32 
Jour. N. ¥. Bot. Gard. 16: 62-64. 10 Ap 1915; for March. 
Jour. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 16: 79. 4 My 1915; for April. Jour. 
. Bot. Gard. 16: 100. 12 Je 1915; for November. 
a N. Y. Bot. at 16: eualree os 1915. 
[Review]. B Gi ant-breeding. Torreya 
15: 106-109 e nie : 
The origin of dwarf plant: h of Hibiscus 
oculivoseus. Bull. Torrey Club 42: 429-450. oY 26; 
915. 
The establishment of varieties in Coleus by the selection 
of somatic variations. 1-80. pl. 1-4. Washington, 
7 O1rgi5. (Carnegie a Pub. 218. 
Report of the Director of the Laboratories. Bull. N. Y. 
Bot. Gard. 9: 39-43. 31 Mr 1915. 
Williams, R.S. Mosses from the hs coast of South — 
Bull. Torrey Club 42: 393-404. I-25. Jl 19 
Mosses of the Philippine Ae oe ener ce 
by the late John B. Leiberg. Bull. Torrey Club 42: 571-577. 
13 N 1915. 
R. S. WIiLtiams 
CONFERENCE NOTES 
the January conference of the scientific staff and ete 
G h: 8S 
Pain f the Garden, Dr. Marshall A. Hi on “Some 
‘ossil Calcareous Algae of the West Indies.” After alluding 
t increasing recognition of the geological importance 
lime-secreting algae in reef-building and land-f ng, he dis- 
€ e detail a collection of fossil algae recently made in 
the Leeward Islan Dr and Vaug' ft 
Geological Survey ecimens and photomicrographs illustrat- 
ing their structure were exhibi The paper w rm a par 
of a report on the geology of the Leeward Islands, which, it is 
expected, will be published soon by the Carnegie Institution of 
Washington. 
Following this, Miss Margaret Slosson presented a paper 
“A new Stenochlaena from Porto Rico,” stating that this species 
