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146 BOTANICAL GAZETTE [ FEDRUaRY 
£. Brainerd; ‘‘ Notes-on alge,” by F. S. Collinis “A prolific gentian,” ¥ 
W. Deane, “ Myosotis collina in New England,” by £. F. Williams; « 
new wild lettuce from Massachusetts,” by B. ZL. Robinson ; “ Notes on ee 
fleshy fungi found near Boston,” by H. Webster; “ Matricaria discoidea in 
eastern Massachusetts,” by W. H. Manning, besides shorter this¢sllaiaas 
notes. 
There is need for just such journals, and Rhodora is certain to all im 
sion. The GAZETTE congratulates the editors upon the a of the 
initial number, and wishes the new venture great success. — J. M . 
THE FIRST PART of a work on the physiology of plant organization 
recently been published by Professor Dr. G. Berthold,® of the Universi 
Géttingen. No criticism of this part is possible, since it is merely a reco 
the observations of the author regarding (1) the anatomy of the Scitamineat 
(2) the anatomy and development of certain Composite, Umbellifera, and 
Araliacez ; (3) the annual shoots of Acer UE as (4) the develop: ; 
ment of some roots and axes of Pandanacexe and palms ; (5) the structure 
and development of leaves and stems; (6) the red Bee of leaves 
stems; (7) the dying of leaves and stems. 
The discussion of the observations is promised in the second part w 
to appear very soon. That may be expected to show reason for the publ 
tion of what, unexplained, seem like trivial details, proper enough in a2 
book, but unusual in print. The record shows an enormous amount®— 
work, for which we are ready to express gratitude as soon as we know what 
it means.—-C. R. B bcd 
NOTES FOR STUDENTS. 
SOME USEFUL physiological data regarding the rate of growth, flow 
nutrition, and transpiration of Nelumbo nucifera Geertn. are recorde! 
lish) by Mr. K, Miyabe in Tokyo Botanical Magazine 12: 85-Iol, bi 
1898 
AT A MEETING of the botanical section of the Russian eae of 
tthe G.-— Untersuchungen zur Physiologie der pflanaliche ¥ 
Erster Teil. 8vo., pp. iv-+ 242, pi. 7. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann. 
