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found on Germinating Farm Seeds.” Miss Smith had been 
assisting him in his work for the Royal Agricultural So- 
ciety in examining farm seeds in respect to their germina- 
ting power. In the course of their observations, Miss 
Smith had found numerous species of fungi on the germ- 
inating seeds, 14 species in all, of which five were new and 
one belonged toanewgenus, Mr. Millett’s report on the 
foraminifera of the Malay Archipelago, was taken as read. ° 
Hon. Thos. Kirkman sent some of the fine quills of the © 
porcupine for distribution among the Fellows, who would 
find them very useful in mounting minute objects. 
DeEruncr.—Professor C. E. Bessey of the University 
of Nebraska informs us that the Lincoln Microscopical 
Club has ceased to hold meetings and that there is no 
prospect of resuming. If we had the right kind of a Na- 
tional Society which conferred Fellowships upon presi- 
dents of local societies, it would be easy to keep these 
little feeders at work. 
NEW PUBLICATIONS. 
GaAGE’s INTRODUCTION To Microscopic METHODS AND 
HIsToLoey. 
In 1901, the eighth edition of this handbook has been 
issued. It has now reached 300 pages and 230 figures. 
This brings it along up towards the size and importance 
of the first editionof Carpenter. It clearly stands at the 
-head of American works of its class. Indeed we know 
of nothing to compare with it. Presumably it is pri- 
marily a reference and laboratory work for Professor 
Gage’s own students at Cornell. Doubtless it is used as 
well in the histological classes of many other Ameri- 
can colleges. But one can fairly ask why this ground was 
not long ago taken up by some one at Yale, Harvard or 
Columbia. Since Gage began, perhaps a dozen years 
