TABLE OF CONTENTS. Vv 
The relative value of cultures in liquid and solid media in 
the diagnoses of bacteria . . Theobald Smith. 294 
Botanical character of the black rot, Physstoapore Bidwellii, 
Sacc. (plate rx). F. Lamson Seribner, 297 
The bulliform or hygroscopic solic of grasses os sedges 
compared (plate xX) : ‘ ‘ V. J. Beal. 321 
Hierochloa borealis F a Deane. 326 
Notes on Care®—VIII ees (plate x1) 
L. H. Bailey, Jr. 328 
BRIEFER ARTICLES— 
Anemone nudicaulis n. sp... dct Pts : Asa Gray. 17 
Dispersion of some tree seeds . . ‘ ; ‘ ete Js Beal. 17 
Anemonella thalictroides : ; : ‘ ‘ i Asa Gray. 39 
Edmond Boissier . i : . ‘ epee de A syn 39 
Sections of native woot = 4 40 
he tumble weed of the west Sit ¥ alee C. E. Bessey. 41 
Aspidinm vere Swe. i: euglthiie ani ele T. J. W. airing 63 
A cheap camera : : d : “ ; ‘ 4 oo 
J.R. Lowrie . : i , ‘ ‘ « ho Porter... 64 
Primula Cusickiana , Gray ; C teline dole ds BE oer. ot 
On me obation of authorities. a , ; . .« Gen. Bentham. 91 
Thalictrum 2 : = « Wm. Tretease. 92 
The pen Tulas ‘ : see . W. G. Farlow. 93 
The gr aa’ of Coulter's Manual . ; ; . F. Lamson bt pia 95 
Seas on 2 ; Tasey. 116 
On the oka eiiens of species in Cacti hs An aasiea, bee Yarn. M47 
Herbarium notes in back num ‘ : : i ; . 156 
Mounting delicate nan : : : ak Seym . 156 
Liqnid fish glue ase ed. eee 157 
ree eet of thick specimens cS Trelease C. E. Bessev. 157 
Cal ni Obiapoenetes n. *P- cae wd: irae 80 
Ara i : ‘ . ZL. G. Yates. 181 
Vimithkth Dp. oe: eee 
Tuckerman ead i ne a spaen bols 1 ee 
Vancouveria . ‘ ; : : Z é : . Asa Gray. 182 
How to make pockets (ay ) C. R. Barnes, 183 
nical d ‘ ; E. J. Hill. 183 
Collecting fossil plan pened on Ayelet dhortey.. 4A 
Drying plants out of pee in wet weather 5 : . John Macoun. 185 
Herbarium cases (III. C. E. Bessey, Win lease. 186 
alis aurea and its allies : ‘ . Asa Gray. 188 
Development of Reestelize frou Gymmosporangia W. G. Farlow. 189 
The Arillus in Asimi Asa Gray. 190 
Gymnosporangium macropus on Pyras coronaria . B.D. Halsted. 190 
Notes on Arisema triphyllum : omas Meehan, 217 
Dr. sake A 8 Seite to the Cerestes) club . ‘ ; .  .Asa Gray. 245 
Orange scab F. Lamson Scribner. 246 
Expu wisi ee ey ‘seeds 0 f Sporobolus cryptandras (IL) . Wd. Beal. 247 
The biology of timber trees with special relate to the requirements 
. B. E. Fernow. 247 
An aerate ‘Peronospora plate vit. op ae BEY aS i 272 
John Goldie, gardener and bo Va. 2 6 ale hee 
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