1876.] Botany. 623 
ARCHIVES OF THE Nationat Museum or Brazit.1— The first 
number of this new journal, established by the national museum recently 
founded at Rio Janeiro, contains several memoirs, among them one on 
the aboriginal remains in the shell-heaps of Southern Brazil, locally 
ed “sambaquis,” by Professor Wiener, and illustrated by two plates. 
Professor Hartt, in charge of the Geological Survey of Brazil, and 
director of the department of physical science and geology in the national 
museum, contributes an illustrated article of much interest on Brazilian 
tte ‘ 
Manton’s Taxipermy.?— Though fifty cents is a large price for 
this little book, and the illustrations consist of three rude diagrams, it is 
yet sufficiently explicit to enable one to learn how to stuff a bird or 
mammal if he is unable to take a few lessons from a teacher. 
T Booxs AnD Pampnyets. — The Preparation and Mounting of Micro- 
scopic Objects. By Thomas Davis. Second edition, greatly enlarged. Edited by 
John Matthews. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons. 1876. 12mo, pp. 214. $1.25, 
Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical oui of the Territo 
ties. Vol. ii., No. 4. Washington, D. C. August 4, 18 
Force of Ciliary Motion. By H. P. Bowditch, M. D. (Reprinted from the Boston 
Medical and Surgical Journal.) Cambridge. 1876. 8vo, pp. 
Check-List of the Noctuidæ of America, North of V A pha z By A. R. Grote. 
Buffalo. 1876. 8vo, pp. 20. 75 cents. 
Bad nopsis epee Von J. E. von Bergenstamm und P, Löw. Wien. 
6. 8yo 
Beiträge nia TUANA und Histologie der r insbesondere der Cocci- 
den. Von E. L. Mark. Bonn. 1876. i 
On the Growth of the Flower-Stalk of the adak: By A. W. Bennett. Pre- 
liminary Note on the Rate.of Growth of the Female Flower-Stalk of Vallisneria 
R” (Extracted from the Transactions of the Linnæan Society of London.) 
Mian in ee Normal and aguas sr 4to. By C. Seiler, 
M. D., in conjunction h J. Gibbons Hunt, M. D., and J. G. Richardson, M. D. 
Philadelphia : J. H. Cisie & Co. 
An- Kikuu on Some of the oe Public Health ‘Questions, etc. By J. M. 
Toner, M, D. mbridge, Mass. 8vo, pp. 40 
Ueber die Biain der Mardari hanisti Yucca-Arten. Von J. Boll. 8vo, 
Pp. 4 
GENERAL NOTES. 
BOTANY.’ 
INFLUENCE or Lignt AND HEAT ON TRANSPIRATION IN PLANTS 
— Professor Wiesner has recently examined this interesting subject and 
added a few facts to those already known. He shows that both light 
2 4nd radiant heat favor transpiration, or active evaporation from the sur- 
K cared do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro. Vol.i., No.1. 1876. 4to, pp. 
. 5 late 
pot asiderm y without a Teacher. By Warrer P. Manton. Illustrated. South 
famingham, ? Mass, 1876. 12mo, pp.4l. 5 i 
nducted by Pror. G. L. GOODALE 
