1808] NEWS 299 
De. J.C. ARTHUR'S paper on “ The movement of protoplasm in coenocytic 
typhe,” read before the Botanical Society of America at its Toronto meet- 
ing, and briefly outlined in this journal (11 : 181. 1897), has been published 
inthe Annals of Botany (24: 491-507. 1897). 
Purpue University is publishing a series of leaflets on Nature Study. 
The botanical subjects thus far presented are ‘the foliage leaf,” “the 
fower,” “trees,” and “‘a country school garden,” by Professor Stanley Coul- 
nett H. Bailey’s ‘a children’s garden’ is also reprinted as one of the 
Mr. JAMES BRITTEN has published ( Jour. Bot. 36:90-94. 1898) an 
Meresting discussion upon the fifty years’ limit in nomenclature, proposed 
the so-called Berlin rules. There seems to be no question that the rule, 
ten if deemed desirable, would be impossible of application, involans =) 
des such indefinite requirements as “ general use,” “‘ monograph,” etc. 
Me. Curton D, Howe, of Burlington, Vt., very much desires to know 
te location of C. C. Frost's collection of liverworts. In connection with 
tL. R. Jones he is making a study of the Vermont Hepatica, and 
“pected to be aided by the Frost collection. Not a single specimen has 
*een found in the Frost herbarium, or those of Amherst, Harvard, or Colum- 
bia, and no one as yet has been able to give any clue as to i 
uts of Frost’s specimens. 
A 
MEMORIAL SHEET has been issued in honor of the late Baron Sir Fer- 
Flora 4 
Director of the Botanical Garden, comprising a biography and a complete 
the phy. The executors are now making an effort to erect Ov 
- Suitable monument, and are asking subscriptions for this purpose. 
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; .. OUNCEMENT from the Herbarium of the Field Columbian Museum : 
information that during the last two years over 50,000 sheets have 
,ooo of which are 
orth America, A detailed list indicates the states and collectors 
Boch 
ed soy ENGLAND BoTANICAL CLUB has published its constitution and 
ident. = and members. The officers are George Lincoln : , 
& “sae Richmond Churchill, vice president, Edward seni 
ote and . secretary; Emile Francis Williams, recording ae 
‘Surer; Walter Deane, phenogamic curator; George Golding _ 
