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  BOTANICAL 
  GAZETTE. 
  239 
  

  

  water 
  Algse 
  in 
  New 
  Zealand 
  do 
  not 
  from 
  several 
  causes 
  occur 
  so 
  fre- 
  

   quently 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  regions 
  of 
  the 
  corresponding 
  latitudes 
  of 
  the 
  northern 
  

   hemisphere. 
  The 
  ground 
  which 
  is 
  generally 
  sloping, 
  gives 
  a 
  rapid 
  

   course 
  to 
  rivers 
  and 
  brooks, 
  and 
  the 
  surface 
  occupied 
  by 
  stagnant 
  water, 
  

   swamps 
  and 
  bogs 
  is 
  not 
  very 
  extensive. 
  The 
  comparative 
  small 
  number 
  

   of 
  water 
  and 
  bog 
  plants 
  growing 
  sociably 
  together 
  (such 
  as 
  Potamoge- 
  

   ton 
  and 
  others)^ 
  which 
  in 
  the 
  stagnant 
  waters 
  and 
  marshy 
  spots 
  of 
  

   Europe 
  are 
  favorable 
  to 
  the 
  existence 
  of 
  the 
  Fresh- 
  water 
  Algaj, 
  is 
  of 
  

   great 
  consequence. 
  The 
  usually 
  dry 
  summer 
  generally 
  causes 
  the 
  drain- 
  

   ing 
  of 
  those 
  lowland 
  spots 
  which 
  in 
  the 
  wet 
  season 
  (the 
  winter) 
  are 
  

   swampy. 
  Therefore, 
  the 
  Algte 
  are 
  more 
  frequent 
  in 
  the 
  damp 
  and 
  moss- 
  

   grown 
  localities 
  of 
  the 
  mountainous 
  regions 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  in 
  

   the 
  southern 
  island. 
  In 
  the 
  rivulets 
  from 
  hot 
  springs 
  in 
  the 
  Hot 
  Lake 
  

   District 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  island 
  the 
  Alg£e 
  are, 
  especially 
  Phycochromace^e, 
  

   but 
  likewise 
  Confervacese 
  and 
  Zygnemacese, 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  growing 
  in 
  great 
  

   abundance." 
  

  

  The 
  seven 
  plates 
  illustrate 
  not 
  only 
  the 
  new 
  species 
  and 
  varieties, 
  

   but 
  also 
  several 
  others, 
  described 
  before 
  by 
  other 
  authors.— 
  Thko. 
  Holm. 
  

  

  NOTES 
  AND 
  NEWS. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Thomas 
  Morong 
  is 
  expected 
  home 
  from 
  South 
  America 
  about 
  

   the 
  first 
  of 
  October. 
  

  

  Profkssor 
  F. 
  Lamson-Scribner 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  Director 
  of 
  the 
  

   -Agricultural 
  Experiment 
  Station 
  of 
  Tennessee. 
  

  

  The 
  American 
  Forestry 
  Association 
  met 
  at 
  Quebec, 
  September 
  2-5, 
  

   with 
  Hon. 
  James 
  A. 
  Beaver* 
  of 
  Pennsylvania, 
  as 
  President. 
  

  

  De 
  Saussure's 
  chemical 
  researches 
  on 
  vegetation, 
  published 
  in 
  1804, 
  

   «as 
  just 
  been 
  translated 
  from 
  the 
  French 
  into 
  German. 
  It 
  seems 
  that 
  the 
  

   -English 
  are 
  not 
  alone 
  in 
  translating 
  old 
  botanical 
  works. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  James 
  L. 
  Bennett 
  has 
  been 
  elected 
  Curator 
  of 
  the 
  Herbarium 
  

   at 
  iirown 
  University. 
  Mr, 
  Bennett 
  intends 
  to 
  take 
  charge 
  of 
  ordinary 
  

   nerbanum 
  specimens, 
  but 
  desires 
  to 
  get 
  together 
  a 
  museum 
  of 
  vegetable 
  

   products 
  to 
  illustrate 
  economic 
  botany. 
  He 
  bespeaks 
  aid 
  from 
  the 
  botan- 
  

   ical 
  fraternity 
  in 
  this 
  regard, 
  and 
  would 
  be 
  glad 
  to 
  receive 
  specimens 
  ot 
  

   bruits, 
  fibers, 
  fabrics, 
  etc 
  

  

  Worcester 
  and 
  

  

  n, 
  left 
  Julv 
  22d 
  

  

  Mnn 
  P. 
  '"^ 
  ^'^^S^ 
  UberaUty 
  of 
  L. 
  F. 
  Menage, 
  01 
  xTxiuut-uiM.wo, 
  — 
  ^ 
  -" 
  

   spend 
  two 
  years 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  scientific 
  material. 
  While 
  the 
  prm- 
  

   S 
  5^ject8 
  they 
  intend 
  to 
  secure 
  are 
  birds 
  and 
  corals, 
  they 
  have 
  deter- 
  

   E 
  ?? 
  ^^/^^ 
  considerable 
  collecting 
  in 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  fungi, 
  paying 
  F^^^jlf'' 
  

  

  tt 
  the 
  University 
  of 
  -^^c^^^^" 
  ' 
  /."^J 
  

   Mi/xom-^- 
  .. 
  r.«nlm 
  mav 
  be 
  looked 
  for 
  

  

  ^ 
  th.8 
  line. 
  The 
  work 
  on 
  the 
  material 
  collected 
  will 
  be 
  V^^^^^^J^ 
  

   fj^nneapoha 
  under 
  the 
  auspices 
  of 
  the 
  Minnesota 
  Academy 
  P^lf^'^J'''^' 
  

   in 
  the 
  museums 
  of 
  which 
  all 
  the 
  collections 
  will 
  be 
  deposited 
  for 
  the 
  

   '^s'^ 
  of 
  scientific 
  men. 
  

  

  