CURRENT LITERATURE. 
Botanical Directory. 
Mr. J. Da@rFer has just issued the Botaniker-Adressbuch which we 
announced last July.t_ It contains 6,455 addresses of botanists, botan- 
ical gardens, institutes, societies and periodicals. A considerable 
number of these have been supplied by the addressees themselves and 
these are distinguished by an asterisk. On each continent the at- 
rangement is by countries in alphabetic order. The names of botan- 
ists and of periodicals of that country are alphabetic in different lists 
while the gardens, societies and institutes, are arranged by cities. The 
special department of study is given in addition to the official pos 
tion (if any) and postal address. Of course it is impossible to say aay 
thing as to the general accuracy of such awork. In the United States 
there are given approximately 1,700 names. We suppose these have 
been largely compiled from previous directories. Probably one-third 
of them have no title to place in such a directory, but there are al- 
ways a considerable number of people so anxious to see their namé 
in print that it is quite impossible to keep them out. However it 1S 
better to include too many than to omit those who ought to be in 
cluded. Among omissions we note in a hasty examination Dr. D. H. 
Campbell and W. R. Shaw of Leland Stanford Jr. University, W.J.V: 
Osterhout of Brown University, O. F. Cook of Huntington, N.Y, 
W. L. Bray and E. B. Uline of Lake Forest University, Prof w. ¢. 
Stevens of University of Kansas. Among our own contributors for 1895 
we note the omission of the names of Misses Mary A. Nichols, 144 
Clendenin, Bessie L. Putnam, Alice E. Keener, Margaret F. wire 
pis 
Maria L. Owen and Mr. G. H. Shull, most if not all quite as wel : 
titled to insertion as many which appear. Doubtless there are “— 
others. Typographical errors are rather numerous though readily ¢ 
; : : ; p ve 
still appears in the list and, curiously enough, immediately ga? 
Prof. Spalding’s name, which she now bears, while Dr. Kellerm 
*Dorfler, J.: Botaniker Adressbuch. S und Adres 
‘ . . Sammlung von Namen die 
der lebenden Botaniker aller Lander, pve bataniachen Garten, und werd 
Botanik pflegenden Institute, Gesellschaften, und periodischen * 0" hhgasse 
Wien: 1896. Published by the author, Barie 8 
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