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paper by Mr. C. J. F. Beton on the physiology of the dehiscence of 
the fruit of Womordica Elater 
ohnensieg and "Bu rek’s “ Repertorium annuum’ 
former 
hd “a on Sutton Park” is an account of the Flowering Plants, 
Ferns, and Mosses of that beautiful tract of land near Birmingham. 
The author, Mr. J. E. Bagnall, enumerates close upon 500 species 
of Phanerogams and Ferns, and 120 species and varieties of Mosses 
in the Park, which has an area of about 3500 acres, 
glad to see that the publication of the concluding parts of 
the new edition of Pritzel’s ‘“‘Thesaurus Literaturze Botanice,” so 
oan pia since the death of its author, is immediately expected. 
s will consist of a Pe ae te classified systematic bibliography 
compiled by Prof. C. Jes 
s. Allen Harker, of 17, Southgate cote Gloucester, 
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especially from the north-east of the county. Communications may 
Among those who received honours on the Queen’s birthday was 
r. (now Sir Joseph) Hooker, President of the Royal Society and 
Director of Kew Gardens, who was made a Knight Commander of the 
Order of the Star of India. This well-deserved honour appropriately 
connects Sir Joseph’s name with that Empire in the development of 
the botany of which he has been so largely instrumental. 
The death of Dr. Jundzill, Professor of Botany at the University 
Wilna, occurred on April 4th, in the eighty-seventh year of his 
age. 
A novel kind of prize was offered at the last ee of the 
Royal Botanic Society, one for the best collection of living wild 
flowers collected within an area of five miles of any parish ae 
Several collections were sent in and exhibited at the show, where they 
attracted considerable attention. The first prize was awarded to Mr. 
J. Green, for a collection from Thundridge, Herts, consisting of a 
oe — of plants in a beautifully fresh state, and correctly 
ore = prés Villefranche, isanxiousto exchange 
with Britis r He aoennly desires plants from 
fo e critical genera, Rosa, 
