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decade. It was one of those things which happen, no one knows exactly how, 
It is proper to say that the same mistake will not be repeated. 
HE NUMBERS of the Gazerre for 1885 were mailed on the following 
dates: 1, Jan. 8; 2, Feb. 14; 3, Mar. 14; 4, April 24; 5, ing 7 6, June 4; 
7, July i: 8, hag. it: Sane 10, Oct. 7; iL, Noy. 11; 2, Dee. 
OPEN LETTERS. 
Reverchon’s Texan Ferns. 
I have received from Mr. eect ale a set ty = aides recently — 
by him in South-Western Texas, and find, a uch 
rare ferns as Pellwa aspera, Pellvea { ee Pollen Wrightzeas (typical demas, 
Notholena candida and Aneimia exicana, well represented. 
e 
.,, AS So hese species have long been a desideratum to bota anists, they 
will be glad to know that there is now an opportunity to secure specimens from 
& collector whose eteton is so well known. 
»k upon 
the kindness of Prof. Eaton for a more goes nel pip Nsom aay 
Medford, Mass. Gro. E. Davenport. 
A ee for A sos saeco 
It 
ng still = d an interest in he rbar ria, to know that carriage gu ue is an excel- 
to a formidable amount I have been able to quickly and surely discharge by 
bie 5 a ta The glue, which is a semi-fluid, easily thinned by water, 
“omes in tin cans of various sizes, and prices from 30 cents upwards. Given 
the glue, the saratoc has then only to provide the small boy to apply it. 
Brown University, pre idence, R de W. W. Balrzey. 
De profundis. 
ire A curator of a museum is often placed in a predicament. I am convinced 
“tig considerable experience, that connected with every young herbarium, at 
st, there should be an underground railway for the transportation of tras 
to some tany Bay. I can not segs aioe to smilingly bow off a henele- 
i... his w 
ey Scientific interests and those of sentiment may not always coincide. He 
hi Y, too, be one of the persons back of the academic throne, and hence, as 
nted above, the curator must be receptive gel bland. But, then, must he 
it odds and ends? 
lt i os | sequen ce, to be co ae to hunt oa te three or four sep- 
