no BOTAXICAL GAZETTE. 



statement in the article referred to. Mr. Arthur says that "over, a fifth 

 were incorrectly named." — Eds.] I printed three reports, 75 plants in all, 

 in which I admit 5 false analyses, with a few doubtful/' We readily con- 

 cede that the fault is all our own in ever having admitted for publication 

 species that were doubtful and hence we are ready to receive all the fulmin- 

 ations of the parties and will trouble the readers of the Gazette with no 

 more of it. — Eds. 



Ferns of North America, Parts lU and 11. — This work continues of 

 the same excellence and when completed will ^ive us as beautiful and elab- 

 orate a monograph upon our Ferns as we could desire. As a general rule 

 the figures are all excellent, so that even an ordinary observer would be 

 able to recognize and determine almost any fern he would find. The pres- 

 ent parts contain Osmimda regaJis, L., 0. Claijtonuma, L., 0. chwamomea, 

 L., Aspkliiim Thelifpferis, Swartz, Pobjpodluni vulgare, L., F. Ccdifonacum. 

 Kaulf., Scolopendrium vidgare. Smith, and Lomaria S_pic(iiit, Desvaux. 

 All the figures impress us more favorably than that of Osmundaregidis. 

 It is unlike any form of that species that grows here and we were compell- 

 ed to read the name before knowiag what it was. Oiir royal fern should 

 make a more impressive picture. Besides there is not that sharpness and 

 distinctness of outline that marks most of the other figures, as Aspldiuin 

 Thelypteris for instance, or the two species of FoJijpod'mnt. 



Note.— For the fantastic mistakes that appeared in the December num- 

 ber of the Gazette, our readers will please not hold us responsible. They 

 were due to the conceit of a printer, whose knowledge of botany is some- 

 what limited. 



We would call attention to the advertisement of H. Eggert, Esq., of St 

 Louis, Mo. The plants he offers for sale are remarkably cheap, but that 

 does not imply that they are remarkably poor. Many of the species are 

 exceedingly rare and the specimens are complete and fine, among the very 

 best we have ever received. When a botanist can select fine specimens of 

 his desiderata for four cents a species, he had better avail himself of the 

 offer. Mr. Eggert has an abundance of plants and will send a list of them 

 to any one upon application. 



We begin to publish in the next number a very interesting series of pa- 

 pers from Mr. A. H. Curtiss upon the flora of the shell islands of the Flor- 

 ida coast. 



