134 BOTANICAL GAZETTE [FEBRUARY 
Spite of these defects, which we hope will not prevent translation of ths 
edition (as they did of the first), physiology will be greatly advanced by ths 
valuable work. We shall await the second volume with even greater interes, 
hoping that it may be completely remodeled, for Kraftwechsel needs today 
radically different approach and treatment from that which it received ® 
1881.—C. R. B. 
MINOR NOTICES. 
THE DIVISION oF BoTany of the United States Department of Agne : 
ture has issued a bulletin describing the camphor tree, its uses, conditions# 
successful cultivation, a map showing the area of the United States wher 
it might be grown, together with some information as to the commercial 
look for camphor,—C B. 
PROFESSOR M. A. BRANNON, of the State University, has publishel® 
report on the grasses and forage plants of North Dakota. The field wot 
was begun under a commission from the Division of Agrostology of the _ 
Department of Agriculture. The report contains valuable notes conceyy 
distribution, nature of soil, etc.—J. M. C 
THE MOVEMENTS of plants was the subject of a lecture by Professor Dt 
MacDougal, of the University of Minnesota, before the Institute of Jama 
given in June last, while on a visit to the island in the interests of the 
posed tropical laboratory. It is printed in the Budletin of the Bot. Dept 
ment, Jamaica, for Oct.-Nov., and has been distributed separately. It 
4 general review of the subject, with illustrations drawn from the 
plants of the island.—J, C. A, 
“Letters on the diseases of plants,” a pamphlet of 54 
et accurate way, and the illustrations, to the number of one ht work 
— nt. The writer shows himself well in touch with the extensive™ 
this kind Carried on in the United States.—C. R. B. | 
ent of 
THE SEVENTH CONTRIBUTION from the, Botanical Departie a 
Agricultural College of lowa is devoted to a list of plants colleety” 
