220 BOTANICAL GAZETTE. [ August. 
y. KARL KALCHBRENNER, a prominent mycologist, died June 5, at Wallendorf, Up- 
per 5 ra 80 years old, 
IN THE JULY American Journal of Science Dr. Gray gives a memorial sketch of the late 
Prdemor Edward Tuckerman. 
M. Ep. Borner, the Pre nec i algologist, has been elected member of the French Acad- 
emy of Sciences as suce rto M. Tulasne. 
THE FOURTH FASICLE an Millspaugh’s American pe tage Plants has just appeared. 
For by areas it is a very elaborate and complete work 
A. GRA as been appointed professor in the aise and director of the Bo- 
nie Garden a Tews in place of the late Professor Morren. 
S REPORTED that Dr. Bowdeswell, of England, has discovered the germ of hydro- 
p. hobia’ to be a micrococeus open in the nerve tissues. His paper upon the subject is 
ooked forward to with interest 
PROFESSOR TRELEASE has hci Eurotium Aspergillus-glaucus ig ee opinm. The 
nouncement, with description and plate, appears as a Contrib. Dep. Pharmacy of the 
Ulver of oe for 1886, II, 5-9. 
E West m Scientist for June, two new cactuses are described, one of them 
bate deured, hege are y publighed reas the eon acpi a notes ot wart Engelmann. One is 
an nines and a other a Cereus, both from r Califo: 
THE JULY Jt of Botany some Japanese des d figured, while 
Ww. BY Grov ee condianee hie’, perce upon new or meewarten “hing Mr. é c. Babington be- 
oe a eared upon the British “ras a very riche and most on zling 
ULY NUMBER of eee of Bie gs Ble don) Mr. R. 4 Moore connie 
Ma P falatadeda As Anagallis uetohan wit the pr hres plates. In the same nu 
ri He oat oar orsley-Benison presents a very interesting resume of the subject of plant 
Reese 
IN THE oe serie og pe for July, Dr. Byron D. Halsted describes and figures some 
curious n-tubes o: belia od gree pa They el distorted and misshapen in a 
Strange war, bet the 5 a e could sn be discovered. The tubes were naturally formed, ar- 
oa cultures not having ried. 
RN from Nature “an ie Swedish Academy of Sciences has 8 issuc ed a work en- 
titled tthe Correspondence of Carl yon. Linnaeus,” containing a record of all the corres- 
ioe dents of this “agp naturalist, Swedish as well as wnie ats es aor addresses, date 
Pror. S. M, Sexor: i the Mi issou State University, has pu ale catalogue of the 
vascular plants of that sta the first attempt at a complete catalogue, but it con- 
ns 1,785 species e state is aa to be divided — four welt ere Qa regions, 
Viz: Ral bottom lindas (2) swamp lands; (3) Ozar k region 
2, otamas, of Kingston, Canada, writes of finding ‘aaa a Taraxacum of- 
fi eivate scapes blended into one and bearin two > complete heads of flowers. He 
also finds Fo saline ing in C nthemum leu eanthem Last year dandelions were 
found i in Crawfordsville with three scapes blended into one and bearing three heads of 
ere for the Promotion of Agricultural Science, holds its seventh annual 
meeting ini Buffalo. Fro: Soe 16 and 17, the tw 
rye da. S precedin: the meeting of the A. A. A. S. 
The meeting promises to be a full on ne eet tie hi T < veral oLour best botanists 
neve emertek the t titles of papers to be Deep. D. Heist ted, of Ames, 2 Bing is the 
R. GRAY’s note upon the arillus in Asimina BOTANICAL GAZETTE, July, p. 190), 
shoul be appended pe following. received too lates for insertion in its Ree oped place: 
angustifo) ch Mr, urtiss has now sent both fi peaen Fe ee wt, Be 
: : mens colloctaa in in July, ha has the ovate-subglobose seeds of A. mls ee and an equ y well- 
4RRyY has published in the Proc. Davenport Acad. Sci., Vol. y, p. 26, the de- 
seas ey - new genus of Erlogoner, re he Calitenio It is Sel upon oo 
tham’s reene’s The name, Harfordia, commem- 
orates a well-known uieeuion © botanist. Thee raka’ Eri 
for its dicecious flowers, and differs from ete genus = is cares ple bit. sm Senet 
perennial hab 
STRASBURGER has been experimenti nm inte hed some re- 
markable resulta. stim herbaceous Solanacee. . Datura, Tobacco, Henbane, ets, etc., were 
Brafted successfully u ¥ upon th e€ common potato, the case of the Datura graft the potatoes 
were ye" Tt is said that Tschu bee pm te sl ‘o grafted to: tomate upon & 
Potato “aati potatoes from the bottomeyd tomatoes from the tops of the 
