Che Botanical Gazette 
A Monthly Journal Embracing all Departments of Botanical Science 
Edited by JOHN M. CouLTER and CHARLES R. BARNE ES, with the anesiene of other members of the 
botanical staff of the University of Chicago. 
Issued October 17, 1908 
Vol. XLVI CONTENTS FOR OCTOBER 1908 No. 4 
Brae THERE FOLIAR a a IN ae gah ato Bice ta Jubitet PLATES XVII AND shee 
Edward C. Jeffrey 
EFFECT OF tata cae GAS AND ETHYLENE UPON FLOWERING CARNA- 
TIONS. CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE HULL menecn@ cant LABORATORY I16 esene FOUR 
FIGURES). William Crocker and Lee I. Knight 259 
FLORAL an Heo rk IN THE PRAIRIE-GRASS FORMATION OF SOUTHEASTERN 
SOUTH DAKO ee FROM THE ULL BOTANICAL LABORATORY a 
(with fies pave! LeRoy Wai Harvey -  - wa 
“BRIERE ARTICLES 
A PARASITIC sae Peeks Sin em react se IN ier odd de AMERICA. 
George F. Atkin - - 299 
Note on B aaceae’ eae Oscar Loew 502 
FORMATION OF SO Va Tens nO 7s IN THE eee bshies (wir TWO > FIGURES) 
O. M. Ball 
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