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worthy Lemmon," ami wliich "proves to be not a Ouldenia, as at first supposed, but a 

 neat, new uenus," et<'. "And now Lemmon's devotion to Mrs. Parry," (alluding to 

 Giliii Parn//i\) "is rewarded. I mean to rejoiee the coccles of his sensitive heart, and 

 do a just deed by naming this humble l)ut interesting plant, Lemmonid Cnlifornic(( ! 1 

 take the specilic name,' {Californicd,) he adtis, "in order to send Lemmon's name down 

 to posterity along with that of his adopted State, in which the most of his arduous 

 labor for botany has been i)erformed. Please forward this letter to him," he concludes, 

 ''with my continued regards and a rousing cheer for Lemmonia Californica! Hurrah! 

 Yours, evei-, A. Gkay." — J. G Lemmon, Sierra Valley, Cal. 



Fj>oha of Nokth America, by Asa Gray. — This is part of a work that we have 

 all been waiting for and is one that must be in the library of every working botanist. 

 The Flora of North America by 'J'orrey and (4ray stopped, thirty-five years ago, at the 

 end of tlie order Ciniipuxitu-. This part is the first of Volume second, containing Gamo- 

 jM'tahe after C'lnnpositw. The intention is to conclude the second volume with two more 

 parts. Part II containing Apetalw and Gi/mnosjyermu', and Part IH, Monocotyledones and 

 Vascular Cryptogamia. Then the first volume will be worked over and brought to 

 date. Thus the whole work will consist of two volumes, imperial octavo, of about 

 1,200 pages each. It is hardly necessary to refer to the style and general arrangement of 

 the volume. The name of its author guarantees to us the most philosophical arrange- 

 ment along with terse and lucid descriptions It is a fit crowning work for a long life 

 devoted to the earnest study of North American botany. We hope that the demands for 

 this volume will encourage Dr. Gray to prepare for an early publication of the remain- 

 ing parts. The price is fixed at the very low sum of five dollars. For this sum, the 

 Curator of Ilarcarcl University Ilerhariiim, Cambridge, Mass., will send a copy by mail, 

 paying the postage, to anj^ post oiflce address within the United States. The retail 

 price at the publishers is six dollars. Let me urge u|)on all the readers of the Gazette 

 who have not already provided themselves with copies, to send at once for this volume, 

 for it marks an era in the history of North American botany and does away with the 

 necessity of a whole library of government reports, special coiitributitms, proceedings 

 of societies, etc., etc. 



Recent PuBLic.vnoNS. — We have space merely to acknowledge the receipt of a 

 few of the Journals and special iniblications sent to this oflice since the last issue. 



American Journal of Srienrc and Arts, May and June. 



American N((turalist, June. 

 •Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, A])ril and May. 



The Valley Naturalist, May and June. 



Proceedings of the Dacenport Acadenry of Natural Sciences, Vol. II, Part I. 



(hdalogve if the Pinenoganaiiis and Cryptoganaius Plants (including Lichens) of 

 the Doniiniiin <f Canada, John Macoun, Belleville, Out. Price 85 cents; four for one 

 dollar. 



JjU BelgiqueJIorticolc, .];iui\:\vy, February and March, 1878. 



Actes du Congres de Botanique Horticole reum a Bruxelles, May, 1876. M. Edouard 

 Morren, Secretary. 



Field and Forest, March. 



Tsuda's Agricultural Monthly, Tokio, Japan, -4 Nos. 



