idy BOTANICAL GAZETTE. 



nient of Botany appears under the editorial management of Prof. C. 

 E. Bessey. The editors of the Naturalist could not have selected 

 more wisely, and we congratulate them upon securing the services of 

 one who will put ne\S^'and vigorous life into a department too long 

 neglected. A dispermous acorn is described and figured by Prof. Bailey. 



Bulletin of the Totrey Botanical Club. — In the November number 

 a Laminaria, new to the U. S., is described. Mr. W. R. Gerard 

 describes and figures a viviparous specimen of Phleiimprdtense. 



The American MicroscopicUl Journal. — -This journal announces a 

 change of type for 1881, which will allow it to put more matter in the 

 same space. We are glad to learn that 'the editor was so successful 

 durmg the past year as to encourage him to continue the publication 

 of so valuable a periodical. 



The Gardener's Monthly and- Horticulturist. — We always turn over 

 the pages of this magazine with the wonder how any one in this 

 • country interested in Horticulture can get along without it. It is 

 crowded so full of seasonable hints, editorial notes, science and travel, 

 reports from societies, and first class advertisements, that it is a perfect 

 mine of information to the gardener and horticulturist. 



Case' s Bota/ti'cal Index. —This clamis to be the cheapest horticul- 

 tural paper in the world For'5o cents a year it is mailed to subscri- 

 bers quarterly. 'It IS handsomely printed and illustrated and gives 

 much.thatis of interest to all classes of botanists. 



Vick! s Illusfratcd Monthly 'Magazine: — The December number con- 

 tains a very han'dsome frontespiece, giving on a blue background a 

 picture of a plume of Pampas grass. For hints as to decoration of 

 house, or lawn, we know nothing better than this magazine. Many 

 a dreary yard has been beautified by following the simple directior^s 

 given by Mr. Vick. 



The Floras of Cincinnati. — yix. Davis L. James gives us in this 

 pamphlet a sketch of the Floras of Cincinnati published from 1815 to 

 1879. I^ seenis ' that in this time four floras have been published. 

 Mr. Joseph F. James' is the most recent one, and in the ])re5ent pam- 

 phlet quite a n'umbier of additions 1 and corrections are made to it. 

 The additions con'sist of 19 new species and 16 .new identificnlions, 

 principally the'w^ork of Mr.'GvCi: Lloyd, Curator of Botany in the Cin- 

 cinnati Society of Natural History. 



f Sexual 1-^ariation in Castavea Americana. — 'W\\% paper, by Mr. 

 Isaac C. Martindale. is a reprint from the last /'/-i^^. Phil. Acad. It 

 describes among other thiiigS a case in which male flowers had be- 

 come female and produced an abundance of burs. It is sometimes 

 argued that want of nutrition produces such a result, but this Mr. 

 Martindale does not accejK. 



'Erie Naturkil History Society. — .\ neat pamphlet of about 30 pages 

 comes to hand, bearing the above title. A glance tl-.'fough its pages 

 shows the President of the society to be a good botanist, G. Gutten- 

 berg A history of the society is given and some of its-papers pub- 

 lished, among which is a very interesting one from Mr. Guttenberg 

 upon the "Poisonous Plants which grow in and around Erie." 



