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fact, above stated, that the surface, and consequently the number of 
pores, is increased when the growing hymenophore comes in contatt 
with foreign substances which are not and cannot be digested by the 
ungus. 
NOTES AND NEWS. 
GaRDEN AND Forest says that the tallest trees in the world are it . 
the gullies of Victoria, one of which is 471 feet high. t 
BeLoir COLLEGE has recently dedicated a new building knownt | 
Pearsons’ Hall of Science, in which admirably arranged botanical | , 
oratories find a conspicuous place. ii 
Dr, WiLttaM TRIMEN, director of the Royal Botanical Garden 
Ceylon, is preparing a “Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon,” which 
be issued soon by Dulau & Co., London o 
JARS CONTAINING the tubercle-bearing roots of about forty speci®” 
tg Dakota Leguminose will be eicas at the World’s Fair 
rof. H. L. Bolley, of the State University at Fargo. nied , 
THE BOTANICAL SEMINAR of the University of Nebraska has 018@ wh 
poe ale club for the purpose of facilitating exchanges 2° 
collectors in Nebraska and rendering them more sate apie 
HE MONUMENTAL worK by Engler and Prantl, entitle¢ %) 
oencnce Pflanzenfamilien” will Be specially displayed a 
orld’s Fair in Chicago, by the publisher, W. Engelmann of Leip? 
