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apple. The grafted trees bear in about four years, seedlings re- 
quire double that time and are not reliable.” 
AMERICAN GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.— January 31st. The 
bers received the Earl of Dufferin, Governor-General of Canada, 
and then considered Capt. H. W. Howgate’ s plan for the explora- 
oa of the Cere regions.. Addresses were delivered by Capt. 
wgate, C. Bryant, Mr. Bayard Taylor, Bee Lh 
Haye and EREI Justice Daly, President of the Socie 
APPALACHIAN Mountain CLus.—February 13th. ee were 
read on the Mt. Desert Hills, by Rev. J. C. Adams, and on Roan 
Mountain, North Carolina, by Prof. J. H. Huntington. > 
Boston SOCIETY oF NATURAL HISTORY. January 16th. Mr. 
G. W. Bond made a communication on the Origin of the Merino 
race of sheep. 
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES. — February 13th. 
Prof. B. G. Wilder read a paper on the erial respiration of Amia. 
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SCIENTIFIC SERIALS.) 
THE GEOGRAPHICAL MAGAZINE.— January. Language-map of 
the East Indies, by R. Cust. The north-western frontier of India. 
The still unexplored parts of South America, by C. R. Markham. 
The ancient silk-traders’ route across central Asia. Affairs in 
Japan, by R. H. Brunton. 
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ScIencE.—February. Echinoid fauna 
of Brazil, by R. Rathbun. Poplars of North America, by S 
Watson. 
ANNALES DES SCIENCES NATURELLES. — December 31, 1877. 
Micitsire sur l'Embryologie des Némertes, par J. Barrois. Expé- 
riences sur le Developpement rubanaire du Bysicerene Phomme, 
par M. Redon. 
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