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Botanical (^ajette 



a flbontbls Journal Embracing all departments of JSotanical Science 



Edited by John M. Coulter and Charles R. Barnes, with the assistance of other members of the 



botanical staff of the University of Chicago. 



Vol. XLV, No, I 



Issued January 16, IW8 





CONTENTS 



SPOROGENESIS IN NEPdRODIUM. Contributions rrom the Hull Botanical Lab- 

 oratory io6 (with plates i-iv), Skigio Ya^nanouchi I 



THE DEVELOPiMENT OF THE POLLEN OF SARRACENIA (with plate v). M. Louise 



Nichols -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -31 



EMBRYOGENY OF ARISAEMA TRIPHYLLUM (with twenty-four figures). James Ellis 



Gow -----.----.-.__.. 28 



THE TOXIC EFFECT OF CERTAIN COMMON SALTS OF THE SOIL ON PLANTS 



(with one figure). Florence N, Magowan 45 



BRIEFER ARTICLES 



The Physiological Constants of Plants Commonly Used in American Botanical 



Laboratories. Sophia Eckerson -----.•---50 



The Condition of Certain Winter Buds. William Moore and Mary E, Bekney - 54 



CURRENT LITERATURE 



BOOK REVIEWS - 55 



DANISH strand VEGETATION. A NEW TEXTBOOK OF BIOLOGY. WETTSTEIN'S HANDBUCH. 



MINOR NOTICES --*--.. ... 58 



NOTES FOR STUDENTS - - - - 59 



NEWS - 72 



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