64 The Botanical Gazette. [February, 
tunities, to become “ the center of ene ; 
SOR WITTROCK gives in a recent paper' a very ee 
e 
fectly possible for this great establishment, with its unrivaled oppor 
rgy” in many departments. 
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besides which they ma 
inflorescences.— T, H 
vestigators, will give editorial assistance in the several department 
f agricultural activity. Only one of these, Profe nels 
a botanis i i 
pretty sure indication that the management 1S ss 
departments of botany, and pr : 
: cope or its importance as a sco 
underlying a large proportion of agricultural operations. The jour 
has occupied an important place in the past; and it deserves hearty 
ions. 
aper on “ Principles and methods : 
iS sil plants,” read Bee oe oe ne 
. 4\. A. 5., Washington meeting, is printed in the i 
Geologist (Jan.). gtc g. p ie 
dge of botan proper, the author Aas ay: “For example, 
anist: 
very that nervation in leaves is of gener! - ‘of 
: a hich the botanist chiefly relies, is usually ee Ue | 
Specific rank.” Bo fanists must confess to myriads of figures of le4 
in which the nervation 1s merely conventional. 
1 De Linaria Reverchoni n. observatior i biologi 
i _Re . Sp. vations morphologicae et 
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