92 . BOTANICAL GAZETTE. [ March, © 
Dr. H. W. Winey, of the Agricultural Department, has just distrib- 
uted as Bulletin 14, the record of the recent experiments at Fort Scott, 
results are very interesting from a scientific point of view, and suggest : 
many problems for future investigation, but the “ practical ” result is best 
stated in Dr. Wiley’s own words: 
“It must be confessed that the chief object of this last series of experiments, viZ.? 
place the industry where private capital would see its way clear to its extension, has no 
been attained.” : 
THE Account of larval entomophthora, E. Phytonomi on Fhytonea 7 
punctatus, given in the January number for 1886, is supplemented 
Mr. Ar 
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from germination under water. Instead of forming myce- 7 
aS lium they put out short hyph of definite length, on each — : 
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accompanying figure (x 200). Such spores are well — 
adapted by their minuteness for long distance transportation through 
the air. : 
well represented. Among the papers 
est were “Origin of the Indiana Flora, 
Indiana,” J. N. Rose; « Chlorophyll Bands of 
“ Additions to the Indiana Flora,” Geo, 
Prof. Chas. R. Bar i 
Dr. E. Lozw has published in the Jahrbuch of the Berlin 
Gardens the results of his extensive experiments upon the reci 
relations of showy flowers and insects. 
