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Degeneration the Law of Disease. By L. A. 

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Biographical Notice of Sir William Siemens. By 

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Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute. 

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Progress of Chemistry in 1883. By Professor 

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Addenda to the Bibliography of Il^-per - Space 

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POPULAR MISCELLANY. 



The Loss of the Lapham Collection. 



— One of the most serious losses in the re- 

 cent fire at the Wisconsin State University 

 was the scientific collection made by Dr. I. 

 A. Lapham, and purchased after his death 

 by the State. It consisted of a cabinet con- 

 taining fossils, minerals, shells, meteorites, 

 and Indian antiquities, 10,000 specimens in 

 all, besides duplicates for exchange ; an 

 herbarium of 24,000 specimens, belonging 

 to 8,000 species ; and a library of about 

 1,500 books, pamphlets, and maps. Among 

 the books were many rare volumes. The 

 geological specimens included a large num- 

 ber of fossils peculiar to American forma- 

 tions, and a full series of rocks and fossils 

 illustrating in perfect order and with per- 

 fect clearness the geology of Wisconsin. 

 The herbarium embraced the whole range 

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 to the lowest. Many of the specimens were 

 obtained by exchange from the most emi- 

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 and Germany. 



Flowering Plants as Ozone-Generators. 



— Dr. J. M. Anders has published, in the 

 " American Naturalist," descriptions of ex- 

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 plant-growth with the generation of ozone. 

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 that the leaves have nothing to do with the 

 production, but that the function resides 

 with the flower ; that it lies predominantly 

 in odorous flowers, inodorous flowers being 

 poor generators; and that sunlight, or at 

 least good diffused light, is essential to the 

 production. Hence, it is inferred, during 

 fair weather all flowering vegetation is con- 



