TlIF PLANT WORLt). 1?5 



NOTES AND NEWS. 



In 1823 only 4,272 bushels of wheat were exported from the 

 United States, and in 1S99 the quantity had increased to 130,432,815 

 bushels. The export of corn shows 749,034 bushels in 1^'^23 and 174,- 

 089,094 in 1899. 



Mr. C. L. Pollard has recentlj' described in the Proceedings of 

 the Biological Society of Washington, a new violet ( Ylda Alahaviensis) 

 from the south. It is a dwarf, stemless plant of spreading habit re- 

 lated to V. vHJ(hsa and T". eavolin<i. 



Small plants likeDesmids, Diatoms, etc., ma^ be preserved in water, 

 in homeopathic vials, provided a drop of carbolic acid is added to each 

 bottle of material. In this way they will keep for a long time with 



very little change of color and contents. — J. H. S., in O. S. U. 



Naturalist. 



In the October number of the Am Gray BalhH'nt^ Mr. V. K. 

 Chesnut has a valuable article on the poisonous properties of the 

 Green spoored Lei)iota (Z. Moi'gan'i). This })lant, which grows in open 

 grassy places, is G to 8 inches high and has the i)ileus 5 to 12 inches 

 broad. It is well distinguished by its sordid green-spores. Curiously 

 enough, some persons appear to be able to eat this fungus without ex- 

 periencing injurious effects, while others are made violently ill bv it. 

 One fatal case is recorded against it, and many in which it has pro- 

 duced, extreme illness', an<l on the whole it would seem best to let it 

 severely aloqe. 



