218 BOTANICAL GAZETTE. [ August, 
NOTES AND NEWS. 
R. Lucren M. \ ctetagad will spend the summer in rummaging 
California for sa 
7 Ma ASTERS has been ag: a Neh member 
of the Institute of hha in place of Dr. A rie 
Dr. P America ie Drigh “0 une) Bag res some 
“ pharmacognostical Psat , sas ilastrations, srs 
S HENRIETTA E. Hoo of Mt. Holyoke Bcteiiok: sailed for 
Europe on a. 23d of June, to 6 absent for six months of study in Ger- 
man laborato 
In Ga a Sid forse (July 18) Mr. Watson figures and describes 
Amelanchier oligocarpa Roem. as bi of specific rank. It is the A. 
Canadensis var. Hoban of the Manu 
SCHOOL of gota ae for teachers, opened at the Uni- 
versity of Wisconsin J uly 10, and closes August 10. It includes element- 
ay, ‘aa ane need potiepes in leas, conducted by Prof. Barnes and Mr. 
“ CONCERNING the potato tuber” is the subject of the last bp: of 
the Indiana -stinchgeopeg Ex xperiment Station by the bo tanist, .C. 
Arthur. Alt oe mainly to Gpesirnct the cultivator, it has points ee In- 
terest for Jag tae ye 
IN THE Jou aa Betani vs July 1) there is a biographical notice 
the late Tales Planchon : s M. Loui ) 8 Morot, with a full bibliography. 
The same number also salted Be very aiteteetin g picture of “ Le Jardin 
des Plantes ” in 1636, 
THE CoUNCIL of the Royal Microscopical Society of London has bd 
termined to abun don the term micro-millimeter for the tooo Of aml wild 
meter, and use in th pleat ngs he oe the term micron. It wot 
be wise for all to follow this 
R. J. V. HABERER ass weer ied a list of - vibe _— in sit 
vivinity of Utica, N. Y., which is published by the Asa Gray Bo reg 
Club of that city, of which he is president. Ar. itv of miles is 
limit, and Sea wenty-page pamphlet shows a rich spring 
WAKKER’s cheery vations upon a large number of oa mor him bs 
believe tha ealear ne grains are not always protoplasmic, but often vac 
oles filled se album minoids. In this case the crystals and cry® 
talloids found within the “grain” would be derived from the cell-:ap- 
Us Tillandsia is completed by Dr. Baker in Journal of B ta 
(Fune), with i species, 64 of which are ahem for the first time. an 
L author gave the same name to two different Specie 
poking the task that Hi Gad already been bestowed. prs the 
a chance in a foot-note to call one of these T. Bakeri 
THE FUNCTION of the tannin group 1 ay a acieaalgi obscure. Tan-— 
ins are not transferred from the leaves before their fall, Ae . ant 5 glu- 
m to be pr shape of no further use to the piant ‘otis 
th and oxygen and often associate ia ~ite gt 
ey are not used in the Processes of growth, though perhaps they Ht 
par’ in the formation of — Prof eitihoased has One ae 
papers on this subject 
(Nov., 1887-Feb, { Jee 8) four recent numbers of the 
