6... BOTANICAL GAZETTE, 
EDITORIAL NOTES. 
Pror. L. F. Warp has completed the preparation of index slips for a cata- 
logue of fossil plants. 
Pror. Jonn H. BALFour, Professor of Botany in the University of Edin- 
burg, died in February, aged 76. 
Mr. I. C. MartiInpDALE has published an obituary notice of Chas. F. Par- 
ker, in the Proc. Philad. Acad. for 1883. 
THERE wit be printed in the next issue of the Gazerre a complete list 
of Dr. Engelmann’s contributions to botany. 
Pror. J. Macoun, botanist to the Geological Survey of Canada, is prepar- 
ing a report on Canadian fungi, to be fully illustrated with plates. 
_ Dr. Parry has gone to St. Louis to consult with Dr. Engelmann’s son in 
regard to the disposal of his father’s valuable collection and notes. : 
Tue Fourra Vorume of Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Sci- 
ences, now printing, will contain an unusual number of botanical papers. 
ING TO RECENT studies of M. Cornu, the oospores of Peronospora, 
when buried at a considerable depth, may retain their vitality from two to five 
years. 
or. J. C. ARTHUR has accepted the position of botanist to the New York 
Agricultural Experiment Station, and has already entered upon his duties at — 
Geneva. 
N THE LAST REPORT of the Ottawa Field-Naturalists’ Club, we note that 
the botanical branch report twenty-four additions to the Flora Ottawaensis dur- 
ing the last season. 
S. E. Cassino announces that he will soon issue a translation of Dr. Beh- 
ren’s book “ On the use of the Microscope in Botany,” translated by Rev. A. B. 
Hervey, and assisted by Prof. R. H. Ward. 
“A BRreFeR Course IN Botany,” by Professor C. E. Bessey, will soon be 
issued from the press of Henry Holt & Co. It is to be a concise introduction 
to the science, adapted to the use of common and high schools. 
_ ‘THERE Is 4 cuRtovs but rather appalling mistake in proof reading in tke 
last Gazerre. page 44 it says that the French ex pended 30,000,000 “lives,” 
when it should have said “ livres,” which makes some difference. 
Dr. A. 8. Banpwry rixps that the numbe 
Northern Florida can be explained by 
being formed whenever the growth is ¢ 
THE BILL BEFORE Congress for t 
ment Stations” ought to 
as could be expected, 
the results can n 
ence in general, 
r of growth rivgs in trees of — 
reference to the weather record, a ring 
hecked, whether by cold or drought. 
and if the work is in the hands of a competent director, 
ot fail to be very profitable to agriculture, and botanical sci- 
