Vol. 15 February, 1915 No. 2 



TORREYA 



A Monthly Journal of Botanical Notes and News 



EDITED FOR 



THE TORREY BOTANICAL CLUB 



NORMAN TAYLOR 



JOHN TORRHY, 1796-1873 



CONTENTS 



Notes on the plants of the Chicago region : E.J. Hill..... 21 



Notes from the tropical strand : Ipomoea pes-caprae and Canavalia lineatd : 



Frank C. Gati'.s : .27 



Reviews: 



Grigg's " Sugar Grove Region " : R. M. Harper '.. 29 



Hitchcock's Textbook of Grasses : G. V. Nash 32 



Murrill's Polypores and Boletes : F. J. Seaver..... "......... 33 



Notes t^.. 34 



Proceedings of the Club........ 35 



News Iten\s.., ...i,.... 38 



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