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THE OREGON NATURALIST. 



August number will contain "A New 

 Industry" by Angus Gaines. "Hiddenite, 

 Emerald and Beryl" by E. H. Harn. 

 "Beach Collecting," illustrated, by F. P. 

 Drowne. "The Flour Beetle," illustrated, 

 by A A. Andrews. "Mexican Hiero- 

 glyphs," pait 11, illustrated, by Prof. Lloyd. 

 "Imported Song Birds in Oregon," by C 

 F. Pfluger. 



The Stamp Collectors Hand Book and 

 Directory of the State of Michigan, com- 

 piled by W. H. Kessler Jr. Detroit, Mich , 

 has been received. 



Curio Dealers should send to Mr. G. 

 W. Tuttle, Pasadena, Cal., for his Price 

 List of California Curiosities. 



Mr. Arthur L. Pope is giving large dis- 

 counts on the remainder of his collection 

 to close out, write him at McMinnville, 

 Or. 



Mr. E. H. Harn of Henry, N. C is 

 offering splendid examples of green mica, 

 crystalized, a recent find, and the price 

 reasonable. 



NEW PUBLICATIONS. 



Missouri Botanical Garden. Seventh 

 Annual Report. St. Louis, Mo. Pub 

 lished by the Bonrd of Trustees. 1896 

 pp. 209 pi. 66 plus 6, cloth and gold. 

 Contents — (l) Reports for the year 1895. (2^ 

 Scientific Papers: a Juglandaceae of the United 

 States, By William Trelease. 6 A Study of 

 the Agaves of the United States, By A. Isal el 

 Mulford. c. The Ligulate Wolffias of the 

 United States, By Charles Henry Thompson. 

 (3) Anniversary Publications: — The Value of a 

 Study of Botany, By Henry Wade Rogers. (4) 

 Library Contributions: The Sturtevant Pre 

 linnean Library. 



Missouri Botanical Garden publications can 



be purchased, at approximately the cost of pub- 

 lication, from Dr. A. E. Foote of I'hiladephia, 

 the Camljridge Botanical .Supply Co. of 

 Cambridge, Mass. W. Wesley & Son, of 

 London, R. Friedlander & Sohn, of Berlin, or 

 Dr. William Trelease, Director of the Garden, 

 St. Louis, Mo. 



Michigan State Agricultural College 

 Experiment Station, Bulletins 129, Fruits 

 at South Haven , and 130, Fruits at the 

 Agricultural College. Bulletin 13 1, Potatoes. 

 Vegetable Tests. Bulletin 132, Some 

 Injurious Insects. 



The Bulletins of the Experiment Station 

 are sent free to farmers and indivieduals 

 interested in farming, in the State, as may re- 

 quest them. Applications should be mn.de to 

 the Secretary, Agricultural College, Michigan. 



The Varying Hare or White Rabbit. 

 Lepus Americcinus Vir^inidiius. By B. H. 

 Warren, M. D. State Orniihologist, ILuris- 

 burg, Pa. 



An excellent monograph on the life history, 

 of the varying hare in Pennsylvania, two 

 colored plates showing variations in winter and 

 summer dress. 



Pennsylvania State, Department of 

 Agriculture — Division of Economic 

 Zoology, Bulletin iNo. 6. By B. H. Warren, 

 M. D. State Zoologist, Harrisl)urg, Pa. May, 

 1896 pp. 128, ill. xi. 



Chapter I treats of the methoils of collecting, 

 skinning, preserving and mounting birds as 

 practiced in the field and laboratory. 



Chapter II deals with matters of law with 

 which collectors and hunters in Pennsylvania 

 should be familiar. 



Chapter III embraces the game and hsh laws 

 of the State. 



Plates ix, - xi, made from photographs taken 

 from specimens in the .\uthor's collection are 

 exceptionally fine. 



George D. Peck recommends coloring im- 

 mediritely after mounting, or before the colors 

 have faded, the parts of birds that require it. 



