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is a good one. * * * Xhe Gazette of Germantown, Pa., 

 is publishing a series of fern articles under the direction of 

 the noted Pteridologist, James G. Scott. * * * 'piig 

 first number discusses Aspidium laserpetiifoUinn and reprints 

 an illustration from American Botanist. * * * Books re- 

 lating to plants are increasing in number. * * * Herb'ert 

 Durand has recently issued a volume on "Taming the Wild- 

 ings" and Norman Taylor has put out the first part of a 

 work devoted to the vegetation of Long Island. * * * 

 The latter is a study of the vegetation of Montauk at the 

 extreme eastern end of the island. * * * 'pjig region 

 was once one of our favorite botanizing grounds. * * * 

 "The Cultivated Evergreens" is a composite work edited by 

 L. H. Bailey which contains contributions from a number 

 of specialists. * * * p, \" Coville discusses acid soil 

 for broad-leaved evergreens. * * * These volumes, how- 

 ever, do not much increase the total number of available 

 botanical works for Henshaws's "Mountain Wildflowers of 

 America" has just gone out of print and so has Clute's "Fern 

 Collector's Guide." * * * Several other books regarded 

 as permanent fixtures in botany are on the verge. * * * 

 Those who expect to own copies should heed the old adage 

 to "Git while the gittin' is good." * * * The U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture has issued a list of local names of 

 migratory Game Birds. * * * It performs the same ser- 

 vice for these birds that "American Plant Names" is per- 

 forming for the flowering plants. * * * Two more fas- 

 cicles of L. H. Bailey's "Gentes Herbarium" have come to 

 hand. * * * Qne is concerned with the species of Riihiis 

 and their taxonomy and the other discusses the names of 

 various cultigens. * * * What is a cultigen? * * * 

 Well, it is what Bailey calls a cultivated plant that has de- 



