__ 1892. Current Literature. 423 
gamic Laboratory of the same university, and by the Herbarium of 
~ Columbia College is warmly to bé commended. The series of papers 
_ emanating from these places bears a uniform title and each paper its 
~ serial number and sub-title, of which the first article in this issue is an 
example. By this plan any institution which desires advertising can 
" secure it and at the same time utilize the ordinary channels for ob- 
taining publicity for its investigations. 
Or the plan adopted by the Johns-Hopkins University in the publi- 
cations of its “circulars,” and the similar one lately put into operation 
by the University of Minnesota in its “Quarterly Bulletin” are even 
more to be commended. In these there appear abstracts of any pa- 
pers published by students or members of the faculty, with references 
_ to the place of publication. They also give opportunity for the in- 
clusion of accounts of university organization and work, and many 
items of interest to alumni and educators. They thus serve admirably 
to show what the institutions are doing, and as advertising media 
could not be improved; while at the same time, instead of adding to 
the scattered publications which must be kept track of, they actually 
help to direct the student to the literature he seeks. 
_ By all means let the botanists of our larger institu 
prevent so far as possible the troublesome scattering 0 
_ pers. 
tions endeavor to 
f botanical pa- 
CURRENT LITERATURE. 
* Western Grasses. 
ha “Grasses of the Southwest”, lately hit 
f agrostologists 100 plates illustrating the chi | 
regions of the south wanes United States. It is quickly followed 
Y part 1 of the “Grasses of the Pacific Slope”, in which fifty of ~ 
larger and economically important species are figured. aot sii 
Part is expected to follow soon and when completed this wil : e 
% American Grasses.” Most 
before. The plates of 
those of the second part of 
r than the first. They are 
g Alaska and the adjac- 
of Californ 
ted, put into the hands 
ef species of the arid 
ia, Ore: 
es and descriptions 0 : in ie Div oF 
Washington and the Baan tbat coast including ges rene 13 ae 
-+- Dep’t of Agric. Issued Oct. 29, 1892. Imp. i) 
Gov't Printing Office. 
