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and to distribute them iu sets. Tlie first installiueut, containing complete and hand- 

 some specimens of 78 species, is just received in excellent condition. The price is 

 %1M) per set. Application may be made to the Curator of Harvard University Herb- 

 arium, Cambridge, Mass. The species will speedily be named by Professor Eaton, of 

 Yale College, and a i)riuted li.st furnished. — A. G. 



Mr. Fendler's Trinidad Ferns are very fine specimens, carefully collected^ and pre- 

 served with uncommon success. They arc, perhaps without exception, in fruit; and 

 illustrate admirably the general character of the Ferns of Tropical America. The only 

 criticism that can be offered is that many of them are so large and fine that they cannot 

 be brought witiiin the dimensions of ortLinary herbarium paper without some clipping, 

 a thing which a lover of Ferns does not like to do. The sets contain several species of 

 Tree-ferns, examples of Fulybotrya, Aiieimia, OUa/ulra, Da/uea, and other tropical gen- 

 era, and a good series of West-Indian Adidnta. I am preparing a list of their names, 

 and it will be ready for publication pretty soon. — I). C. Eaton. 



Notes fiiom the Blue Ridge, Va. — Just betore reaching the summit of the Blue 

 Ridge, "Fancj^ Gap Pass," the roadsides, for one or two miles, were lined with Rhodo- 

 dendron and Kalmi((,ih.e latter in full bloom, as magnificent a display as I have ever 

 met. Near this point a small stream crosses the road and spreads itself over a marshy 

 tiat. In the marsh, we again found Boi/kinia, Galopogo/i aud Drosera, slIso Azalea vis- 

 co.sti in full l)loom. At the summit we found Pyralaria and Olethra acuminata in every 

 direction. In the rivulets Boykinia and also Tiututvetteria palinata and Veratruin 

 viride, Saxifraga erosa, Farnassia Caroliniana ?, Magnolia acuminata, M. Fraseri and 

 M. Umbrella; Viola rotundifolia, Listera convallarioides, Hook., Microstylis 7nono2)hyllos, 

 Lindl., Amianthium musccBtoxicum, Gr., Osmunda regalis, 0. cinnamomea, Dicksonia 

 pa.nciilobula. The above list may seem small, but our time was limited and our object 

 to secure si)ecimens of several plants. There are some others, not yet satisfactorily 

 placed, of which j^ou will be informed if they i)rove of interest. 



On Juue2Tth we left the confluence of Little and Big Reed Island. No change in 

 the flora seemed striking, until we neared Jenning's Store, a few miles this side of 

 Hillsville. Here, iu a branch, we esj^ied, for the first time, one of the plants we were 

 iu search of, Boykinia aconitifolia. Pursuing the search, we found Calopogon pul- 

 chellua and Brosera rotundifolia in the marshy grounds. Just beyond Jenning's Store 

 a rivulet crosses the road. Here again we found Boykinia in abundance; also Euony- 

 mun Ainericanus, Gillenia trifoUata marked by more copious foliage and more distinctly 

 colored stems than our Wythe Co., plant, Ileliaiitheinum Canadense and Chrysogonum 

 Virginicuin were found on the road sides. — Howard Siirivek, Wytlieville, Va. 



Fkkns of Kentucky, by John Williamson. — This book is one of the most timely 

 publications we have received, for it is both convenient and cheap. It contains sixty 

 full-page etchings and six woodcuts, di'awu by the author. When we state that in ad- 

 dition to these it contains full descriptions, blank pages for notes, and articles on the 

 structure, cultivation, fertilization, collecting and drying, and classification of ferns, it 

 will be acknowledged by all to be a marvel of cheapness. The etchings are very super- 

 ior, the subjects being beautifully handled and true to nature. An advanced notice of 

 this work appeared in the Gazette for June, p. 54, written by Mr. Davenport, and such 

 hearty words of commendation from so high an authority should be sufficient to re- 

 commend it to every botanist. Although entitled the "Ferns of Kentucky," it is al 

 . most a complete hand-book for the neighljoring States, and with but few additions 

 would sulfice for all the States west of the mountains and east of the Mississippi. We- 

 liope the l)Ook will meet with ready sale and we can cordially recommend it to the 

 readers of the Gazette. For price and address see advertisement on the second page 

 of the cover. 



Owing to the fact that both the Editors are absent on a Botanical trip the next num- 

 ber of the Gazette will be delayed two weeks. 



