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  BOTANICAL 
  GAZETTE. 
  [January, 
  

  

  An 
  interesting 
  list 
  of 
  Alaskan 
  plants 
  is 
  published 
  in 
  Proc. 
  Nat. 
  Mu- 
  

   seum, 
  vol. 
  xii, 
  pp. 
  217 
  and 
  218, 
  among 
  the 
  scientific 
  results 
  of 
  explorations 
  

   by 
  the 
  U» 
  S. 
  F. 
  Com. 
  steamer 
  Albatross, 
  in 
  1888. 
  The 
  plants 
  are 
  named 
  

   by 
  Dr. 
  George 
  Vasey, 
  and 
  give 
  information 
  concerning 
  a 
  region 
  that 
  is 
  

   always 
  interesting 
  and 
  too 
  little 
  known. 
  Fifty-nine 
  species 
  are 
  enumera- 
  

   ted, 
  7 
  of 
  them 
  being 
  Compositae, 
  5 
  Cyperacese 
  (4 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  species 
  of 
  

   Eriophorum), 
  4 
  each 
  of 
  Rosaceae 
  and 
  ticrophulariacese, 
  3 
  each 
  of 
  Eanun- 
  

  

  culacese, 
  Saxifragaceoe, 
  Ericaceae, 
  Graminese 
  and 
  Filices,the 
  rest 
  scattered 
  

   through 
  various 
  orders. 
  

  

  The 
  Indiana 
  Academy 
  of 
  Science 
  met 
  in 
  Indianapolis 
  December 
  

   30 
  and 
  31. 
  Of 
  the 
  72 
  titles 
  presented 
  nearly 
  20 
  were 
  botanical. 
  The 
  sub- 
  

   jects 
  were 
  as 
  follows: 
  Some 
  remarkable 
  floral 
  variations, 
  C 
  W, 
  Hargitt; 
  

  

  Some 
  anatomical 
  structures 
  of 
  Epiphegus, 
  E, 
  M. 
  Fisher; 
  Stem 
  characters 
  

  

  _ 
  ^- 
  , 
  ^arry 
  Seaton; 
  Some 
  Indiana 
  mildews, 
  M. 
  A 
  Brannon 
  ; 
  

  

  Plant 
  reproduction, 
  W. 
  J. 
  Sptllman; 
  Plants 
  new 
  to 
  Putnam 
  county, 
  C. 
  T. 
  

   MeDmgal; 
  Plants 
  new 
  to 
  Vigo 
  county, 
  and 
  Some 
  new 
  Compositse, 
  W. 
  S. 
  

   BUdchley; 
  Determination 
  of 
  lower 
  plants, 
  and 
  The 
  trees 
  of 
  Indiana, 
  Pau- 
  

   ley 
  Coulter; 
  Development 
  of 
  the 
  macrospore 
  of 
  Isoetes, 
  and 
  Method 
  of 
  

   sectioning 
  delicate 
  structures, 
  Douglas 
  H. 
  Campbell: 
  Variation 
  of 
  plants 
  

   immature 
  seeds, 
  J. 
  C. 
  AHhur 
  ; 
  The 
  "snake 
  cactus," 
  Stone 
  characters 
  in 
  

   Nyssa, 
  Distribution 
  o! 
  Cornus, 
  Epiphegus 
  and 
  Mycorhiza, 
  and 
  The 
  Na- 
  

   tional 
  Herbarium, 
  John 
  M. 
  Candler. 
  

  

  Aqathis 
  australis 
  (the 
  Kauri) 
  is 
  the 
  monarch 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  Zealand 
  

   forests, 
  and 
  although 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  rival 
  the 
  giant 
  Sequoias 
  of 
  North 
  Amer- 
  

   ica 
  in 
  Its 
  extreme 
  height 
  and 
  circumference, 
  it 
  excels 
  them 
  in 
  the 
  intrinsic 
  

   value 
  of 
  Its 
  timber, 
  which 
  possesses 
  a 
  larger 
  number 
  of 
  good 
  qualities 
  than 
  

   any 
  other 
  pine 
  known 
  to 
  commerce. 
  The 
  interior 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  Kauri 
  forest 
  

   affords 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  impressive 
  scenes 
  in 
  the 
  colony. 
  Smooth 
  gray 
  

   trunks 
  rise 
  on 
  all 
  sides, 
  like 
  massive 
  columns, 
  perfectly 
  straight 
  and 
  sym- 
  

   metrical 
  to 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  80 
  feet 
  or 
  even 
  150 
  feet, 
  with 
  a 
  diameter 
  of 
  from 
  4 
  

   to 
  15 
  feet 
  or 
  upwards. 
  In 
  addition 
  to 
  its 
  exceedingly 
  valuable 
  timber 
  

   this 
  tree 
  furnishes 
  abundance 
  of 
  resin 
  known 
  as 
  Kauri 
  gum, 
  large 
  quan- 
  

   tities 
  of 
  waich 
  are 
  also 
  dug 
  up 
  at 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  6 
  to 
  7 
  feet 
  from 
  the 
  ground 
  

   once 
  covered 
  by 
  primeval 
  forests 
  of 
  this 
  ixQQ. 
  -Gardiner's 
  Chronide. 
  The 
  

   Kaun 
  pine 
  is 
  illustrated 
  in 
  Garden 
  and 
  Forest 
  of 
  December 
  4. 
  

  

  The 
  trustees 
  of 
  the 
  Missouri 
  Botanical 
  Garden, 
  in 
  pursuance 
  of 
  the 
  

   policy 
  outlined 
  m 
  this 
  journal, 
  xiv, 
  288, 
  announce 
  the 
  establishment 
  of 
  

   BIX 
  scholarships 
  for 
  "garden 
  pupils," 
  which 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  awarded 
  before 
  the 
  

   tirst 
  of 
  April 
  by 
  the 
  Director 
  upon 
  competitive 
  examination. 
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   scholarships 
  are 
  open 
  to 
  young 
  men 
  between 
  14 
  and 
  20 
  years 
  of 
  ase 
  of 
  

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  and 
  possessed 
  of 
  at 
  least 
  a 
  good 
  elementary 
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  may 
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  held 
  for 
  not 
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  than 
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  years 
  if 
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  the 
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