﻿70 
  BOTANICAL 
  GAZETTE. 
  [March, 
  

  

  covered 
  by 
  a 
  rank 
  growth 
  of 
  Penicillium 
  glaucum. 
  When 
  asked 
  for 
  the 
  

   percentage 
  of 
  corrosive 
  sublimate, 
  Dr. 
  Hurty 
  could 
  not 
  give 
  it 
  quanti- 
  

   tatively, 
  but 
  furnished 
  the 
  following 
  statement: 
  "Our 
  paste 
  pot 
  holds 
  

   one 
  pint, 
  and 
  to 
  one-half 
  this 
  quantity 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  fluid 
  drachms 
  of 
  a 
  sat- 
  

   urated 
  solution 
  of 
  the 
  poison 
  was 
  added. 
  One 
  drachm 
  of 
  saturated 
  solu- 
  

   tion 
  added 
  to 
  one-half 
  pint 
  would 
  be 
  about 
  1 
  part 
  in 
  900. 
  The 
  paste 
  al- 
  

   ways 
  had 
  a 
  strong 
  metallic, 
  corrosive 
  taste, 
  and 
  showed 
  quantitatively 
  that 
  

   mercuric 
  chloride 
  was 
  present 
  in 
  pronounced 
  amount." 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Farlow 
  was 
  kind 
  enough 
  to 
  examine 
  and 
  confirm 
  the 
  specific 
  

   nature 
  of 
  the 
  fungus.- 
  John 
  M. 
  Coulter, 
  Crawford 
  svUle, 
  Ind. 
  

  

  EDITORIAL. 
  

  

  Wk 
  

  

  . 
  . 
  """ 
  ^v.v.v-uu 
  i^iupuoiiiuu 
  lo 
  give 
  names 
  to 
  au 
  me 
  uimui 
  

  

  variations 
  and 
  forms 
  of 
  plants, 
  cultivated 
  or 
  wild, 
  will 
  precipitate 
  us 
  into 
  

   such 
  a 
  miry 
  slouj^h 
  of 
  nomenclature 
  that 
  we 
  shall 
  never 
  escape. 
  The 
  

   proposition 
  has 
  a 
  good 
  end 
  in 
  view, 
  and 
  we 
  are 
  in 
  hearty 
  sympathy 
  with 
  

   the 
  purpose 
  of 
  recording 
  the 
  variations 
  to 
  which 
  plants 
  are 
  subject. 
  The 
  

   manner 
  in 
  which 
  this 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  carried 
  out, 
  however, 
  is 
  of 
  the 
  utmost 
  im- 
  

   portance. 
  If 
  every 
  one 
  who 
  comes 
  across 
  a 
  plant 
  whose 
  leaves 
  do 
  not 
  

   quite 
  accord 
  with 
  the 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  is 
  to 
  rush 
  into 
  print 
  in 
  

   the 
  nearest 
  journal 
  with 
  a 
  description 
  of 
  "f^ma 
  lancedaia" 
  or 
  "mb/orma 
  

   tene^ns, 
  we 
  shall 
  erelong 
  have 
  to 
  cry, 
  "Hold 
  ! 
  enough 
  ! 
  " 
  The 
  process 
  

   for 
  the 
  recordmg 
  of 
  variations 
  must 
  be 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  for 
  revising 
  the 
  

   species 
  of 
  a 
  genus 
  If 
  some 
  particular 
  species 
  is 
  suspected 
  of 
  being 
  vari- 
  

   aoe, 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  specimens, 
  with 
  full 
  data 
  of 
  collection, 
  must 
  be 
  

  

  matPri!? 
  'u 
  '^^f 
  ^"^ 
  ''""^'^^ 
  ^"^y 
  prolonged 
  study 
  and 
  abundant 
  

   material 
  will 
  enable 
  any 
  respectable 
  opinion 
  to 
  be 
  formed. 
  ' 
  

  

  EZZr\ 
  . 
  T''^ 
  ^^°^ 
  '^ 
  ^' 
  P^«^««^d. 
  In 
  England 
  and 
  western 
  

  

  some 
  arfrf 
  r 
  f 
  /'"^^ 
  °^ 
  '^' 
  ^^^^ 
  ^'' 
  fairly 
  exhausted 
  the 
  species, 
  and 
  

  

  wo^k 
  Ttn 
  v! 
  J 
  •'''" 
  '^ 
  '^''''''' 
  ^"^ 
  f°^"^«- 
  Here 
  a 
  vast 
  amount 
  of 
  

   work 
  IS 
  to 
  be 
  done 
  m 
  collecting 
  and 
  properly 
  describing 
  species. 
  

  

  y^ho^hZTV'.Tl?''"'' 
  '^'''^' 
  ^^' 
  b^«^ 
  too 
  kittle 
  heeded 
  by 
  those 
  

  

  the 
  law 
  atZ^lrf.^ 
  '' 
  ^ 
  ^'^^^^^ 
  ^^'^ 
  ^^^n 
  than 
  the 
  violation 
  of 
  

   name 
  can 
  ZT\"' 
  '^' 
  ^°'^^' 
  °^ 
  '^' 
  ^"«^«^ 
  ^^^ 
  "«es 
  a 
  too-modern 
  

   speTes 
  of 
  teZf 
  { 
  "^'^'^^-^^ 
  ; 
  but 
  he 
  who 
  imperfectly 
  describes 
  a 
  

   species 
  otten 
  puzzles 
  generations. 
  

  

  oriei 
  deacnptiona. 
  One 
  can 
  hardly 
  pick 
  up 
  a 
  num- 
  

  

  vexed, 
  u 
  irst, 
  by 
  too 
  

   ber 
  of 
  Grpmii^r, 
  ^ri^u. 
  

  

  