146 BOTANICAL GAZETTE [ FEBRUARY 
ing, Washington, D.C. He is not, however, allowed to sell more than o 
copy of any public document to the same person, and remittance should 
always be made to him and not to the Department of Agriculture. Do not 
send checks or stamps. 
THE PUBLISHER of Engler & Prantl’s WNatiirlichen Pflanzenfamilien 
(Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig) announces that parts 1, 11, and Iv, treating 
the phanerogams, are complete with the exception of the conclusion of 
Labiate, Umbellifere, and Cornacez, and the supplemerts including genera 
added during 1896 to the families already published. Harm’s Cornacee 
is in press; Briquet promised to complete the Labiatz by the close of 1896, 
as did also Drude the Umbellifere. Engler is preparing the supplementary 
parts. The prospect is therefore that the phanerogams will be completed 
during the first half of 1897. In order to enable subscribers to use these 
arts conveniently at once a separate index for phanerogams and cryptogams 
will be issued. A capable bibliographer is already at work on the index. 
This course, although objectionable, has been determined upon because of 
the necessarily slow progress of the cryptogamic parts. The preparation of 
the algz and fungi progresses rapidly and will probably be finished by the 
close of this year, but it is doubtful whether the bryophytes and pteridophytes 
can be ready before 1808. 
THE COLLECTING SEASON of the Mexican Botanical Club for 1897 will 
open Marchi. The territory they propose to explore will embrace the states 
of Guerrero, as far south as Acapulco, Michoacan, Jalisco, Colima, and Ter- 
ritory of Tepic, probably as far north as San Blas. This is a most picturesque 
and fertile country, ranging from sea level to 14,000 feet elevation, inter- 
‘spersed with numerous valleys, deep cafions, rugged mountains, active 
volcanoes, and abundant streams of water. Under their careful system of © 
explorations they should reap a rich harvest of economic plants, and new 
varieties valuable for cultivation and investigation. As a result of their 
operations, we look for new and rare varieties of orchids, palms, ferns, etc., 
which they propose to mail weekly to members directly from the field in 
growing condition. They will also be well equipped with cameras for photo- 
graphing scenery, and especially plants, unmounted copies of which will be — 
given to each member. The work will be again under the direct manage- 
ment of Mr. Wm. Brockway, Maravatio, Mexico. We understand that the 
7 club is desirous of securing a fe at once, and full information — 
may be obtained asia! ina him « or Professor LN. Bailey Ithaca, N. ¥. — 
