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Recent Pubmcations. — American Ndtiiralist, December and January. In the 

 former uumber is given an interesting communication from C. G. Pringle upon 

 "Alpine and Subalpine Plants in Vermont." Many rare plants are found occurring 

 on the Green Mountains, and Mr. Pringle thinks that the plants found there are much 

 more al])ine in character than they liave heretofore been credited witli being. A region 

 is described which out-Will<)ughb}'s Willoughl)y itself. Among the rarer plants found 

 are Aajjleiiium viride, Saxifraga Aizoon, S. aizoides, 8. oppositifolia, Woodsia glabella, 

 W. hyperborea, Gnl/niidgroatis Langsdorjfii, GraphepJiorum melinndes, and Habenaria 

 rotniidifolia. W. W. Bailey gives in popular language the differences between the two 

 JiiiiaY-^win^iii Sulnniiin dulcamara iWiiX CeUiHtruH gcandens. In the Januar}^ number Dr, 

 Gray proposes tlie term heterogone or heterogon(>u& flowers for the old dmco-dimorphixm 

 of Torr. it Gr., Fl. N. Am., the diinorphism of Mr. Darwin, and the heierontt/led flowers 

 of Hildebrand. This term, expressing a diflerence in relative length or height of 

 stamens and style, would have its counterpart in homogone or homogotwus flowers to 

 designate the absence of this kind of difterentiation. 



Bulletin of the Tarrey Botanical Club, December. Mr. Leggett announces his inten- 

 tion of publisliing monthly a "Calendar of Leaves," for the purpose of gathering facts 

 on the subject of the habits of ditt'erent shrubs and trees in shedding or retaining their 

 leaves. A short account of the Torrey Herbarium and Library is given. The Herba- 

 rium numbers from seventy-five to eighty thousand species of plants made up princi- 

 pally by the collection of Dr. Torrey, estimated to contain 35,000 species, the Meissner 

 Herbarium, and the Herbarium of Dr. Chapman. The Library contains about 1,300 

 volumes in all departments of Botany. 



T\\Q Index Seminu-m of the Chicago Botanical Gardcm oft'ers a fine list of seeds for 

 exchange. H. H. Babcock, Director. 



We take great pleasure in announcing that Dr. Josei)hT. Kothrock, of Wilkesbarre 

 Penn., has been unanimously elected Professor of Botany in the University of 

 Pennsylvania. Through his exju'rience both in field and herljarium work, he is a man 

 well fitted for the position, and will undoubtedly refiect great credit upon himself 

 and the institution which has done him this honor. 



Having received and examined a set of Mr. Flint's Alpine plants we can cordially 

 recommend them to our readers as being very satisfiictory and at the same time very 

 cheap. We lake the following announcement from the American Naturalist: — Collec- 

 tions of the Alpine and sub-Al])iiie plants of the White Mountains, N. H., containing 

 more than fifty species, have been made during the past season, by William F. Flint 

 and J. H.Huntington. The number of sets is limited to fifty. They have been care- 

 fully arranged and ticketed, and will be sent by mail upon the receipt of five dollars 

 [$5.00]. Address William F. Flint, Hanover, N. H. [Box 348.] 



" MoNOGR.\Pi^ Phanekogamarum." — M. Alphonse DeCandolle and his son, Casi- 

 mir DeCandolle, are engaged upon the first volume of a work similar to \h.e Prodromus 

 which is to be entitled '' Monin/rapin' Phanerogamarum:' It will contain the Sndlacece, 

 by A. DeCandolle, the MeUacew, l)y C. DeCandolle, and other families by other writers. 

 They will consider the families not contained in the Prodromus, or those which have 

 need of being elaborated anew. — J. M. C. 



All commuiiicatio)is s/ionld be addressed to 



John M. Coulter, Hanover, Ind. 

 M. S. Coulter, Lo^ansport, Ind. 

 Terms :— Subttcription $1.00 a year. Sriu/le Ninnbers 10 cents. 



