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Abies Fraseri. C. S. S. (Garden and Forest, ii. 472, Fig. 132). 



Aristolochia hians. J. D. H. (Bot. Mag. t. 7073). 



Asa Gray— Scientific Papers of. Charles. Sprague Sargent. 



(8vo, i and ii. pp. 900, Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1889). 



In these volumes Prof. Sargent has brought into compact and 

 available shape a large part of Dr. Gray's reviews, essays and bio- 

 graphical notices. His larger works on systematic and structural 

 botany are, of course, not included, nor are many of his more im- 

 portant and lengthy philosophical essays. The object has been to 

 bring together his briefer papers, some of which were not reprinted 

 when first published, and which are unknown to many modern 

 readers who have not the opportunity to search through the 

 various publications to which he was a constant contributor, from 

 the year 1834 "P to the time of his death in 1887. These vol- 

 umes, although confessedly incomplete, bring into bold rehef the 

 vast scope of Dr. Gray's contributions to botanical knowledge. 

 Vol. I is taken up entirely by his reviews of important works on 

 botany and allied subjects, such as Lindlcy's Natural System of 

 Botany, De Candolle's Prodromus, Agassiz's Zoological Nomen- 

 clator, De Candolle's Remarks on Botanical Nomenclature, Dar- 

 win's Insectivorous Plants, etc. Vol. II contains several of his 

 important essays, on European Herbaria, Longevity of Trees, 

 Sequoia and its History, Do Varieties Wear Out ? A Pilgrimage 

 to Torreya, Forest Geography and Archaeology, Pertinacity and 

 Predominance of Weeds, Gender of Names of Varieties, etc., etc. 

 Some of these will doubtless be read here by many for the first 

 time, and any of them are profitable reading to the general botanist 

 of to-day. Following these essays are his various biographical 

 notices of celebrated botanists, including Short, Boott, Torrey, 

 Bigelow, Englemann, Tuckerman and many others. The two 

 volumes, besides being a handsome additon to any library, are of 

 such interest, and render accessible so much of Prof. Gray's less 

 known work, that our only regret is not having his complete works 

 included in the same series. ^- ^^• 



Aster Hcrveyi. (Garden and Forest, ii. 472, Fig. 131). 

 Bacterial Disease of Corn— A. T. J. Burrill. (Bull. No. 6, Agric. 



