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should sieze upon such a slight pretext to get his own name 

 into print. This, however, has been done in a prominent 

 eastern publication where Rhus glabra variety lacmiafa 

 Carr., has been changed to Rhus glabra forma laciuiata 

 (Carr.) as a new combination in the full expectation, doubt- 

 less, that future generations will write the name of the afore- 

 said eminent botanist after the parenthesis. For ourselves, we 

 are disinclined to accord him so dubious an honor. 



Notes on Useful Plants. — The following titles relat- 

 ing to useful plants have appeared in this magazine. The 

 numbers folowing the titles refer to volume and page, that be- 

 fore the colon being the volume. The sunflower as an econ- 

 omic plant 2 :60, Uses of paper mulberry 2 :54, Uses for white 

 birch timber 4:17. The Eucalyptus as a rival to coal 5:78, 

 Use of prickly lettuce 1:42, Plants used for flavoring 4:77, 

 Use for the blue gum 6 :17, Bagasse as paper stock 6 :53, New 

 use for sumac 7 :75, Cbmmercial use of deer-tongue 5 :97, 

 Yellow pine cigars 1:29, Th., Hackberry for shade 10:15, 

 Novel use for milkweed pods 11 :89, The osier or basket willow 

 11:68. Soapworts 9:56, Soap tree of Algeria 6:94, Another 

 soapwort 11 :45, A saponaceous family 5 :38, Chinese soap- 

 berries 10:74, Mosses used in millinery 3:36. 3:73, New use 

 for fern rhizomes 6:15, Use of the common woodfern 3:17. 

 Polypodium fibre 8:117, Materials for smoking 12:45. Willow 

 bark for smoking 5 :16. 5 :60, Chrysanthemum smoking 8 :115, 

 New use of white-wood 3 :36, Orris root 2 :90. Chemicals from 

 wood 7 :52, Croton tinctorum 12 :83, Death of old dyes 7 :8. A 

 date-leaf boat of Arabia 4 :27, Porto Rico palm houses 7 :106. 

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