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otanical Gazette. 



Vol. VII. NOVEMBER, 1882. No. 11. 



Editorial.— Isr the October Naturalist J. B. Ellis and Dr. 

 Geo. Martin describe 13 new species of fungi, 5 of which belong 

 to the genus Cercospora and -t to Splicer ia. 



A solution of caustic potash brings out clearly to the un- 

 aided eye the presence of the concealed chlorophyll in the red beet 

 leaf, thus making it a good class illustration. 



One of the best plants in which to observe the presence of 

 starch in the chlorophyll masses is Spirogyra. There is no neces- 

 sity of discharging the chlorophyll but the iodine test can be ap- 

 plied at once bringing out beautifully the rich starch contents. 



Miss M. Bockee Flint, of Adrian College, Michigan, has 

 just been observing the capsules of Hamamelis Virginiana discharge 

 their seeds. A branch lying upon her table and drying rapidly. 

 the capsules began to discharge and the shining black nutlets were 

 sent upward to the ceiling, a distance of at least twelve feet. 



Me. H. W. Preston, in the November Naturalist, gives an 

 account of a botanical excursion to Mt. Mansfield and Smuggler's 

 Notch, Vermont, which is enough to make our collectors turn 

 green with envy. Those of us who cannot visit these interesting- 

 places must content ourselves with the very beautiful specimens of 

 Messrs. Pringle and Hosford. 



In some of our horticultural journals a plea is being made 

 for the cultivation of the much abused dandelion. Not as a pot 

 herb, for this is already done, but as a brilliant flower, that can be 

 made to show its bright gold when everything else is held in by the 

 winter's chill. Success to our humble friend ! and when we have 

 ridden our own lawn of its myriad roots we too may be tempted to 

 cultivate it. 



In the Torrey Bulletin for October, Mr. E. L. Greene de- 

 scribes some more new western plants, one of them being a new 

 genus of Compositce and named Holozouia. This plant has been 

 long known imperfectly and has been placed under both Hemizonia 

 and Lagophylla under the specific name of Jilipes, but upon obtain- 

 ing complete specimens Mr. Greene decides that it can belong to 

 neither of these genera and the new one is proposed. 



