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say, that Dr. Peck is a most indefatigable worlter among our fungi and it almost seems 

 probable that his name will be appended to as many Nortii American fungi as that of 

 Linnfeus to our phaenogams. Since the date of the last re])ort, specimens of 165 species 

 of plants have been mounted and pla(;ed in the Herbarium, of wliich 130 were not be- 

 fore represented in it. Specimens have been collected in the counties of Albany, Essex 

 Greene, Hamilton, Otsego, Rensselaer and Saratoga.^ These represent 132 species new to 

 the Herbarium, 129 of which are fungi, of these 00 are regarded as new or previously 

 undescribed species. Of course tlie new species are described and some of them 

 figured in the two plates at the end of the report. 



Contrihuf/ions to the Flora of Iowa — ISo. III. By J C. Arthur. — The author adds 

 some 65 species to his catalogue of the Iowa flora and also describes three not found 

 in Gray's Manual, viz. : Desmodhim lUinoense, Gray, Scutellaria parvida, Mx., var. 

 mollis, Gray, and Erhinospermuin dcflcxum, Lehm. Amarantus Blitian (No. 668) of 

 the catalogue proves to be A. blitoiden of Watson, a description of which is appended ; 

 and Aster Nooi-Belgii (No. 371) is to be stricken out. 



llie Pine, its life and importance in Essex County. By John Robinson. — A good 

 description is given of the life of a pine, commencing with the seed, then follows an 

 account of the Conifers found growing in Essex County, Mass. There are 10 of them, 

 viz.: Piims ricjida, P. resirtosa, P. Strobus, Abies nigra,, A. Canadensis, Larix Ameri- 

 cana, Capressus thyoides, JnriiperiiH coimnunis, J. Virgin ica, and I'a.vns barmta, var. 

 Canadensis. 



Science News, Vol. 1, Nos. 1 & 2, November 1 & 15 — We have here a new 

 candidate for public favor, publi.shed by S. E Cassino, uudei' the editorial 

 management of Ernest lugersoll and Wni. C. Wyckofi', of New York. It is a semi- 

 monthly periodical ot 10 pages, octavo, printed in two columns, and is furnished at 

 $2.00 per annum. According to the salutatojy address "To the Public," its object is a 

 most general one, namely, to advance the interests of science. It jromises to give 

 prompt publication of scientific news in every department of science, and especially 

 in that of natural history and bicjlogy. The first two numbers carry out very well the 

 pi'omise of the editors, and from the prominent names enrolled among the contribu 

 tors subscribers can undoubtedly expect more than the worth of their money. We 

 wish the new enterprise every success, and that it may accomplish what many scien- 

 tific publications of to-daj' do not, that is, pay its wa}'. We might express the wisli 

 that the paper at first sight did not so much resemble an adversising sheet, but the 

 turning over of a few pages reveals the substance within. 



Bulletin of the Torrey Baton ical Club, Oct. — Prol'. Eaton announces that four new 

 species of tropical ferns have been recently discovered in Florida, one l)y Dr. Garber, 

 one by Mr. A. H. Curtiss, and two l)y Mr. W. H. Shockley. They are Ceratopetris 

 thalictroides, Brongneart, Cheilanthes nricroj^hylla, Swarts, Aplenimn firinmn, Ivunze, 

 and A. cicutariimi, Swartz. Mr. Meehan writes that tiie Oolluna vulgaris reported as 

 growing two miles from Egg Harbor City, New Jersey, is not indigenous at all, but 

 was planted there by a man from England. He thinks that the other reported locali- 

 ties had better be more thoroughly examined Mr. J. W. Cougdon makes the very 

 flattering announcement that Shortia gularifolia. Gray, has been discovered bj' Mi'. M. 

 E. Ilyains, of Statesville, N. C. It was found last year in McDowell ct (^o., N. C. The 

 plant is so rare that heretofore only one known specimen exi.sted. :ind that was at the 

 Jardiii des Plantes, in Mvchaux's herbarium. 



The American Naturalist, Nov. — This numberis especially rich in botanical articles, 

 containing no less than three, besides the general notes. They are ''Aspidium spinu- 

 losum (Swartz) and its Varieties," by Geo. E. Davenport; "On the Natural Succession 

 of the Dicotyldeus," by Lester F. Ward; and "About Weeds," by \V. '.V. Bailey. Mr. 



