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NEW Yor 
BOTANICA 
GARDEN 
AND ITS RELATION TO 
WHOLE No, st ADDN Arbor, January, 1884. Noha 
CONTENTS: 
PAGE, PAGE 
Original Communications. Bacteria vs. Fibrine. By D. S. Kel- 
LCOLD. a iclerais cba de 6 atinidie's nels ee tee se 
An Interesting Geological Discovery. Editorial Excerpts. 
Bye leh eticolas i.) sen acaaenia I : 
Biographical Sketch of Robert Tolles. Dr. Gregg vs. The Germ Theory ... 18 
y Hon. Thomas Barlow.......... 3 Germs of Cholera......... fs selon 18 
Robert B. Tolles. By C.H.Stowell. 4 The Bacillus Tuberculosis as an 
How to Stain the Bacillus Tubercu- EEO ZOON ee steele sole se eid ee ee 18 
Josis  Byid.)) surrey, 22). 1-1 6 Selections. 
Seis Be ee eee A Rapid Microscopic Mounting........ 20 
Astasia Haematodes. By S. Lock- Wtems..2 |. tide secede tee sete a eee eee 22 
OOM teers siete felis coute chap sesiga coe /elare 9 At the Doctors’ Expense........../..:+ 23 
A Microscopic Inflation. By C. H. Qur: Next! Issue. Sc sj.cec- seen aeons 23 
SSLOUU CHEN SF, itd Pepe tts Se iataiden ods oie 10 Exchanges #3258 stegeclnecs totter meme 24 
Oviginal Communications. 
AN INTERESTING GEOLOGICAL DISCOVERY. 
BY C. L. PETICOLAS. 
It has not heretofore been supposed that the great diatoma- 
ceous formations of Maryland and Virginia extended beyond 
Chesapeake bay, although this stratum has been struck at a great 
depth at Fortress Monroe several years since. 
An artesian boring recently made to the depth of about 300 
feet in Dorchester County Maryland, has brought to light 
what is evidently a continuation of the Maryland deposit, 
corresponding very closely to the formation shown at Hol- 
land’s Cliff and Piscataway. The drill used was unfortun- 
ately not adapted to bring up a solid core and it makes a 
diatomist’s “blood run cold” to fancy the havoc played with 
