ces. It is a sympathetic sketch of the life of a strong and industrious 



A recent bulletin (No. 10) from the Division of Forestry of the U. 

 S. Department of Agriculture, with the title "Timber," contains much 

 of general botanical interest. Such topics as " wood of coniferous 

 trees," " wood of broad-leaved trees," " weight of wood," "shrinkage of 

 wood," " mechanical properties of wood," etc., illustrate the scope of 

 the work. It is deserving of a place in any botanical library 



Professor R. A. Harper's confirmation of the act of fertilization in 

 Si'huerotlitat co.4<it/iiel, in the luricht' der Di'iitxcho) £tit<itii.--clten 

 Geselhchaft (Bd. XIII, heft. 10) brings grateful relief from the monot- 

 onous repetition of doubts as to the accuracy of DeBary's work. The 

 applicability of modern imbedding processes to the study of the life- 

 history of the smaller fungi has rarely been better demonstrated than 

 in this satisfactory paper. 



The Eli Lilly Co., of Indianapolis, have recently issued an " Ex- 

 change List" of their herbarium. It includes 976 names, all in the 



The Report of the Botanical Department of the New Jersey Experi- 

 mental Station, by Dr. Halsted, possesses more than the usual interest 

 of similar publications. With much of practical value, the author has 

 mingled a great deal which possesses high scientific interest. 



In Professor Scribner's New North American Grasses {Bot. Gas., 

 March, 1896), four new species and one new genus are described, viz. : 

 Avena morioniana from Silver Plume, Colo. ; Danthonia parryi from 

 Georgetown, Colo. ; Zeug rioua broad-leaved species 



from Cuernavaca, Mexico, and Pringleochloa stolonifera, from the 

 vicinity of Mt. Orizaba, Mexico. The new genus is apparently very 

 close to Bulbilu (Buchloe). 



The Field Columbian Museum recently issued No. 2 of the Botanical 

 Series of its publications. It contains the " Flora of West Virginia," 

 by Dr. Millspaugh, and is a considerable enlargement of an experi- 

 ment station report made by the same author a couple of years ago. 

 It includes 2584 names, of which 980 are Fungi, 115 Lichens, 123 

 Bryophytes, 57 Pteridophytes, and 1309 Authophytes. The nomen- 

 clature is modern and the work is well done, but one is sorely puzzled 

 with the peculiar sequence of families in the Fungi, in which one finds 

 in strange juxtaposition Saccharomycetacece, Diatomacea; and Myx- 

 omycetece (pp. 84-85). 



Professor Greene's " New Western Plants," in the Proceedings of 

 the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Feb. 7, 1896), con- 



