FERMENTATION BACTERIOLOGY. 519 



Some brief notes on the Swedish plant improvement investigations at 

 Svalof, N. H. Nilsson (Malmo i Sweden), 1898, pp. 14. In German I. 



Native poison plants, A. Morrisox (Producers' Gaz. and Settlers' llec. [West. Aus- 

 tralia], 5 {1898), No. S, pp. 214-218, figs. 4).— Descriptive notes are giveu of the 

 following plants, which are reputed as being poisonous to cattle: Oxylooiwm retusum, 

 Gastrolobium callistachys, (<. parvifolium, and <;. trilobum. 



The poison plants of Western Australia, A. MORRISON (West Australian Set- 

 tier's Guide and Farmer's Handbook, 1897, pt. 3, pp. 572-592). — Notes are giveu on 

 various poisonous plants, the most of which helong to the two genera Gastrolobium 

 and' Oxylobium. All of these plants are poisonous to stock, and methods for their 

 eradication are suggested. 



Homology of the members of the plant body, -with special reference to the 

 question of homology involved in the alternation of generations in green plants, 

 F. 0. Bower ( (lard. Chron., 3. ser., 24 (1898), Xo. 612, p. 224).— A brief resume is given 

 of the presidential address of the author hefore the Botanical Section of the British 

 Association at its meeting September 8, 1898. 



The number and symmetry of the fibrovascular bundles in the petiole as a 

 character in determining species, A. Chatin (Compt. Bend. Acad. Set. Paris, 127 

 (189S), Xo. 6, pp. 301-307). 



Origin of lenticels, H. Devaux (Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris, 126 (1898), Xo. 20, 

 pp. 1432-1435). — The author gives a report on the origin of the structures forming 

 lenticels. 



The nature and origin of stipules, A. A. Tyler (A tin. Xew York Acad. Sci., 10 

 (1898), Xo. 1-12, pp. 1-49, pis. 2). 



The splitting of fruits and tubers (Gard. Chron., 3. ser., 24 (1898), Xo. 611, j>. 

 198). — Editorial notes are given on the physiological causes which result in the 

 splitting of various fruits and tubers. 



Concerning some caryophyllaceous hybrids, K. Fritsch (Oesterr. Bot. Ztg., 48 

 (1S9S), Xo. 10, pp. 381-385). — Hybrids between species of Saponaria and of species of 

 Gypsophila are described. 



The insect visitors of flowers, J. H. Lovell (Bui. Torrey Bot. Club, 25 (1898), Xo. 

 7, pp. 382-390). — The author has given descriptions of the methods for fertilization 

 of various flowers and the insect visitors of Gaullheria procumbens, Chelone glabra, 

 Impatiens biflora, Cornus canadensis, C. stolonifera, C. alternifolia, and Aralia racemosa. 



Sex in plants, J. Hoopes (Pennsylvania Dept. Agr. Rpt. 1897, pp. 665-678, figs. 10). — 

 A reprint of Pennsylvania Dept. Agr. Bulletin 30 (E. S. R., 9, p. 812). 



A permanent stain for starch, J. If. Schaffner (Jour. Appl. Micros., 1 (1898), Xo. 

 10, p. 181). — By the use of anilin-safranin and gentian-violet a permanent stain may 

 be secured. 



On the preservation of materials in paraffin, C. Janet (Bui. Soo. Zool. France, :3 

 (1898), Xo. 7-8, pp. 117, 118). 



Plant physiological and agricultural-chemical researches during 1897, H. 

 JENSEN (Tidsskr. Landokon, 17 (1898), Xo. 3-4, pp. 314-331). 



FERMENTATION— BACTERIOLOGY. 



A preliminary arrangement of the species of the genus Bacte- 

 rium, F. D. Chester (Delaware Sta. Rpt. 1897, pp. 53-145). — The 

 author proposes a scheme for the description of bacteria, which is 

 thought to be sufficient in detail for the identification of the different 

 species. A table is given in which the name, synonyms, habitat, 

 and morphology of 354 species of Bacterium are given, together with 

 their staining peculiarities, temperature conditions, description of their 

 appearance in gelatin and agar cultures, gelatin stab, and slant cul- 

 tures, agar cultures, potato cultures, bouillon cultures, milk cultures, 



