48 DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 



From Hon. H. 67. Reynolds, Agricultural College, Mich.: 



Bark and leaves of Sequoia gigantea, three photographs of these trees. 

 From L. W. Wat kins, Manchester, Mich.: 



Sprouts from Mangrove, Sea-beans from Florida. 

 From R. H. Hollister, Baldwin, Mich.: 



Natural graft of white pine. 

 From the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture : 



Nine packages seeds, 13(3 species of plants collected in Lower California by 

 Dr. Palmer. 

 From W. Pefrie, class ' 90: 



Hickory tree entwined by bittersweet. 

 From Charles Hoyt: 



Piece of red cedar excavated by ants. 

 0. W. Crawford, Wolverine, Mich,: 



Specimens of bird's eye maple. 

 From Ossian Simons, Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, III.: 



Thirteen photographs showing views of the cemetery. 

 From Rev. J. Kod, Lake City, Florida: 



A large box of specimens of trees from Florida. 

 From D. Olds, Vanderbilt, Mich.: 



Specimens of barrel staves. 

 From John Berry, Vanderbilt, Mich. : 



Cedar knot resembling snakes. 

 From C. F. Wheeler, Hubbardston, Mich.: 



Seeds of five species of grasses. 

 From Experiment Station, Ames, Iowa: 



Seeds of native grasses in varying amounts from 2 quarts to half a bushel :: 



Agropyrum glaucum. Elymus Canadensis. 



Agropyrum tenerum. Elymus Virginicus. 



Agropyrum unilaterale. Festuca tenella. 



Andropogon provincialis. Glyceria arundinacea. 



Andropogon scoparius. flordeum jubatum. 



Cinna arundinacea. Koeleria cristata. 



Beckmannia erucasformis. Panicum virgatum. 



Boutetoua hirsuta. Poa nemoralis. 



Boutetoua racemosa. Spartina cynosuroides. 



Chrysopogon nutans. Sporobolus heterolepis. 



Deyeuxia Canadensis. Stipa spartea. 



From Botanic Garden oj Dr. Alexander Batalin, St. Petersburg, Russia: 



Seeds by mail as follows : 



Avena nuda. Linum usitatissimum. 



Bromus inermis. Molinia coorulia. 



Capparis herbacea. Onobrychis sativa. 



Cenchrus catharticus. Panicum miliaceum. 



Cenchrus montanus. Pennisetum cenchroides. 



Eleusine flagallifera. 

 Eleusine scindica. 

 Elionurus hirsutus. 

 Eragrostis viscosa. 

 Iseilema lasnm. 



Phleum pratense. 

 Raphanus sativus. 

 Soja hispida. 

 Sporobolus pallidus. 

 Trifolum repens. 



