BOTANY. 71 



1888. 



Botanical Notes (by W. R. Lazenby) in Sixth Annual Report of the 

 Ohio Agr. Experiment Station for 1887, Columbus, 1888, p. 286. 



This article consists of "plants named" pp. 286-8. Date of bloom- 

 ing of plants for 1882-7, a list of 317 species (pp. 289-298). 



List of Diatoms from Granville, Ohio, by J. L- Deming, in Bulletin 

 of the Scientific Laboratories of Dennison University, April, 1888, Vol. 

 Ill, pp. 114-5. 



A list of twenty-four species preceded by a general account of 

 Diatoms. 



Arbor Day Number, Journal of the Columbus Horticultural Society, 

 Vol. Ill, No. 5, May, 1888. 



Devoted to an account of Arbor Day exercises at the Ohio State 

 University to which is appended a list of "Native Trees of Ohio." 



List of Algae from Granville, Ohio, by Chas. L- Payne, in Bulletin 

 of Dennison University, Dec, 1888, Vol. IV, Part I, p. 132. 



Sixteen species are enumerated as an additional list to that published 

 in 1887 by H. L- Jones. One Spirogyra "appears to be undescribed." 



1889. 



Preliminary List of the Flowering and Fern Plants of Lorain Co., 

 Ohio, compiled by Albert A. Wright, professor of Geology and Natural 

 History in Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, 1889. 



A pamphlet of thirty pages, containing a map of Lorain Co., a pre- 

 face (pp. 3-5), list of botanical books (p. 5, eight entries) and list of 

 plants (pp. 7-30). The plants introduced from other countries are 

 printed in italics. • The list was "made principally by putting together 

 the observations of the compiler and a few friends who have made recent 

 collections in this county * * * also the collection of the late Dr. 

 Jas. Dascomb * * * the species ascribed to this county by Dr. Kel- 

 logg in Dr. Newberry's catalogue and those reported by Dr. H. L- 

 Howard * * * in Beardslee's yet unpublished catalogue * * * 

 have all been noted." There are 887 species enumerated. 



Report of the Committee on Botany, by Aug. D. Selby, Journal of 

 the Columbus Horticultural Society, Vol. IX, No. 2, June, 1889, p. 35. 



Notices the number of plants in bloom in March and gives a list of 

 sixteen species. 



Report of the Committee on Botany, by Aug. D. Selby, Columbus 

 Horticultural Society, Vol. IV, No. 4, Dec, 1889, p. 107. 



