SeRRENT LITERATURE. 
BOOK REVIEWS. 
The Sandusky flora. 
A LocaL flora of much interest has been published by the Ohio Academy 
of Science as the first of a series of “special papers,” the second and third 
tumbers of which are devoted to insects. This initial effort reflects credit 
upon the Academy, both for the subject-matter and for the manner of its pres- 
entation. The volume of 167 pages is thoroughly satisfactory in its typo- 
sraphical and press work, and records a piece of careful local exploration 
worthy of the excellent setting. , 
The flora of Sandusky and vicinity as here presented is the result of the 
labors of Mr. E. L. Moseley ' during the last seven years, and is based upon 
the herbarium of the Sandusky high school, while specimens of most of the 
ron forms are also deposited in the Gray herbarium of Harvard University 
and in the herbarium of the Ohio University. 
The catalogue proper, which is well indexed, is preceded by thirty-four 
tial text, in which a number of interesting matters pertaining to the flora 
eae —; It adds not a little interest to learn that the flora of Snagueiey 
biieha a in the humber of its species, having more than is given in those 
a. by David F. Day for the Buffalo region, by Wm. R. Dudley 
ter ro hia and by the local Academy of Science for the Roches- 
erally lar, a mati these regions border on the great lakes and are sev- 
es not ne an that included for Sandusky. Even the whole of England 
about San, co % hundred species of phanerogams more than are found 
explored and a ‘The islands included in the area, a half dozen having been 
of the flora — with special care, do not add materially to the richness 
Surprising . a have only a few plants not found on the mainland. The 
itions in part a of ss sacri is ascribed to favorable physiographical con- 
5 dusky ‘hin wes a especially to the climate. The summer is longer at 
4 month longer — points along the shore of Lake Erie, being much over 
Average temperat an at Buffalo, and the spring and summer have a higher 
Statistical evide ure. The reasons for this state of things are discussed and 
nce presented, 
* Mosete 
Y : 
Sowing ies. a Sandusky flora, a catalogue of the flowering plants and ferns 
. county, tivation in Erie county, Ohio, and the peninsula and islands o 
wa : 
Bro, PP. 167, 1 Paper No.1, Ohio Academy of Science ; Wooster, 1899. 
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