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illustrated by nine handsome plates. V. Lezbergiis a new species from Ore- 
on; J. transilis is a new species of the north Atlantic states; and V. Asa- 
greana Schaffner, in Herb. Farlow, is Mexican. The other species are J. 
mucronata A. Br., N. capitellata A. Br., N. gracilis (Smith) Ag., JV. cenucssima 
(Desv.) Coss. et Germ., V. pygmea A. Br., N. minuta Allen, and XN. inter- 
media Nordst.—J. M. C. 
THE METROPOLITAN ParK Commission of Massachusetts has issued a 
catalogue of the flora of the Blue Hills, Middlesex Fells, Stony Brook, and 
Beaver Brook Reservations, compiled and edited by Mr. Walter Deane. 
The work could not have been put into more competent hands, as Mr. Deane’s 
acquaintance with the flora of the whole region is most intimate and accu- 
rate ; and although he insists that the list is but a preliminary one we ques- 
tion whether it is not more complete than most catalogues. The 7508 acres 
of very diversified territory have furnished a large list of plants, many of 
which, it is to be hoped, will be carefully guarded. In addition to the vas- 
cular plants, the numerous mosses are presented by Edward L. Rand, the 
Characee by J. W. Blankinship, the alge by F.S. Collins, the lichens by 
lara E. Cummings, and the fungi by A. B. Seymour and Flora W. Patter- 
son. The pteridophytes are furnished by G. E. Davenport.—J. M. C. 
IN THE SERIES of bulletins issued by the laboratories of Natural History 
of the State University of Iowa the current number bears the date of Feb- 
ruary, 1896. r. R. I. Cratty makes some useful notes on the aquatic 
“ phenogams”’ of the state; Mr. Paul Bartsch deals with the Cretaceous flora 
of western Iowa; Messrs. Ellis and Macbride publish a list of Nicaraguan 
Hymenomycetes, collected by the university expedition to that country ; Mr. 
B. Shimek notes over fifty species of plants not heretofore recorded as gTOW” 
ing in the state, and also new stations for very many of those already 
recorded, making the very sensible remark, ‘ The object of this list is to add, 
if possible, to the knowledge of the plants of the state, not to the volume of 
the nomenclature literature. Therefore, without regard to the present con- 
troversy, the nomenclature of the latest edition of Gray’s Manual is followed, 
as the plants will be readily recognized by the names therein given;" 4n¢ 
Professor Macbride describes an interesting Nicaraguan puff-ball, Bovista 
lateritia Berk.—J. M.C 
A conspicuous example of the bookmaker’s art is The White Pine, 4 
by Pinchot and Graves,‘ and this in more senses than one. For the book '§ 
scarcely more than a magazine article as to length, by the printer’s skill put 
together most admirably to form a dainty volume. As to contents, its facts 
and conclusions are confessedly “based . . . on a short period of observation 
and a comparatively restricted number of measurements.” It may be ad 
°PINCHOT, GIFFORD, and Graves, HENRY S.—The white pine—a study. with 
tables of volume and yield. 12mo, pp. xii + 102. New York: The Century Co. 1896. 
