looking toward the preserva- 

 tion of native wild flowers. The reward, therefore, comes with peculiar 

 appropriateness to the head of our editorial staff, and we are sure that 

 our friends wall congratulate both Dr. Knowlton and The Plant Woeld 

 on the winning of this prize. 



The essay, which by the terms of the contest became the property 



