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that dates are ripened even when the tree is so young that the clusters ma easily be 
Uem cete denm the ground, but the mE DE he ae would most effectually preve 
y one from walking under nE ne — € ird — down fro 
th. base of "the leaves, and e pre be ed by a man on hone 
back. The nan Rire Separately on "the "cluster and the nm Ocess goes on for some 
weeks. The date-palm is b shade pe and not a pleasant tree to walk 
under, as the dead and borse lezva Bán ng and project at various angles, and even 
where these are trimmed away, the stem remains rough sis piny.—WM. T. ee 
J. S., New Albany, Ind.— Your specimen is a portion of a growth of some sort 
suberose, or corky fungus, such as grows pira of the dead or living, but dra and hae 
bark of Bris g sg Us a A P iic bes find on macerating a bit of it, of a 
e, an i 
Poar “kind can » fond fiequot tly botten the layer o Ay sd er of the solid 
by its pu va yon is Toy destroyed, wn t D tanists as 
pvo lin rylostroma h signifying pin aes ag,” the second 
* woody-bed,” or bed fü the wood. It other name given : s Tode, Xylostroma 
iganteum, or the up woody bed," ous may be found in r of the rd 
eech, ete., b in this country and in Europe. There are xy oer species of Rac 
dium, some of which from resemblance, pers called ** Mouseskin,” and the like amas 
CORRECTIONS. — Mr. Dall desires us to correct his statement in the March NATU- 
Lol of Ee “no snake of the genus Elaps is poisonous,” as some of the species are 
om 
et pt . Cope writes us that the dislocation in the jaw of the ally of mosasaurus 
(mentioned on page 55) i is Neo rre and not the result of an accident,—our own infer- 
es were incorrect. — 
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Practical Floriculture; A Guide to the Successive Cultivation of Florists Pu 
Amateur and Professional Florist. By P.Henderson. Illustrated. New York: Orange 
i $1.50. 

Library of Education. S ht ing Education. By John Locke. New 
York: J. W. Bilérmeber & C 32mo, pp: 192. 15 cents. 
The Pampas a s — A roig Miles Walk across South America. By N. A. 
Bis pow remp a & Shepard. 1869. 0, pp. 310. 
The d of Zottgia Literature, m Vol. IV. Edited by A. C. L. Günther. 
Filed pe John Van Voorst. 8vo, pp. 678. 
ific Opinion Weekly) for January, 1869. 
London. 
rnal for the Popular Diffusion of Natural Science. Edited age diss C. F. Lüt- 
ken, and Eug. Warming. Series iii Vol. I, Part 1. Copenhagen, 1 
Archiv für Anthropologie. Vol. II, Part 3. eris d 1868. jm 
iary 6,1869. Paris. 8vo. 
Ca aturalist and Geologist. Second perit. Vol. m, Nos. 14. 
The Field. December 19— February 20. London. 
Journal of Travel yp — History. Wol.I, No.4. London. $vo. 
Land and Water. Nov — February 8. . 
— Science iorum decis 1869. €— 
Quarterly Journal of Science. January, 1869. 
Journal. February, March, d “Washington, "i C. $2 2.00 ayear. . 
Bulletin of the National Association of Wool Manufacturers. ., 1869. Boston. 8v0. 
. Le Naturaliste Ca , Bulletin des Recherches, se rap- 
nadien. oaii sx 
a P Histoire — du Canada. Tom. I, No. 2. Janvier 3, February, 186% 
8vo, PP 25, 29 00a y 

jf Fisheries for the year ending January 1, 1869. Boston, 
1869. vo, pp. .m. : 
ume. ntomologist. February 15. Vol.I, No.7. Toronto. 
M American Entomologist. March, 1869. St. Louis: R. P. Studley & Co. $1.00 
OMe Phciiend Objects for the Microscope. By M. C. Cooke. With five hundred 
me London, 1869. 12mo. | Price $1.00. 




