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The Chicago Chapter has a membership of over 300 adults 



and a large contingent of junior members. It issues a neat and 



attractive pin button upon which is depicted, in colors, a leaf 



and flower of the lotus {Nelumhium luteum). The button bears 



the legend "Help us save the wild-flowers, W. F. P. S." It was 



designed by Frederick Richardson, the delightful illustrator of 



children's story books. These buttons are sold to children of 



the city schools for two cents each, who, on purchasing, become 



junior members pledged to support the cause. 



Charles F. Millspaugh, 



President, W. F. P. S. A. 

 Field Museum of Natural History, 

 Chicago, Illinois. 



REVIEWS 



MurriU's Polypores 



Three small and compact volumes have recently appeared 

 on the Polyporaceae of North America. These volumes are 

 supplementary to the volume on Northern Polypores which 

 was reviewed in a recent number of Torreya. Each volume, 

 in addition to complete keys, contains descriptions of all of the 

 species known to occur in the region covered in each respective 

 case. The treatment of the Polypores known in different 

 sections of the country in separate volumes is a convenient 

 arrangement since it will enable the worker to locate the species 

 in his own section of the country without being compelled to 

 "wade" through the literature of the species which do not occur 

 in his particular region and, from this point of view, the scheme 

 is a great time-saving device. The three volumes which have 

 recently appeared are as follows: 



Southern Polypores* 



This volume includes the species known to occur in the United 

 States from North Carolina to Florida and west to Texas. 



* Murrill, W. A. Southern Polypores. Pp. i-iv + 66. Privately published. 

 January, 1915. Price in doth, $1.00 postpaid. 



