seeds can be obtained. It is not of course very accurate or 

 strictly quantitative, but it is at least approximate, and suitable 

 for comparisons, say between living and dead seeds. 



The dials of these scales, as obtained in this country, are 

 graduated in ounces, but it is not difficult to substitute a paste- 

 board dial and regraduate it in grammes by means of weights 

 placed on the scale pans. This is of course preferable. The con- 

 struction of these scales is so simple that there is no reason why 

 a home-made and weaker spring could not be substituted for the 

 one provided, and in such a manner an apparatus capable of more 

 delicate adjustment could be obtained. With a more sensitive 

 balance the force exerted by the downward growth of the root 

 tip of Vicia Faba could be recorded. 



THE RARE MOSSES OF BASHBISH FALLS 



By Elizabeth G. Britton 



Bashbish Falls may be reached from the Copake station of the 

 Harlem Railroad, by a short walk, and are about one hundred 

 miles from New York City. They are situated in a picturesque 

 ravine with steep walls of rock and wooded slopes surrounding 

 them. Many interesting mosses have been collected in the two 

 expeditions which I have made to this locality, the rarest of which 

 is Anomobryum concinnatum, this being the third station recorded 

 for this species in the State. Didymodon riparius was collected 

 by Mr. Williams in the stream above the Falls and on the wet 

 cliffs were found Didymodon rnbellns, associated with Gymnostomum 

 rupestre, Amphoridium Lapponicnm, and Mynrella Careyana, all 

 rare species for this region, but finding congenial moisture and 

 shade in this sheltered ravine. Homalia Jamesii, Porotrichum 

 Allegheniense, Pogonatum alpinum and Forsstromia trichomitria 

 growing on wet rocks, were also collected above the Falls, and 

 the slopes on the south side yielded Hylocomiinn brevirostre and 

 Dicranella heteromalla with curved pedicels. Fine fruiting speci- 

 mens of Bryum proliferum were also found in the region. 



