302 The Botanical Gazette. (Joly, 
vant by C. J. Forsyth Major and William Barbey; a comparative study 
of the genus Thunbergia by Charles Roulet; and new plants from 
the eastern slopes of the Caucasus, by N. Alboff, many of which have 
strong North American affinities. ~ 
In THE Bulletin of the College of Agriculture of the Imperial Uni- 
versity of Japan, (2: 1-33) is a paper by Prof. O. Loew, on the en 
ergy of living protoplasm. This paper outlines the history of proto- 
plasmic action in view of the discoveries of Loew and Bokorn 
Prof. Loew brings together a series of new facts about the occurrence 
and réle of the active albumen, which he has found in very many 
trees, leaves as well as flowers.—Bay. 
In THE Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club (June) Dr. Britton 
publishes a revision of the genus Lechea, having succeeded Mr. Leg- 
A 
been confounded; Mr. Kearney describes several interesting plants 
from the southern states; and Professor Underwood describes a nev 
Selaginella from Mexico. _ 
sses of botanists — 
lready - ie 
; : , now at 
these pages: Dr. W. Saposchnikoff, formerly in Moskow ioe tothe e 
Botanic Gardens at Naples; Dr. Giessler (Géttingen) was a A 
Pomological Institute at Proskau, O. S.; Dr. 
heim took Dr. Otto’s position at the Kgl. Landw. Hochschule ae | 
lin; Henry O. Forbes is now Director of the Museum t Bologn 
Eng. - Fron ©). Mattirolo is now at the Botanic sate : cl 
(instead of Prof. Delpino); Dr. C. Avetta is at Parmai pF D. Lov 
liari, as professor | 
sato has been called to the Botanic Gardens at Cagli snic Gardens 
Botany at Cambridge, was elected senior assistant in Botan 
seum, Copenhagen, Denmark; J. E. Willis, recogniz rod 
turer at Queen Margaret College in Glasgow, Scotland.—Ba¥. ma 
