BOTANICAL GAZETTE. 249 
to physiol of tissues, hese furnishes an pe transition to Part II, to be devoted 
to Ai a.nd logy. Those of us who have known Dr. Goodale as a teacher are fa- 
r with his rare aes er of “putting Binge" , a feature which is well carried 
: pe ‘ti the volume before us, but apparently somewhat repressed by the of 
etails and the necessity o wing a pattern alr t. We look for the 
a part with great interest, for the first is simply introductory, and in the 
okie al of physiology Dr. Goodale finds his strength and the science of 
otany some of its most interesting and difficult pro 
Bulletin of the Towa Agr es al Coles sag bo ge Binet of Botany. 
Charles E. Bessey, Pro November, 
The a Agricultural College is doin ieee ae able work in publish- 
ing a eles ak bulletins from the different dopantanine of the College, for the 
oe of popular interest in the sciences related to agriculture he 
third of the series, edited by Professor Bessey, is just print , and forms a fitting 
monument to his work in ke State he has ep eft. 
bed as examples of noxious cryptogam 
th second part of the bulletin is ooenpied with two lists of crypiogeere 
€ first, by Prof. Bessey, covering the vicinity of Ames; the second, by Mr. 
Arthur, iealoding the Uredine and Ustilaginex of the State. The character 
he lo i mary based on the 
. Desm 
a a 3, Sy ye 8, Saprolegniese 2, elector 3, Entomop 
17, Pyrenomycetes 13, other As- 
2, Pe 
Hyt yeetes 15, "Le henes a4 Uredit. ~ 51, Ustiaginee 16, Gasteromycetes 17, 
he part of the collector, 
of e popular names of the hosts 
th os species, m must s at toa sson its caefchoni A curious feature ol 
kno : se of the State is as. pte prc of Sphagnum mosses, so far as 1s now 
prelimi ost valuable part of the bulletin, for collectors and students, is the 
inc lis of Uredinew and Ustilaginee, which comprises 135 species of 
Yr Ww : . . 
“poric forms), ni 25 of the ageing It may eo of interest to note that the s 
t has p refer 
Saag fault might the found ae ne press: ae ek and the large number of 
dealt, wiih age escaped ¢ wel yah in the bulletin; but every one who ne 
deal of g tens public prigter goer feel disposed to pass them by with a gooc 
sympathy for the author, however annoying they may be. —T. 
