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  part, 
  Mr. 
  James 
  M. 
  McDonald 
  (to 
  whose 
  generosity 
  the 
  whole 
  work 
  is 
  

   due) 
  was 
  impressed 
  with 
  the 
  necessity 
  of 
  further 
  examination 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  

   species 
  and 
  varieties 
  mentioned 
  therein. 
  These 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  known 
  to 
  

   Dr. 
  Kellogg. 
  Accordingly, 
  Professor 
  Greene 
  volunteered 
  to 
  give 
  his 
  

   summer 
  vacation 
  to 
  field 
  work 
  in 
  the 
  Sierra 
  Nevada 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  Kocky 
  

   Mountains 
  of 
  Colorado 
  and 
  Montana. 
  The 
  present 
  part 
  contains 
  the 
  re- 
  

   sults 
  of 
  these 
  fresh 
  investigations. 
  

  

  The 
  sixth 
  fascicle 
  of 
  Castillo's 
  " 
  Illustrationes 
  flor^ 
  insularum 
  maris 
  

   Pacifici 
  " 
  has 
  appeared, 
  a 
  most 
  elaborate 
  work. 
  The 
  present 
  fascicle 
  con- 
  

   tains 
  no 
  plates, 
  but 
  those 
  that 
  have 
  appeared 
  are 
  of 
  exquisite 
  workman- 
  

   ship. 
  Accompanying 
  this 
  part 
  is 
  a 
  pamphlet 
  by 
  the 
  same 
  author, 
  dis- 
  

   cussing 
  the 
  flora 
  of 
  Polynesia 
  and 
  its 
  relation 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  neighboring 
  

   countries. 
  

  

  The 
  forest 
  flora 
  of 
  New 
  Zealand 
  has 
  been 
  admirably 
  illustrated 
  

   and 
  described 
  in 
  a 
  recent 
  work 
  by 
  Mr. 
  T. 
  Kirk." 
  It 
  was 
  prepared 
  and 
  

   published 
  by 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  colonial 
  government, 
  and 
  is 
  a 
  monu- 
  

   ment 
  to 
  the 
  liberality 
  and 
  wisdom 
  of 
  the 
  government, 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  scientific 
  

   and 
  economic 
  knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  author. 
  The 
  large 
  plates 
  are 
  admirably 
  

   arawn, 
  and 
  are 
  accompanied 
  by 
  from 
  2 
  to 
  5 
  pages 
  of 
  text, 
  giving 
  a 
  tech- 
  

   nical 
  and 
  popular 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  species. 
  Much 
  attention 
  has 
  been 
  

   given 
  to 
  the 
  economic 
  importance 
  and 
  the 
  best 
  ways 
  of 
  utilizing 
  the 
  

   ainerent 
  woods, 
  and 
  also 
  to 
  the 
  proper 
  use 
  of 
  common 
  names 
  for 
  distin- 
  

   guishing 
  the 
  various 
  kinds. 
  

  

  , 
  The 
  first 
  volume 
  of 
  the 
  Muscologia 
  Oallica* 
  is 
  now 
  complete 
  by 
  the 
  

   i88ue 
  of 
  the 
  ninth 
  part, 
  including 
  the 
  last 
  of 
  the 
  Acrocarpi. 
  The 
  sub- 
  

   scribers 
  receive 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  a 
  reprint 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  ten 
  plates, 
  which 
  

   were 
  badly 
  printed 
  when 
  issued. 
  The 
  title 
  page 
  and 
  preface 
  are 
  accom- 
  

   panied 
  by 
  an 
  analytic 
  key 
  to 
  the 
  genera 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  volume. 
  The 
  

   second 
  volume, 
  embracing 
  the 
  Pleurocarpi, 
  will 
  be 
  completed 
  in 
  five 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Julius 
  Koll, 
  in 
  a 
  paper 
  on 
  the 
  Acutifolium 
  group 
  of 
  the 
  Sphagna 
  

   ^published 
  in 
  the 
  Botanisches 
  Centralblatt-nos. 
  21-25, 
  1890-also 
  re- 
  

   Priiited), 
  makes 
  a 
  strong, 
  and 
  in 
  some 
  parts 
  almost 
  a 
  savage 
  attack 
  upon 
  

   jj. 
  ^'■'^^^?^^'s 
  work 
  of 
  this 
  title 
  which 
  appeared 
  some 
  time 
  ago. 
  Without 
  

   W^^^^^ 
  to 
  judge 
  the 
  cause 
  at 
  all 
  we 
  greatly 
  deprecate 
  such 
  criticism, 
  

   ich 
  only 
  produces 
  or 
  intensifies 
  hard 
  feeling. 
  

   Another 
  paper 
  on 
  the 
  Sphagna 
  is 
  by 
  C. 
  Jensen, 
  who 
  describes 
  the 
  

   ^nish 
  species 
  in 
  the 
  volume 
  of 
  memoirs 
  published 
  by 
  the 
  Botanical 
  

   Phr^^^"^ 
  "^ 
  Copenhagen 
  in 
  celebration 
  of 
  its 
  semi-centennial. 
  The 
  Latin 
  

   ^^ 
  ase 
  tot 
  homines, 
  quot 
  sententiie 
  is 
  certainly 
  true 
  of 
  the 
  sphagnologists. 
  

   ^ 
  ery 
  Mrriter 
  has 
  his 
  own 
  set 
  of 
  species 
  which 
  he 
  recognizes, 
  and 
  he 
  

  

  f? 
  othflra 
  tr> 
  th^i 
  liaf 
  nf 
  avnfinvms. 
  Each"rai8eth 
  up 
  

  

  <Rn?x 
  ■ 
  ^^e 
  forest 
  flora 
  of 
  New 
  Zealand. 
  Imp. 
  8°. 
  Wellington, 
  1889. 
  PP- 
  ^^S. 
  P'- 
  If 
  • 
  

   author 
  p°l' 
  ^^-Muscologia 
  Gallica. 
  Uvr. 
  ix, 
  8 
  vo. 
  pp. 
  i-viii 
  and 
  257-781 
  pi. 
  69^79. 
  The 
  

   ■ 
  ^ahan 
  par 
  Athls, 
  Orne, 
  France. 
  1890. 
  h. 
  5.-Vol. 
  1, 
  fr. 
  45. 
  

  

  