70 BOTANICAL GAZETTE. [ March, — 
THE FORESTRY CONVENTION held at Grand Rapids, Mich., January 7 
r. W. J. Beal presided, and B. EB 
Fernow, of Washington, C. W. Garfield and other well-known speakers — 
and 28, was a profitable gathering. 
were present. 
As THE possible successor of Professor Dickson at Edinburgh Uni- a 
versity several well known botanists are mentioned, among whom are — 
Professor ae en, Mr, Geddes, Mr. G. Murray, Professor McNab a 
and Professor Trai 
E Italian Journal of Butany bearing date of January 31 is princi a 
pally oceupied by a monograph of the genera Pleospora, Clathrospora — 
rlese. Q. Beccari also describessome new 
and Pyrenophora, by A. N. Berl 
nea, 
de RT of the New York Agricultural Experiment Station for 
the year 1887, recently distributed, contains items of botanical interest by — 
several of the corps of Investigators. The chief topics relate to fungous — 
diseases of plants and fungicides 
Yates, of Santa Barbara, California, announces a volume — 
Dr. L. G. 
entitled “All known ferns.” Tt is to be an octavo of about 300 pages, and 
author is assisted by 
.,. ANENT THE recent discussion on the nomenclature of our water 
lilies, it is to be noted that Dr. Caspary, in elaborating the order 
Nymphweacex for Engler and Prantl’s Pianzenfamilien, retains the genera 
ymphzea and Nuphar unchanged and alters Nelumbium to Nelumbo. 
will really be a gate Cong to fern literature. In its preparation the : 
. ew. 
er, 0 
Mr. F. H. Girson, of Reading, M blication of 4 
: ’ , Mass., has b th blication o 
work entitled “Trees of Radine Mass.” TA ough nee title is a local 
dsom: 
make the work attractive to any botanist. Part I contains two elms,4 
h, with appropriate text, and costs $1.50. 
Tue Untversiry or K : i 
: ANSAS pos f the f 
flora of the Dakota rocks of the as — a fine collection 0 
Leo Lesquerenx, Duplicates of 75 of them até 
. : ; © prospectus gives promise of an agt 
ural oneal cia Nata not only a Tatana, but to foreigner a 
The subseriptio appear yearly, making a volume of at leas 
rd of 200 ; 
new species have been de — 
ie 
Professor F. H. Snow, of Law 1 
