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NOTES AND NEWS. 
A “Conspectus FLor& Arric&” is promised by Messrs. Durand of 
Brussels, and Schinz of Ziirich. 
THE ENTIRE EDITION of the Proceedings of the Society for the Pro- 
motion of Agricultural Science for 1891, which was ready for mailing, 
was burned in the fire at Columbus, Ohio, January 26th. Re-printing 
the edition has already begun. 
_ Mr. C. W. SEExye, of Rochester, N. Y., has published “A list of the , 
indigenous ferns of the vicinity of Rochester, with notes,” a reprint 
from Proceedings of the Rochester Academy of Science. f the 53 
species of ferns credited to New York state in the Torrey club list, the 
flora of the vicinity of Rochester contains 35. 
A Lonc and able article on “Climate and plants” was read by Pro- 
ug ore 
many sides, and contains a wealth of citations. 
Amonc the recent bulletins from the experiment stations is one on 
Some fungous diseases of the grape” by F. Lamson-Scribner, and 
one on “Electricity in agriculture” by Clarence D. Warner. The 
latter has also been published in Scéence for January 15, and is to be 
commended to those curious in such matters for the utter lack of 
logical basis for its conclusions. 
Tue ANNALS or ScorrisH NATURAL Hisrory issues its first number 
with the new year. It is a successor to the Scottish Naturalist, and 
resembles it in form and matter, but is much improved in both, an 
“ 
_ 1H University or INDIANA has just purchased the entire herba- 
num of Mr. F. H. Horsford, of Charlotte, Vermont. The collection 
's very complete in its display of New England and Canadian plants, 
besides that general assortment of plants which comes into the hands 
of a collector. The collection is remarkable for the beauty of its 
Specimens, many of them being the handiwork of Mr. Pringle, with 
whom Mr. Horsford has been so long associated. 
Phd FOLLOWING botanical papers were presented before the Lowa 
ey of Sciences at its December meeting: Some experiments 
or the purpose of determining the active principles of bread-making, 
a Réport of committtee on state flora, Phenological notes, and 
ae AN EDITORIAL upon the Royal Gardens, Kew, Zhe | 
ronicte (Jan.2) gives an account of its rapid and splendid develop- 
anatomy of plants. The suggestion is surely a timely one. It is per- 
