108 ERYTHEA. 



Not only in lesser details of method and of form but in general 

 treatment the Caryophyllacese as presented us repeats in a striking 

 way the characteristic spirit of the orders written by the inceptor 

 of the Flora, It is, furthermore, a pleasure to find the elaboration 

 of all the orders, although done by different men, so very consistent 

 and even. 



It is given us to understand that Dr. Robinson is now engaged 

 upon the Leguminosse, which with the completion of the orders as 

 far as Capri foliacese, will fill out the present gap in the sequence. 

 The Synoptical Flora, although not then complete, will in a sense 

 be complete, in that the parts published will be given continuity. — 

 AV. L. J. 



MISCELLANEOUS NEWS AND NOTES. 



It is announced that Dr. J. E. Humphrey, of Johns Hopkins 

 University, died in Jamaica, August 17. 



A BRONZE statue of Darwin at the enti'ance to the public library 

 and museum in his native town of Shrewsbury, England, was 

 unveiled August 10. 



Mr. F. V. CoviLLE, the government botanist, has recently been 

 botanizing in Oregon, having spent two months or more in the Cas- 

 cade Forest Eeserve. 



"We are in receipt of "The Principles of Fruit Growing," by 

 Prof L. H. Bailey, the latest issue of the Rural Science Series. 

 [MacMillan, New York, 1897, $1.25.] 



Prof. Sargent and Mr. Wm. Canby passed through San Fran- 

 cisco in September from Alaska, Washington and Oregon. Mr. 

 John Muir was with the party during their northern journeyings. 



Part iv of Prof. Greene's Flora Franciscana was issued on 

 August 5. It comprises the Valerianese, Dipsacese and Compositse, 

 and many new genera and species and new names are proposed. 

 [Payot, Upham & Co., San Francisco, $1.00.] 



The British Association for the Advancement of Science, met 

 August 18 to 26 in Toronto. The English botanists present were 

 Bower, Farmer, Green, Marshall Ward, Wager and Seward. Pro- 

 fessor Magnus represented the University of Berlin. 



