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Asa Gray — Memorial of. (Trans. Mass. Hort. Soc. for the 

 Year 1888, pp. 155, 156.) 



Asa Gray. W. G. Farlow. (Ber. der Deutsch. Bot. Gesellsch. 

 vi. 31-38.) 



Biologia Ccntrali- Americana or Contributions to the Knowledge 

 of the Fauna and Flora of Mexico and Central A 7nerica- 

 Botany, W. B. Hemsley. 4to. Four volumes. London, 

 1879-1888.) 



This great work, which has occupied so much of Mr. Hems- 

 ley's time during the past ten years, is now completed by the 

 issuing of a supplementary part containing the Introduction and 

 a Commentary thereon by Sir Joseph Hooker, to be bound with 

 Vol. i., and the Appendix of 225 pages, to go at the end of 

 Vol. iv. The Introduction considers the problems of geographi- 

 cal distribution involved and the relation of the flora of the 

 Central American region to other parts of the globe. The 

 Appendix treats of the History of Botanical Exploration of the 

 region, giving brief biographical sketches of all the collectors, a 

 summary and analysis of the Flora, and other matters of general 

 interest. 



Botanical Notes. Geo. Vasey. (Bull. No. 8, Bot. Div. U. S. 

 Dept. Agric. 18, 19.) A series of brief memoranda, mostly 

 in regard to grasses. 



Botanische Garten. (Pharm. Rundsch., vii, 51-54-) An account 

 of the proposed botanic garden for New York City, with com- 

 ments upon the subject. 



Canadian Plants — Check List of. James M. Macoun. (Pamph. 

 8vo, pp. 68, Ottawa, 1889.) 



Cape Cod Plants.— A Few. Walter Deane. (Bot. Gaz. xiv. 

 45-47-) The author notes that it was in a pond not far 

 from his abode that the pink variety of Castalia odorata 

 " originated." and adds the pleasing news that the water was 

 dotted with the flowers (August, J 888), and that "the pond 

 is jealously protected from invaders." This variety is occa- 

 sional in southeastern New Jersey, 



