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BOTANICAL GAZETTE. 137 
A. A. Crozier, assistant botanist to the U. S. Department of- Agri- me 
culture. has ve appointed botanist to the state ign is station ab— 
sees fowa, and has already entered upon his dut 
E REPORT of the botanical section of the Philadelihis Ac ademy 0 or 
i Scie ee for 1887 shows that the collection contains 27,267 species of — 
phanerogams and ferns, over 1,000 of which were gaded jean 1887 ys ee 
we: Dr. J. C. ARTHUR sails from New York May 16, and intends visiting — 
e the principal universities at experiment stations st England, Hollan d= 
4 and Germany, return ae in time for the A. A, A.S.m —— in oe land. 
N BRETFELD, professor of botan Poly 
ay eiatiiare i in 188 
THe Kew aeee for March contains seven numbers, as jotta: 
Forsteronia rubber, Patchouli, W. African indigo plants, Vanilla (wi with 
a it Diuatrating its sertiation), Streblus paper, Urera fibre (with 3 
Pror. B. D. HALsrep is writing a series of five articles for the ie 
auquan, under the ilowieg titles: (1) See and how they travel; 2) 
The Galokiing of plant life; (8) Plants at seer (4) Flowers and fruits. 
a (5) tell plan 
is ERESTING reduacs = the position of the roots of plants sida 
a field inte and their relation to moisture and cultivation is given by | 
a E.8. Goff in the last muamber “ot the Proceedings of the Bees: tern New 
oe Horticultural Soci 
T of fungi which occur upon different cultivated fruits has been 
pubished by Bae: von Thiimen ne ae the title Pilze der Obstgewiichse. ae 
Be € species found cn the several parts of the a are grouped alphabet- 
i ically. There are over 4,200 kinds enumerated 9 on 77 di werent hosts, 
si 7 
gardens and parks, on account of the eecidium pro gern te? mh 
a mt rust, tate urged by the French National Seay of rene: Si 
__THE nga ane mphlet dirorsone by the University Press at Cam- 
a bridge in hon of "Dr Ohta oa ntains the funeral sermon by Rev. 
4 McKenzie, order of funeral seerpinr selections from the Bible be Pa by 
: on Dr. Pe eabody, remarks by Dr. Me Kenzie, and an address by Dr. side 
ody. 
A LIsT of 170 species of plants collected by Miss Mary B. Croft, in 
1884-85, in western ae na ee by Drs. Britto and Rusby, is publis ished 
n Transactions of the New York Academy of 1 Sciences ik 1887 Phe pele 
isa K 
2 containing the ae eee cae 
4 iptes of one new spe 
.. Honsto nia, H. Croitie, growing bat an inch high. Some ee jnor changes 
Of nomenclature pies In the 
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colors i : Shik : , ot as 
ung ae ba an article on iistin of photogra. ys Mrande (11; 
on the under suriace is ae 
