224 Screntific Intelligence. 
5. Journal of the Linnean Society.— The last two numbers, con- 
taining together almost 200 pages, are filled with the Spicilegium 
aroccane, by John Ball, based on the collections made 
n Marocco by Sir Joseph Hooker and himself; a critical pie: 
illustrated by plates of some new or rare spe cies. Thus hae 
— the beginning of the Umbelliferce. ike 
6. Guide du Botaniste in Belgique (Plantes vivantes rr Sos- 
dl 
siles), par Francots Criprx. Bruxelles and Paris, 1878 
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just the information he most needs, and which, without such 
help at the outset, he will 1 be a long while in obtaining ;—details 
for herborization ; Ap capcom of specimens; formation of her- 
ariam; arrangement for exchanges; nature and characteristics 
of different sorts of “botanical books, ‘and how to use them; 5 h 
to write them, mo ;and a useful section on the correction of 
proofs; the denwhias's tare and what it must needs contain ; 
selection of some of the einitpal floras _ botanical iets of 
the day ; a choice of European Zesiccate ; sketch of the princi- 
ples and methods of vegetable saleueelray; with detailed instruc- 
tions for collecting and managing specimens ; systematic lists of 
etc. This all be- 
eral. 
Herbaria, etce.; then the ee botany of the pee te 
a catalogue of its fossil flora; full instructions for herborizations in 
different parts of Belgium, with enumeration of the choice plants 
of each Settens the same for the fossil flora; and 
logue of all the works of Belgian botanists, or those who have 
sojourned in Belgium long enough to be so accounted, from 
Anselme de Boodt, 1640, st Clusius, downward. No other 
country has such a hand-bo A. G 
. A eurious adaptatio aes insect-fertilization in Trichostema 
is described in a letter from Mr. I. J. Isaman, of Bangor, Cali- 
Mr, ionuian —— of the two states of the blossom 
to illustrate his account of the process, which he describes as 
ws: 
“ The tube of the an is bent upon itself when in its normal 
condition. On inserting a pin or a small splint, the tube is 
meatehtened; and the stamens and pistil are thrown forward, 
and strike very forcibly upon the back of any intruding insect. 
I have watthed bees for hours, gathering honey from these 
plants, and have heen very much amused bet ~ dengan ee “ 
The sketches well Show how the o may take hee 
