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SCIENCE. 



[N. S. Vol. I. No. 24. 



BOTANICAL BOOKS AT AUCTION. 



Among the botanical books iu the librarj- 

 of "William B. Eudkin sold at auction iu 

 New York by Bangs & Co. were the fol- 

 lowing : H. Baillou's ' N"atural History of 

 Plants,' 7 vols., 8vo, brought §15.87; Ben- 

 tham and Hooker, ' Genera Plantarum,' 

 London, 1862-83, $17.25; Bentley and Tri- 

 men, ' Medicinal Plants,' 306 colored plates, 

 London, 1880, $34; Botanical Gazette, 13 

 vols., Madison, Wis., v. b., $19.50; Charles 

 Darwin's "Woi-ks, a rare 'set' of 15 vols., 

 8vo, uniform green morocco, full gilt, $41.25; 

 D. C. Eaton, ' Ferns of ]!^orth America,' 

 colored plates by Emerton and Faxon, 

 Salem, 1879, $27; Elwes, J. H., 'Genus 

 Lilium,' grand 4to, London, 1880, $12.50; 

 Emerson, ' Trees of Massachusetts,' 1878, 

 $8.50; John Gerarde, 'The Herball,' en- 

 larged bj^ Thomas Johnson, London, 1636, 

 $14.75; Goodale, 'Wild-flowers of America,' 

 Boston, 1882, $8.25; Lesquereux, 'Coal- 

 Flora of Pennsylvania,' Harrisburg, 1880, 

 $10; J. C. Loudon, 'Arboretum Britan- 

 nicum,' London, 1854, $17 ; M. T. Masters, 

 'Vegetable Teratology,' London, 1869, 

 $8.25 ; Michaux and Nuttall, ' I\^. A. Sylva,' 

 277 colored engravings, 5 v., 8vo, embossed 

 morocco, PhUada., 1871, $51.25; Parkinson, 

 ' Theatrum Botanicum,' 4to, panelled calf, 

 London, 1640, $16.40; Ch. Pickering, ' Chro- 

 nological History of Plants,' Boston, 1879, 

 $6; Powell, ' A Compleat History of Druggs,' 

 London, 1725, $5.50; Seeman, Berthold, 

 ' Plants of the Fiji Islands,' 100 fine colored 

 plates, London, 1865-73, $20.50; Sowerbj^, 

 ' English Botany,' colored figures by 

 Sowerby, Fitch and others, 12 vols., 8vo, 

 $63 ; Torrey Botanical Club, various Bul- 

 letins, etc., 17 vols., $26.35. 



GENERAL. 



At the monthly meeting of the trustees 

 of the Universitj' of Pennsylvania the acting- 

 provost, Charles C. Harrison, made a dona- 

 tion of $500,000 to the Universitj^, in honor 



of his father, the late George L. Harrison, 

 LL. D. Mr. Harrison stipulates that the 

 fund shall be known as ' The George L. 

 Harrison Foundation for the Encourage- 

 ment of Liljeral Studies and the Advance- 

 ment of Knowledge.' The principal of 

 this fund must be retained intact, the in- 

 come alone to be used for the purposes of 

 foundation. The following suggestions as 

 to the use of the fund were made bj- the 

 donor : 1 The establishment of scholar- 

 ships and fellowships intended solelj- for 

 men of exceptional ability. 2 The increas- 

 ing the librarj^ of the University, particularly 

 bj' the acquisition of works of permanent 

 use and of lasting reference, to and by the 

 scholar. 3 The temporary relief from 

 routine work of professors of ability, in 

 order that thej' may devote themselves to 

 special work. 4 The securing men of dis- 

 tinction to lecture and, for a term, to reside 

 at the University. 



According to an announcement from 

 Macmillan & Co., the Universitj' Press of 

 Columbia College will issue an Atlas of Fer- 

 tilization and KaryoMnesis, by Professor Ed- 

 mund B. Wilson, with the co5peration of 

 Dr. Edward Leaming. The M'orkwill con- 

 tain forty figures, photographed from nature 

 by Dr. Leaming from the preparations of 

 Professor Wilson at an enlargement of one 

 thousand diameters, and reproduced, with- 

 out retouching or other altei-ations, by the 

 gelatine process bj' Bierstadt, of N"ew York. 

 The photographs are verj' perfect and con- 

 vey a good idea of the actual object. They 

 illustrate nearly every important step in 

 fertilization, from the first entrance of the 

 spermatozoon onwards to the cleavage- 

 stages, and not only present a very clear 

 picture of the more familiar outlines of the 

 subject, but embody many original discov- 

 eries as well. They are accompanied by an 

 explanatorj' text, comprising a general ele- 

 mentarj- introduction, a ci'itical description 

 of the i^lates and a large number of text-cuts. 



