64 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
fertilization Ast flowers is both the legitimate fertilization and the 
ae exten to the following announcement such pub- 
cob. as our page ord :—‘* Want nth are dried plants of culture 
of every species, varieties too, of all nd countries (for the 
present 3 by 8 specimens). Excellent preparation and good getting 
up are condition. ro specimen will considered a stiff sheet of 
paper (about 60 centimeter high), whieh is ee laid over with 
the concerning plant. Anything formed roots etc. and ripe fruits 
are to be delivered patente in plenty. The ticket of every sheet 
must show the used remarks. | acim notes over ae 
Si aceuias plants are ae. Kuropean specimens will be paid 
with 2 pence and a half at least, others with 8 pence and a 
half. Choosing of a equivalent accordi ing to the ite of the 
»,lauschvermittlung fiir Herbarpflanzen’ is willingly ¢ ‘consented. 
Notifications asked for next time. Paul F. F. Schulz, Berlin 
Virchow Strasse 9.” 
Ar the meeting of the Linnean Society on Dec. 21st, Dr. Braith- 
waite exhibited specimens of Hypnum Hochstetteri Schimp. ., collected 
by him on the Isle of Barra, Outer Hebrides, the only known locality 
for the ome in Europe. 
We n with regret that the Builetin de UV Herbier Boissier 
te ome Ste existence with the December number. Its place 
will be taken by Mémoires de Herbier Boissier, to be published 
“4 époques indéterminées, en fascicules de a —— The 
first number, dated Jan. 15, contains onti f Prof. 
Schinz’s ‘Die Pidanzenwelt Deutsch-Siidwest- Afvikns,* hisheele 
issued in connection with the Bulletin 
Dr. B. L. Rostnson has been sieintad first incumbent of the 
newly endowed 998 ray Professorship of Systematic Botany at 
Harvard Univers 
Mr. J. B. ibeiehie has been appointed Mycologist to the 
Government of rsa oe and Asgsistant-Director of the Botanical 
Gardens at Peraden 
Anotuer fascicle of Mr. Fryer’s cee — of British 
oe has appeared. Mr. Morgan’s plates are, as us 
xcellent, and the publisher continues a sual them inconvenielié 
for reference by placing his own name where common sense and 
custom would tau us to bee Sr Gist of dha plant figured. The 
‘satis of several ‘‘parts’’ in one wrapper, ooo is only dated by the 
year, must in the future iad to inconvenie 
Tue impetus lately given to the study of ‘sa’ in this country 
does not seem to extend to Fra — We note that half the first 
number of the Revue Bryoloyique for the present year is oceupied by 
a paper entitled ‘‘ Compe de feuilles des Glumacées,”’ which is likely 
to be overlooked by agrostologists, seeing that it appears in a journal 
«‘ consacré a l’étude des Mousses et des Bees rer 
