Library Catalogue, 247 



is a \^T\ handsome species, and well worth cultivating. The flow- 

 ers are not borne in clusters or panicles, as in so many asters, but 

 are singly on the ends of the stalks. The edges of the leaves are 

 also so deeply cut as to be almost comb like, and very different in 

 appearance to the ordinary run of the asters as we see them in the 

 east. — Meehans' Monthly, i. 22. 



LIBRARY CATALOGUE. 



( Scientific boolis and periodicals may be ordered tlirougli our Book and Subscrip- 

 tion Department.) 



Recent accessions to the librarj^ of the West American Museum 

 of Nature and Art will be catalogvied monthly. 



4112. Second annual report of the Cornell University agricul- 

 tural experiment station, Ithaca, N. Y. 1889. ( The first annual 

 report is wanted by the editor.) 



4113. Reports on the observations of the total eclipse of the 

 sun, December 21-22, 1889, and of the total eclipse of the moon, 

 July 22, 1888, to which is added a catalogue of the library, pub- 

 lished by the Lick observatory. Sacramento. 1891. 122 pp. 8vo. 



4114. Proceedings of the American Forestry' Association at the 

 summer meeting held in Quebec, September 2-5, 1890, and at the 

 ninth annual meeting, held in Washington, December 30, 1890. 

 Washington, D.C. 1891. Ill pp., 8vo. (Copies may be obtained 

 of Charles C. Binney, 218 South 4th street, Philadelphia, at fifty 

 cents each.) 



4115. Catalogue of the herbarium of the late Dr. Charles C. 

 Parry, of Davenport Iowa. Printed by Mrs. E. R. Parry, Daven- 

 port, Iowa. July, 1891. 82 pp., 8vo. 



The collection contains upwards of 20,000 specimens, represent- 

 ing over 7,000 species, and is particularl3^ rich in West American 

 types. The herbarium, and an extensive botanical library, are now 

 ofiered for sale by Mrs. Parry, and it is greatly to be hoped that 

 they may be secured by some Pacific coast institution, where they 

 most properly belong. 



4116. The practical working of the Inter-state commerce act. 

 By John A. Wright. Philadelphia. 1891. 40 pp., 8yo. 



4117. Catalogue of economic plants in the collection of the U. 

 S. Department of Agriculture. By William Saunders. Washington. 

 1891. 42 pp., 8vo. 



4118. The Chocolate-plant ( Theobroma cacao ) and its prod- 

 ucts. Walter Baker & Co. Dorchester, Mass. 1891. 40 pp., 8vo., 

 with illustrations. 



