1893.] Notes and News. 8I 
E LEAVES AND FLOWERS OF MILFOIL, Or yarrow (Achillea Mille- 
folium), inebriate, and were used by the Dalecarlians in Sweden t 
Tipe 
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such a degree that, when taken in large doses, it occasions 1mmoder- 
ie 1 ae 
ate mirth and laughter. Darnel (Lo/zum temulentum), which is vul- 
garly known in Engla der the name of sturdy, when malted with 
barley, causes the ale brewed from it to speedily intoxicating. 
as opium itself—Louis Pio in Am. Brewer's Rev. Vi. 315. 
BoTANICAL WORK is being prosecuted to a greater or less extent at 
thirty-two stations in the United States, as shown by statistics gathered 
by Prof. Atkinson and recently published in Science. The stu 
celving most consideration. Some give attention to systematic botany 
pr the study of the native flora, a few are investigating the life history 
of certain fungi, and a few carry on physiological work. At some 
er 
efforts at the stations are commendable. They are certainly not 
ehind the results displayed by the other departments of the stations. 
Brewer’s Rev. Iv. 305) to 
Dr. H. Moeller ape 
Par. XII. 537) in the study of the spores of yeast. Dr. 
Moeller arrived at the conclusion that yeast has no true spores, that 
fitted pORATORY for the study of plant diseases has recently been 
Uninarcie connection with the agricultural experiment station of the 
~ uliversity of California, at Berkeley. A description of it with plans 
given b el V 
1S — fact that while an improved insect box is described 
Said of apparatus for the cultivation of fungi and bacteria. 
T (1892) : é 
herba ie opie the year 41,875 specimens have been placed in the 
Pp 
Ost of them being collections of oriental plants. It 1s 
