336 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



The common parent possessed In a slight degree the crinkled leaves and short- 

 ened internodes. 



The dwarf plants appeared in varying numbers along with robust and int<-v- 

 mediate types. The dwarf plants show a strong tendency to breed true, <'■■ • 

 series giving 72 dwarf plants, 8 intermediates, and 1 robust plant. 



It is thought that the differences are not readily explained by a loss or gain 

 of characters. There is no series of characters in H. oculiroscus or H. mos- 

 cheutos that can be considered as combining in hybridization to produce the 

 dwarf. 



The simultaneous appearance of variations involving modifications of groups 

 of characters and of intermediates of various kinds exhibiting sporadic varia- 

 tions of various degrees of intensity is quite in line with the general evidence of 

 the sporadic nature and wide range of such variations. 



A bibliography is given. 



The flora of the Northwest Coast, C. V. PrPER and R. K. Beattie {Lancaster, 

 Pa.: New Era Printing Co., 1915, pp. XIII+41S). — A descriptive flora, with 

 keys, is given of the pteridophytes and spermatophytes known to occur in that 

 portion of Washington and Oregon lying west of the Cascade Mountains and 

 between 43° 30' and 49" N. latitude, although the northern range of many of 

 the species extends well within the boundaries of southern Alaska. 



In the flora 1,617 species representing 550 genera are included, of which the 

 following species are described as new: Arctostaphylos columbiana, Godetia 

 gracilis, Panicularia occidentnlis, PopuUis vancouvcriana, Solidago algida, 8. 

 vcspertina, and GrindcUa oregnna wilkcsinna. In addition to these newly de- 

 scrilied species, 14 new combinations of generic and specific names are given. 



The material upon which this work is based is quite largely deposited in the 

 herbarium of the State College of Washington, with which institution the 

 authors wore connected for a number of years. 



An Aztec narcotic (Lophophora williamsii), W. E. Safford (Jour. Heredity, 

 6 {1915), No. 7, pp. 291-Sll, figs. 11). — An account is given embodying some 

 results of a study made by the author on the mushroom-like narcotic cactus 

 or poyote (L. icilliamsii). 



The name of the soy bean: A chapter in its botanical history, C. V. FrPER 

 {Jour. Amcr. Soc. Agron., 6 {19 H), No. 2, pp. 75-84). — Giving a brief account 

 of recent studies and other information on the botanical history of the soy 

 bean and the names that have been applied to this and related species, the 

 author holds that a proper interpretation thereof requires that the soy bean 

 should be named Sojn max. 



Inventory of seeds and plants imported by the Office of Foi-eign Seed and 

 Plant Introduction during the period from April 1 to June 30, 1913 {U. S. 

 Dept. Agr., Bur. Plant Indii.'^. Inventory No. 35 {1915), pp. 69, pis. S). — Descrip- 

 tive notes are given of over 500 plant introductions, much of the material hav- 

 ing been secured by Meyer in China and Wight in Chile and Peru. Miscella- 

 neous contributors supplied the remaining material. 



FIELD CROPS. 



Prices and shrinkage of farm grains, W. L. Bubt.ison and O. 51. Ali.yn 

 {Illinois Sta. Bui. 183 {1915), pp. 11-26, figs. 5). — In discussing the prices and 

 shrinkage of farm grains the authors have been governed largely by reports of 

 the Chicago Board of Trade. Tabulated data show the average prices of farm 

 grains, by 5-year periods, from 1S79 to 1913. Monthly price averages for farm 

 grains, together with the monthly percentages of total annual receipts for the 

 decade 1904 to 1913, are represented by curves and graphs. Tables show the 



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