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and by Williams . Norgate. It may be ordered from any prin- 
cipal bookseller. But any botanists who find it difficult to pro- 
ure the work otherwise, may be supplied upon application to 
asa University Herbarium. we 
7. Wm. S. Sutzivant.—This distinguished Bryologist and most 
admirable man died at his residence, Columbus, Ohio, on the 30th 
of ss last, after an illness of about three months, at the age of 
70 years, A biographical notice will be given in the ie 
ioabos of this Journal. A. 
Ill Astronomy. 
Telescopic Observations of Meteors.—Dr. Galle, of Breslau, 
i. Laaae ng discussed the interesting question whether multiple 
meteors enter our atmosphere in flights, or owe their separation 
into discrete bodies to the effects of explosion. He remarks that 
several considerations seem to suggest the former theory, and 
of these bodies across the telescopic field of view), that great 
interest attaches to the few that have been recorded, especially 
Ww mete i i 
pepesinnee of a small isosceles triangle, whose base traveled in 
front—thus, -’ These bodies moved so lewy that they could 
met 
passed across the field of view, in whose track, at a distance of 
about a quarter of a degree, followed a gery meteo 
Dr. Galle remarks that the number of such eevee ns is not 
large. Most of those made before the yearn 108 are rev colloehed in 
Vienna Academy i po Februa. , 1861, and sub to "othe double 
meteor of Elmira and Long Island. Galle considers that if tele- 
scopic observations could be i ner effected, the number of cases 
“ triking a ge wae be largely increased. One of the aoe 
e meteor, but 
in the telesco: rn la Fides could be sae paso ary in front 
of a number of small fireballs, each of which was followed by a 
