448 BOTANICAL GAZETTE [ DECEMBER 
A BULLETIN (no. 9), prepared by Professor L. H. Pammel, has just been 
issued by the government Division of Agrostology. It deals with the grasses 
and forage plants of Iowa, Nebraska, and Colorado. The three divisions of 
the bulletin deal with the following subjects: General observations upon the 
physical conditions and other important questions in reference to forage in 
these states; a list of the more important grasses and forage plants of the 
region; and a list of the grasses of the three states collected by Professor 
Pammel during 1895 and 1896.— J. M. C 
Dr. Smita Ey JELLIFE has published in the /ourna/ of Pharmacology 
(Nov.) a very useful paper entitled “On some laboratory molds.” It 
deals with the more common molds and yeasts in a descriptive way, text cuts 
being used, and analytical keys provided. The purpose is to aid in the rapid 
identification of such forms as may arise in connection with the various lab- 
oratory cultures.—J. M. C. 
THE INTEREST in mushrooms and mycophagy generally is not very wide- 
spread in the United States. Those acquainted with the real nutritive and 
gastronomic worth of fleshy fungi wonder that they do not become a standard 
food for both rich and poor. Every aid toward this end should be heartily 
welcome. The last contribution to the subject is a bulletin (no. 138) from 
the Cornell Experiment Station, by Geo. F. Atkinson,?5 which gives a very 
full account of two common mushrooms, Agaricus campestris and Lepiota 
naucina, and of a poisonous species, Amanita phalloides. The attempt has 
been made to give such clear, detailed and untechnical descriptions of these 
plants, aided by carefully prepared illustrations, that the novice may identify 
them with reasonable certainty, and moreover find himself attracted toward 
the subject. All but two of the cuts are from photographs, and more perfect 
illustrations in black and white could hardly be made.—J. C. A. 
23GEo. F. ATKINSON, Studies and illustrations of mushrooms, Bull. Cornell 
Exper. Sta. no. 138, pp. 337-356, figs. 27. Ithaca, September 1897. 
