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  BOTANICAT. 
  GAZETTE. 
  [ 
  Octokr, 
  

  

  1889 
  not 
  only 
  shows 
  most 
  commendable 
  industry, 
  but 
  also 
  containaYal" 
  

   uable 
  material. 
  The 
  report 
  discusses 
  the 
  publications 
  and 
  correspond* 
  

   ence 
  of 
  the 
  Section 
  (now 
  Division); 
  its 
  field 
  work^ 
  consisting 
  of 
  the 
  treat- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  grape 
  diseases 
  and 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  apple, 
  pear 
  and 
  quince, 
  treat- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  blackberry 
  rust, 
  of 
  the 
  potato, 
  tomato 
  and 
  melon 
  for 
  blight 
  and 
  

   rot, 
  and 
  of 
  strawberry 
  leaf- 
  blight; 
  conclusions 
  concerning 
  the 
  practical 
  

   work 
  of 
  the 
  Section; 
  laboratory 
  investigations; 
  investigation 
  of 
  peacl 
  

   yellows, 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Er 
  win 
  P. 
  Smith 
  and 
  Prof. 
  T. 
  J. 
  Burrill; 
  the 
  California 
  

   vine 
  disease, 
  studied 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Galloway 
  himself 
  in 
  a 
  most 
  painstaking 
  way, 
  

   as 
  we 
  happen 
  to 
  know; 
  and 
  a 
  mignonette 
  disease, 
  described 
  and 
  moat 
  

   handsomely 
  illustrated 
  by 
  Mr. 
  D, 
  G. 
  Fairchild, 
  

  

  The 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  chief 
  of 
  the 
  Forestry 
  Division 
  for 
  1889 
  contains 
  

   a 
  great 
  amount 
  of 
  information 
  that 
  has 
  been 
  collected 
  from 
  all 
  quarters. 
  

   The 
  topics 
  treated 
  are 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  Forest 
  economy, 
  forest 
  techaology, 
  

   forest 
  biology, 
  irrigation, 
  seed 
  and 
  Sf^edling 
  distribution, 
  timber 
  culture 
  

   act, 
  osier 
  culture, 
  forestry 
  interests 
  in 
  the 
  U. 
  S., 
  export 
  and 
  import 
  sta- 
  

   tistics, 
  proposed 
  work, 
  and 
  influence 
  of 
  forests 
  on 
  water 
  supplies. 
  The 
  

   last 
  named 
  topic 
  is 
  the 
  prominent 
  one, 
  and 
  will 
  repay 
  careful 
  reading. 
  

  

  The 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  botanist 
  of 
  the 
  Nebraska 
  State 
  Board 
  of 
  Agricul- 
  

   ture 
  for 
  1889 
  is 
  a 
  valuable 
  document, 
  as 
  might 
  be 
  expected 
  when 
  itja 
  

   known 
  that 
  the 
  botanist 
  is 
  Dr. 
  Charles 
  E. 
  Bessey. 
  The 
  first 
  part 
  of 
  tte 
  

   pamphlet 
  of 
  162 
  pages 
  is 
  a 
  report 
  on 
  the 
  grasses 
  and 
  forage 
  plants. 
  Tt^ 
  

   18 
  Dr. 
  Bessey's 
  work, 
  assisted, 
  of 
  course, 
  by 
  his 
  associates. 
  The 
  second 
  

   part 
  is 
  a 
  catalomip 
  nf 
  tKo 
  r^ior.f« 
  ^f 
  xr^u««^u^ 
  i 
  tlt^ 
  tt 
  t 
  Webber, 
  a 
  

  

  part 
  is 
  a 
  catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  plants 
  of 
  Nebraska, 
  by 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  J. 
  Webber 
  

   most 
  welcome 
  addition 
  to 
  our 
  list 
  of 
  state 
  floras, 
  and 
  one 
  which 
  wow 
  

   have 
  materially 
  helped 
  the 
  Manuals 
  if 
  it 
  had 
  been 
  published 
  sooner. 
  

   Borne 
  1,872 
  species 
  and 
  730 
  genera 
  are 
  enumerated, 
  but 
  the 
  list 
  begi^ 
  

   with 
  Phytomyxa 
  and 
  ends 
  with 
  Vernonia. 
  Although 
  botanical 
  interest 
  

   should 
  concern 
  itself 
  chiefly 
  in 
  learning 
  what 
  plants 
  grow 
  in 
  Kebraste 
  

   botanical 
  attention 
  will 
  largely 
  be 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  sequence 
  of 
  the 
  grouf* 
  

   i)r. 
  Bessey'8 
  well 
  known 
  opinion 
  that 
  one 
  should 
  begin 
  at 
  the 
  beginw"!' 
  

   has 
  here 
  a 
  chance 
  to 
  express 
  itself, 
  and 
  so, 
  as 
  the 
  pages 
  are 
  turned 
  o^e 
  

   one 
  finds 
  himself 
  climbing 
  up 
  the 
  ladder 
  instead 
  of 
  backingdown. 
  W" 
  

   i'hanerogams 
  are 
  reached 
  {Anthophyta, 
  they 
  are 
  called), 
  Luerssensa^ 
  

   rangement 
  of 
  families 
  is 
  followed, 
  but 
  a 
  good 
  index 
  enables 
  a 
  botanist 
  » 
  

   find 
  his 
  way. 
  The 
  fact 
  is, 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  go6d 
  plan 
  to 
  " 
  try 
  on 
  " 
  the 
  various 
  P^ 
  

   posed 
  arrangements 
  in 
  this 
  way 
  and 
  see 
  how 
  they 
  fit. 
  Any 
  new 
  arran^ 
  

   ment 
  looks 
  outlandish 
  at 
  first, 
  but 
  that 
  is 
  no 
  argument 
  against 
  it. 
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  follows 
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  the 
  publication 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  