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species of the genus VzU's — description, history, synonyms, varia- 

 tions of forms, geographical range, natural soils, culture and 

 horticultural value ; and the principal fungous and other diseases 

 to which they are subject. An authorized translation of the work 

 is being prepared for publication by Prof F. Lamson Scribner. 

 Mosses of North America — New. — //. F. Renauld and J. Cardot. 



(Bot. Gaz. xiv. 91-100, Plates XII. XIII. and XIV). 

 Names too Nearly Alike — Of Generic and Specific. Roscoe 



Pound. (Am. Nat xxiii, 163, 164). 

 Nostocacecs heterocystecs cojitemtes dans les principatix Her- 



biers de France — Revision des. Ed. Bornet et Ch. Flahault. 



(Ann. Sci. Nat. (VIL), iii. 323-381 ; iv. 343-373; v. 51-129; 



vii. 177-262.) Also abstract in Hedwigia, xxviii. 32-54). 

 Niitzpflanzen Brasiliens. Theodor Peckolt. (Pharm. Rundsch. 



vii, 1 10- 1 13, continued). 

 Oncidium Lietzeiy var. anreo-macnlatum. E. Regel. (Garten- 

 flora, t. 1279). 

 Pero7tospora upon Cucumbers, Byron D. Halsted. (Bot. Gaz. 



xiv. 152). 

 Pliilodendron Andreaniim. E. Kegel (Gartenflora, xxxvii. i55» 



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Pines of California — The. James G. Steele. Paper read before 

 the Am. Phar. Ass'n at Srm Francisco meeting, 1889. 

 This makes a little pamphlet of 18 pages, in which the descrip- 

 tions are rather popular than botanical. It evinces a considerable 

 familiarity with the subject and is very readable. 

 Poiso7ious Plants indige?wus to California — On the. Hans Her- 

 man Behr, M.D. Paper read before the Am. Phar. Ass'n at 

 the San Francisco meeting, 1889, 



Among these plants are mentioned Micranipeles (which the 

 writer calls Megarrhiza^ Rhododendron occidentale. Sunn 

 cicnta: folium^ Cicnta and Coninni, Eremocarpus setiger. Hen- 

 decandra procumbens. 

 Prairie Flowers. — /. //. W. Fream. TReir^ Wpeklv 



Messen 



Journal, June 3d and J 



Notes upon the flowers found in the prairie regions of Mani- 

 toba and the Northwest Territories of British America. 

 Preliminary List of the Flowering and Fern Plants of Lorain 



