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104 BOTANICAL GAZETTE. [ April, 
abundant chance to show itself in the numerous laboratory guides. The q 
last one on our table is another translation of Strasburger’s “ Botanische of 
Practicum,”* that is, the abridged edition. In this journal the original — 
have already been reviewed, so that nothing remains to be said concern- 
ing the subject matter of this admirable book. Two English translations 
Minor notices. 
THE STAINING of living nuclei is one of the latest triumphs of histol- 
ogy, and one that puts the cell activities within com paratively easy reach 
of observation. In this journal (xii, 40 and 192) Mr. Douglas H. Campbell 
has already shown some of his results in this direction, and now he has 
distributed in pamphlet reprint® a full account of his experiments, con- 
ducted at Tiibingen, under the title “The Staining of Living Nuclei.” 
A PRELIMINARY LIST of the vascular plants of the Lackawanna and 
Wyoming Valleys, by William R. Dudley, is published in the Proceed- 
ings of the Lackawanna Institute of History and Science, volume one 
The list includes 769 species, and is compiled with the customary care of 
‘the author, and is admirably printed. 
age A ERY BRIEF biographical sketch of Edward Tuckerman was pub- 
‘lished in this journal shortly afte 
“ography of his-seientific writin 
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39) and « ” - Geaster quadr ifidus,” Am. Jour. Sci. xxxvi, 380 (J uly, 
sr ), and Vegetation in the White Mountains,” in King's “The White 
. Huls,” Boston, 1860, Pp- 230-241. Some reference to Mr. Willey’s bil 
liography would not haye been out of place. : si 
sea which produce burs or other devices for attaching their 
tributi vessels wy the hair or wool of animals, and thus securing dis 
‘on, are interesting from several points of view. A good service 
*SrRaspur Laer alar ati: 
Gee, Dr. Eovarp.—A Manual of the microscope in vegetable histol: 
ogy; 
- A. B. Hervey. 332 pp., tally illustrated, 8vo. Boston: 9 
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7. 5 ae set Kerman, 1817-1886. Read before the National Academy APM 
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