128 BOTANICAL GAZETTE [auGusT 
Cornus stolontfera,’ ‘‘¥Folial origin of cauline structures,” ‘‘ Polarity in the 
leaves of the compass and other plants,’ “Hybrids in nature,” ‘Origin 
and nature of glands in plants,” “Nutrition as affecting the forms and 
their floral organs.” —J. M. C 
Mr. W. S. BLATCHLEY, state geologist of Indiana, has just published a 
catalogue of pteridophytes and spermatophytes of Vigo county. This county 
borders upon the Wabash river, and its flora is one of the most interesting 
in the state. The full notes of Mr. Blatchley with reference to range and 
conditions of growth make the catalogue more than a bare list. It is issued 
as a reprint from the twenty-first annual report of the Department of Geol- 
ogy.— J. M.C 
THE syNopsis of the fleshy fungi and directions for their collection, 
which Professor L. M. Underwood *3 embodied in the closing dozen pages of the 
bulletin of the Alabama Experiment Station, recently published on the fungi 
of that state, have been reprinted and neatly encased in a manilla cover by 
the Cambridge Botanical Supply Co. The directions for collecting and pre- 
serving are clearly and concisely stated in a way to enable one to intelligently 
avoid the common error of accumulating useless or worse than useless speci- 
mens. The genera are provided with keys, some important bibliographical 
references, and brief notes. The whole forms a valuable aid to collectors of 
this class of plants.— J. C. A. 
IN THESE DAYS, when the science of botany is becoming more and more 
serious, it is refreshing now and then to catch the flavor of the fields from 
the standpoint of sentiment rather than of biology. Perhaps it is better to 
call such a standpoint sentiment suffused with biology. Such a combination is 
certainly more to be commended than biology suffused with sentiment. No bot- 
anist is better able to take the reader afield than Professor W. W. Bailey. His 
little book ‘‘ Among Rhode Island wild flowers” has met with a hearty welcome, 
and now another from his pen extends the view throughout New England. 
The months are taken in order, beginning with March, and the prominent 
plants of the New England flora delightfully described. The style is always 
sprightly, and the plants mentioned are not so numerous as to degenerate 
into a catalogue-like monotony. 
Special sections are devoted to New England alpines, and plants of the 
seashore; nor is the winter condition of plants neglected. Aside from the 
pleasure that such a work brings to the general lover of nature, it will be 
helpful to teachers who desire help in the nature study.— J. M. C. 
"3 UNDERWOOD, L.. M.— Suggestions to collectors of fleshy fungi. 8vo. ppP- 14. 
arte Camb. Bot. Sup. Co., 1897. “ 
™W. WHITMAN Bali_Ley,— New England wild flowers and oes seasons. Cloth, 
16mo. pp. fa Providence, R. I.: Preston & Rounds. 1897. 75 ¢ 
