62 THE PLANT WORLD. 



NOTES AND NEWS. 



The highly instructive series of articles by Prof. Charles J. Cham- 

 berlin on methods in Plant Histology in the Journal of Microscopy, 

 has reached Part XI, that on the Pteridopytes. Teachers will find 

 this of much value. 



Siccardo has just issued a supplement to his great work on fungi 

 (Sylloge fungornm) in which he has described all species, about 5,000 

 in number, published during the four years closing with 189S. The 

 total number of species described in the twelve volumes of this great 

 work is 47,301. This is about six times the flora of the world as 

 known to Linnseus. • 



Bacteriology has made such rapid advances in recent years that it 

 has become a matter of difficulty to keep pace with, and Migula (Sys- 

 tem der Bakterien) has rendered an acceptable service in bringing 

 together the scattered descriptions of the so-called species. In this 

 work there are descriptions of some 1,200 forms of which over 700 are 

 rod-shaped bacteria, over 300 are spherical forms and about 100 are 

 spiral forms. 



Messrs Swingle and Fairchild of the United States Department of 

 Agriculture have recently published a circular relating to the cultiva- 

 tion of bur or globe artichokes is this country. The artichoke ( Cynaria 

 sGolymus) is grown extensvely in the countries about the Mediteranean, 

 where it is native and it thrives in the open air. It can undoubtedly 

 be grown successfully in the Southern States and will furnish an ac- 

 ceptable addition to our list of vegetal)les. 



In the December number of the Botanical Gazette Mr. C. W. 

 Hyams described a new lily, under the name of Llliuin Masseyi, from 

 the high mountain meadows of North Carolina. It is characterized as 

 follows: Bulb, 12 mm. in diameter or less, composed of fleshy scales; 

 stem 1.5 to 5 dm. high, with two distinct scales below; leaves linear, 



