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two-thirds of the present volume. The work concludes with the usual ‘reper- 
torium,” index of species, and a complete index of genera in all volumes. The 
generic index is printed on differently colored paper. Some suggestions regard- 
ing the diagnosis and nomenclature of species printed in the first pages of the 
volume aim to bring about some uniformity in the publication of species. As 
these rules have been published in several journals, it is unnecessary to repeat 
them here-—H. HassELBrinc. 
A book for young gardeners.—A booklet prepared by H. D. Hemenway, 
the director of the School of Horticulture at Hartford, Conn., will prove helpful 
to those interested in home and school gardens. Aside from simple discussion 
of the objects and benefits of tillage, the preparation of the soil, and planting 
the garden, the booklet furnishes abundant and detailed directions for testing 
and saving the seeds of the more common flowers and vegetables, for the planting 
of trees, the making of hot-beds, the making of window gardens, and for the 
culture of strawberries and other fruits. The directions are clear and give with 
sufficient detail the points most useful to the beginner.—H. HassELBRING. 
Das Pflanzenreich.—Part 25 of this work has just appeared® and ‘contains a 
Presentation of the Juncaceae by the late Dr. Fr. BuCHENAU. The usual full 
iscussion of the various structures of the family and its geographical distribu- 
tion is followed by a synopsis of the 8 genera, among which the species are dis- 
tributed as follows: Distichia (3), Patosia (1), Oxychloe (2), Marsippospermum 
(3), Rostkovia (1), Prionium (1), Luzula (61, of which 2 are new), Juncus (209, 
ol which 5 are new). The whole presentation is remarkably full in details of forms 
and in illustrations, and is of particular interest to American botanists.—J. M. C. 
Index Filicum.—The ninth fascicle of CHRISTENSEN’s work has appeared,’ 
Carrying the references from Polypodium Beddomei to Polystichum aculeatum. 
ae genus Polypodium fills the whole fascicle excepting the last page.— 
NOTES: FOR STUDENTS. 
Plant diseases —Crinton,$ in his report as Botanist of the Connecticut 
Experiment Station for 1905, presents interesting notes and illustrations of 
several fungous diseases of plants in that state, followed by a more detailed 
IN a TS 
4In the United States, in Jour. Mycol. 10: 109. 1904. 
5’ HEMENWay, H. D., Hints and helps for young gardeners, a treatise designed 
for those young in experience as well as youthful gardeners. 8vo. paper. pp. 59- 
illustrated. Hartford, Conn.: The Author. 1906. 35 cents. 
° ENGLER. A.-Das Pflanzenreich. Heft,25, Juncaceae by FR. BUCHENAU. ae 
PP. 284. figs. rar (777). Leipzig: Wilhelm Englemann. 1906. M 14.20. 
’ CHRISTENSEN, C., Index Filicum, etc. Fasc. 9. Copenhagen: H. Hagerups 
Boghandel. 1906. 35. 6d. 
8 Cuinton, G. P., Report of the Botanist. Rept. Conn. Exp. Stat. 1905: 
263-330. ‘pls, 7 3-25. figs. 8-9. 1906. 
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