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326 BOTANICAL GAZETTE. [ December, 
FINE SPECIMENS of silicified wood sar gencipaice rab Fi: for cabinets 
and for microscopic study, have been sent 1 Edgar Cherry, of 
Santa Rosa, California. He speaks of a pet eA aN thirteen miles 
from Santa Rosa, covering éwenty acres, and containing many large tree 
trunks in excellent preservation. 
Rev. A. B. Hervey, of Taunton, Mass., recently became Beet of 
St. Lawrence University, Canton, N. Y. Hei isthe author o 
an introduction to the study. ol marine algze,” a ha has, from time to res 
rendered botany good servi yey tra alate works from the German. 
e hope his new duties will moe draw his attention away from botanical 
DurinG THE PAST season, Mr. F, H. Knowlton has been collecting 
fossil pints in the heh ian Park, and has had excellent success. He 
writes of some slabs of stone a foot square saeco half- ae or 
more perfect leaves, ferns in fruit,and other prizes. In addi 
collections of fossil pla ee ag found time to cinee living po some 
of which are new to sci 
ER cae the well- me cfeagiege Pein florist of New 
by a member of the Societ ety of American Florists. The prize is to 
awarded at the annual meeting of 1889. 
: T has reinvestigated the conclusions heretofore reached as to 
the influence of aps in the formation of the palisade parenchyma of the 
Hf Arca to the statement of Stahl, the writer agrees in the 
main wi ith berlandt, by it is in “eon sunlight which brings about the 
formation of the palisade t n the ation in assimilation and transpira- 
tion. Especially is this so of Rio land Faye in which he concludes 
the illumination is unimportant except as it determines these other func- 
tions. 4 abstract in pate Centralblatt, XXXV, ars 
or forty cents for Sevicsl es Sets will be fet mae to meet tt 
irchasers an has been preparing and distributing 
such collections for some time, rer his work has been commende 
peeg eminent botanists as Professors Morren, de Bary, Engler, Oudemans 
Rauwenhoff. He will be glad to correspond (in English) with any 
person willing to sawly material for the distribution. Reasonable com- 
pensation is offered for fine material. 
IN THE REVISED Gray’s Manual, which is to be ready for the press 
next month, is to be included a revision of the age See vce Dr. Lucien 
ge 
tory of Natural History for Dr. Underwood some years a o,as much ma- 
biel h a bee scounmiated since then. We walk a pei ag cence of 
puss might have been included. They can hardly 
suitably provided for by the Manual of Lesquereux and 5 eg 
