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serve as a guide for the committee in charge. As it is necessary to 
push the arrangements as rapidly as possible, those who have words of 
suggestion or encouragement to offer should not delay to make them 
known 
The plan, so far as it has been outlined at present, is to invite the 
botanists of the world to meet at Chicago, sometime during August, 
1893, to discuss such matters of interest as may be arranged for before- 
hand or be brought up'at the time, and to enjoy the benefits of per- 
sonal acquaintance. During the meeting a few stated lectures will be 
eral public. Excursions and other means of promoting good fellow- 
ship and a profitable time are among the possibilities. 
It is hoped to secure for the gathering a truly international charac- 
ter, which will make it not only a notable and pleasant occasion, but 
give its deliberations a weight and sanction of authority that will do 
much toward settling disputed questions and advancing the science. 
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In THE September number of Grevil/ea the editor makes the most 
startling comments on the availability of German mycological works. 
e says, referring to Brefeld’s Untersuchungen aus dem gesammt 
Gebiete der Myhologie, “ Mycologists are very limited in number in 
these islands, and some of these are unable to purchase indiscrimin- 
ately . . . whilst the number capable of perusing German with ease 
is considerably less. All those capable of reading and appreciating 
Dr. Brefeld’s works for instance, could be counted on the fingers of 
one hand!” That, if true, isa lamentable condition. But we hope 
the statement is too strong : 
CURRENT LITERATURE. 
Minor Notices. 
THE ANNUAL report. of 1890 of the state botanist of New York,* 
Chas. H. Peck, contains a list of the plants added to the herbarium 
during the year (261 species); among which are thirty-six new species 
of fungi. These are described, and figured on the four plates. There 
is also a revision of the genus 7+icholoma which is represented in the 
ECK, CHARLES H.—Annual report of the ov, nero of the state of New 
eas k, made to the regents of the University. From the 44th report of the N. Y. 
state museum of Natural History. 8vo. pp. 75. oe 4. Alban nor: Lyon, state 
printer, 1891. 
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