BOTANICAL GAZETTE. [ May, 
of Dr. Gray’s “ Lessons ” and “ How Plants Grow,” and are designed tobe 
i in connection with these books. No doubt they will prove very 
“suggeative to teachers of the little folks. Certainly, the subjects they treat 
are much more suitable pabulum for youngsters. than the histology pro- 
‘posed by Mis. Knight in her “Primer of Botany. 3 
__ Dr. Gray’s last Contribution’ is before us, being a continuation of one 
_ in the last volume of the Proc. Am - Acad. it contains his notes upon the 
oa rutacese, and only the beginning of Vitaceze. Cneoridium is restored to 
#,and a new species from Texas described. The only 
tains as a genus, with A. 
quinquefolia as the type, thus not accepting 
sp ienchon 8 Parthenocissus, 
nor his definition of Ampelopsis. 
‘ NOTES AND NEWS. 
on Txos. C. Porter siils for Europe May 26. 
Dr. J. Pancic, of = rhea Gardens of Belgrade, died March 8, at 
e =i of seven ce 
= 
ia an interesting paper | a the Pypular Science 
ional apa on ‘ California dry-winter flow 
1. DR. Prayrt, called t oO the Eberswald school of fores'ry to succeed 
De, rd rssen, has dec lined, and he remain at Aschaffenburg. 
| THE ANNOUNCEMENT of the Shaw Scho ol of Botany for 1837-8 shows 
7 Ti ngreirng of 43 special ae cattoe 1887—26 in the spring 
New a of North ere ican Phanero: descr ibed by D 
gams are des : 
_ NLL. Britton in Bull, Tyr Club (April), chiefly Cyperaceee, together with 
>on certain noteworthy sp 
a: oe bare’ 24 Beyer ind of the Bssicient of se arb _ peg 
ae FONT ne thods of i of timber 
<a would be of «orn creasing the durability 
~ them, value to wood consumers—if they would hee d 
Bull. 
GREENE, conti bli hical notes in 
Bore Clubs ry Apaly ee folly a edith mone bi oathp 7 pig prio a 
usperm, t 
Mill; and the weste n Resperochirun Calsfornsons Watson y ee 
_ Lindl. 
. pe eat Dr. “Graf 2u SolmeLaaha how eceed Dr. 
De Bay at at er apo is Contirmed, We hiss aettined he he eal to Beri 
_ mer semeg pon his work at Strasburg at the beginning of the 
"Gray, Asa —Notey q a ee 
N PON some . Proc. Am. s 
xxm1, p PP. 223-227, Issued ed April 19, oo genera and orders. Pr og 
(formerly in Burseracez) igs trans- 
