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and 2,400 feet altitude, that could uot properly be included in the 

 above list. A few of these are as follows: Eriogonum nudum 

 Dough; Euphorbia leptocera Engelm.; Ranunculus occidentalis 

 Nutt., var. Rattani Gray; Lupinus latifolius Agardh., quite 

 common; Fragaria Califoruica C. & S.; AVhipplea modesta Torr.; 

 Epilobium minutum Lindl.; Galium Nuttallii Gray; Valerianella 

 congesta Lindl.; Wyethia augustifolia (DC) Nutt; Helianthella 

 Californica Gray; Hieraciuin albiflorum Hook.; Sanicula Men- 

 ziesii H. & A.; Myrrhis occidentalis B. & H., Arbutus Menziesii 

 Pursh; Gilia achillseafolia Benth ; Quercus Douglasii H. & A., 

 almost within the limits; Pinus ponderosa Dough, trees 100 feet 

 high or over at 2,300 feet altitude. 



Two parasites, Pyrola aphylla Smith and Corallorhiza Bigelovii 

 Wats., for which few stations are known in the Bay Region, were 

 collected under trees between 2,300 and 2,400 feet altitude. 



On a miniature plateau at the foot of the trail up the mountain- 

 side proper, and not far from the summit of the Clear Lake wagon- 

 grade, are several shapely Madrone (Arbutus Menziesii) and Black 

 Oak (Quercus Kelloggii) trees 40 to 50 feet high, and with 

 girth of 5 to 7 feet. 



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Fertilizers: the source, character and composition of natural, 

 home-made, and manufactured fertilizers, and suggestions as to 

 their use for different crops and conditions, a new volume of the 

 Rural Science Series, by E. B. Voorhees, of the New Jersey Experi- 

 ment Station. [MacMillan & Co., New York, $1.00.] 



Prof. Dr. Paul Knuth, of Kiel, Germany, arrived in Cali- 

 fornia from Java on May 29 last. He remaii}ed in California the 

 greater part of two months, studying here as in other countries 

 visited on his journey around the world, the relation of animals 

 and flowers. He is the author of a well-known treatise on 

 " Bliithen-biologie." 



According to the daily newspapers twoscore scientists, con- 

 stituting the Harriraan Exploring Expedition to Alaska, left 



