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tion, when compared with Fig. 4, brings out clearly the structure 

 of the mature capsule and the relation of its parts. 



University of North Carolina, 

 Chapel Hill, North Carolina 



More teachers should receive the monthly list of publications 

 sent, without charge, to all who apply for it by the Division of 

 Publications of the United States Department of Agriculture. 

 This four-page announcement gives a long list of the latest circu- 

 lars and bulletins on agriculture and economic plants, on fores- 

 try and soils ; many of them are very useful as references in 

 teaching botany, zoology, and nature study. 



Science for October 22, 1909, contains a short article by Pro- 

 fessor John W. Harshberger on the plant remains of Pompeii. 

 A study of the plant specimens exhibited in the National Museum 

 at Naples yields the following list, which Professor Harshberger 

 says is doubtless incomplete, representing probably the plants to 

 be found in the markets in August (the date of the eruption being 

 August 24). The plants are almond, chestnut, filbert, pine 

 seeds, and walnut ; apple, carob, fig, grape, and pear ; barley 

 and millet ; onion, garlic, bean, and lentil. 



The basket willows, according to a recent Farmers' Bulletin 

 (No. 34, United States Department of Agriculture), was intro- 

 duced by some German immigrants into New York and Pennsyl- 

 vania about sixty years ago. The most rapid spread is through 

 the non-arid parts of the southwest, where at least three species 

 are commonly grown. 



The United States Forest Service, according to Science, is 

 planning to introduce a number of the more important eastern 

 hardwoods into California, and " will this year experiment with 

 chestnut, hickory, basswood, red oak and yellow poplar or tulip 

 trees. Small patches of these trees will be planted near the forest 

 rangers' cabins on the national forests, and if these do well larger 

 plantations on a commercial scale will soon be established on 

 wider areas. There are over 125 different species of trees in 



