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The publisher translates this as "poison ivy" but it should re- 

 ally be "ivy poisoning;" at least that is what the author dis- 

 cusses. * * * There are said to be twenty-nine cures for 

 i\y-poisoning but the bt>ok costs $4 and is likely to lea\e the 

 buyer wondering whether it would not have been cheaper to 

 have consulted a reliable M. D. in the first place. * * * 

 Macniillans are about to bring out a "Manual of Cultivated 

 Plants" by L. H. Bailey. * * * jf there ever was a filler 

 tor a long felt want, this is it. * * * More is probably 

 known about the relationships of the wild plants than about 

 those we cultivate. * * * j\,^ "Illustrated Flora of the 

 Pacific States" in three volumes is announced. * * * 

 Specimen pages indicate that it is almost exactly like its name- 

 sake on the opposite side of the continent, except that the price 

 is higher. * * * Norman Taylor is reported to have pub- 

 lished a book with the title of "Botany; the Science of Plant 

 Life." * * * \Yg have not seen the book or any mention 

 of it in the public prints. * * * Perhaps the publishers 

 are trying to keep it a secret. * * * /^^, Natnralistc Can- 

 adicn, the only magazine of natural history in America pub- 

 lished in French, is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary. * * 

 * Lc lirraison pour Juillct-Aout est unc publication tres. in- 

 tcrcssantc. * * * Botanists having named all the species 

 there are, and then some, are beginning a retreat. * * * 

 In the September RJwdora, M. L. Fernald decides that Lyco- 

 podiuni sitchcnsc is only a variety of L. sahinae folium instead 

 of a good species as formerly regarded. * * * We sug- 

 gest Lycopodiiirn porophylum as the next candidate to be re- 

 duced if the forms of Sclaginclla apus can wait. 



Gebruder Borntrager of Berlin have begun the publica- 

 tion of an extended work on plant structurss under the title 

 of "Handbuch der Pflanzenanatomie." The first sections deal 



