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changing environmental conditions, and the effect of this be- 

 havior on the movement and association of species. From this 

 standpoint the book is a notable addition to the literature of 

 botany. Some, perhaps too carping, systematic botanists may 

 quarrel with the publication of a new name for a species of 

 Chamaesyce, without description, simply saying ined. n.sp. (p. 

 no). There has been, too, some carelessness in proof-reading, 

 such as Geranaceae for Geraniaceae (p. 109) and Asclepiaceae for 

 Asclepiadaceae (p. 175). But such trivial matters are lost sight 

 of in the fact that the volume is a really splendid contribution 

 to botanical literature. 



The illustrations and maps are very fine, in many cases showing 

 beautiful views of the region. The failure of the publication to 

 contain an index must reduce its usefulness to many. 



N. T. 



NEWS ITEMS 



Dr. Arthur Harmount Graves has resigned his position as As- 

 sistant Professor of Botany in the Sheffield Scientific School of 

 Yale University, and is at present engaged in research at the 

 laboratory of Professor V. H. Blackman, Professor of Plant 

 Physiology and Pathology, Royal College of Science, South 

 Kensington, London, England. Dr. Graves has been a member 

 of the faculty of Yale for the past twelve years. 



The Long Island Historical Society has recently deposited with 

 the Brooklyn Botanic Garden the herbarium of the Society. It 

 consists of a general herbarium and a special collection of Long 

 Island plants, many of which are from the collection of E. S. 

 Miller. 



