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Kew Sarno on November: 30. ‘Being wehipees of wateinsetative duties he will have more 
wh 
time fo r 
THE ronan L OF PERE LOGY ake its first year with an expression of satisfaction at 
its reception and success, and promise of more va gate igscee Acer for beginners, and 
biological ‘ieeeties of eminent my vsiteiie for the ng yea 
VERY CONSIDERABLE ATTENTION is devoted to Ph forms of common wild plants in 
Sweden, judging from ane Sesageiny descriptions of named sorts the Botaniska Notiser. 
They are species, some well known in this country as weeds, of hak genera as Epilobium, 
COOKE’S PROVISIONAL LIisT of the British Blige OLE praange in nigatacg reaches 
in the December issue to No. 478, haying j ntered the us Septoria. 
Pyreno mere um, + in piace ye now Sathis a3. O34. One kek of hens numbers 
a Sedlback 
es hucice AND » ep CINES es wom America, fine in Cincinnati, is a far more 
importa serial to peepee st" 1 botanists than its name would indicate. Its matter is 
and fresh, and toa considerable degree neti botanie:; Bi includes synonymy, 
sented by maps 
vi he latte 
is es nted on excellent paper and the illustrations are copious and admirably execu 
E of ~ anes ($100) : is sre for the — lon a mo nee on a class or 
aire of “stint October, 1889. y be easaed in English, and 
is to be sent to to the Société ae Physique et d’ roan soo hinenn Jas eneva, Switzerland. en 
prize was founded P. De Candolle. It would be a matter of just pride - — rea lly 
able m i 
prize in plant embryology, which is announced in our advertising colu 
¥. Emicu has made extended researches upon the self-purification of natural w 
(detailed in Biedermann’s Centraiblatt fiir Agrikultur Chemie) and finds that aaa cab 
hat ozone an i 
exposed t 
the water has been sterilized by boiling or germs are in any J ded. e entire 
tenia of desoentuae of rivers and other open channels is obviously removed from the 
of chemistry and becomes purely biologica 
AUCTION sale of iver Morga n :toagighenes of rag sin New York City some 
ntio: 
The sale Aneter over 1,450 pia vate very few of them in flower at the time, for 
is said 0. A imen of Van 
$2,000. ‘ e n 
southern Phillipine islands, and first flowered in eultivation pri t two years ey An- 
other equ plant of this species is sent y Mr. F. L. Ames of North Easto: ass. 
I gh 0 $750 ai all fk one going to mites. 
THE ANNUAL FUNGUS FORAYS of Englan ee are an interesting feature of mycologic study 
in that country. They are agree” arran d by he societi es t o some co oe oe 
in 
e 
Nat. Hist. Society and the Leicester Nat. Hist Society one ‘day ack. and the Woolhope 
‘our days 
Cth ay 
STRASBURGER i i Ger 
re: zg B ical Society on the _ wa Sere 
limits | s within which plants specifically distinet will permit effective grafting 0 or budding, 
and ti He grafted a large number oi various 
