BOTANICAL GAZETTE. sii 
tions directs its leaves toward the source of light, but without taking the me- 
ridian. He thinks the dif, aie eee flexible tissues in Zanacetum: 
which permit the leaves to constantly change position, while in Lactuca the 
firmer tissues hold them rigid. 
Tett Messrs. J. U. and ©. G, Lloyd, of Cincinnati, Ohio, whether the fol” 
lowing plants grow in your locality, and how abundantly: Coptis trifolia, 
Xanthorrhiza apiifolia, Aconitum uncinatum, Actea alba, Actwa rubra, var. 
spicata, Cimicifuga Americana, Cimicifuga racemosa. 
THE VERY EXTENSIVE library and herbarium of Mr. I. C, Martindale, of 
Camden, N. J., are for sale. The editors’ opinion of their value and complete- 
ness has already been expressed. (See vol. ix., p. 163.) Any individual or 
institution that secures them will indeed secure a treasure. 
: A CATALOGUE of the fungi of Italy by P. A. Saccardo and A. N. Berlese, 
issued not long since, enumerates 6403 species distributed in seventeen orders. 
The smallest order is the Entomophthoree containing only the one species, Z. 
; 
Aw Inrernationat Botanical and Horticultural Congress is to be held in 
Anvers, Belgium, August 1-10, The subject which will take the most promi- 
nent place in the discussion will be the botanical exploration of the Congo, 
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which means the interior of Africa. Belgium is wide awake in these matters, 
: E ILLUSTRATION of the action on gelatine of the real and pseudo 
‘omma bacillus” of cholera, given in a recent number of Science, with the 
futs of the bacilli themselves by Dr. Sternberg in an earlier number of the 
Propagiy FEW suBJEctTs have advanced so rapidly and to such important 
Proportions as that of bacteriology. Ten years ago we had scarcely heard of 
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