Editors’ Table. “Bag 
_ The names of the Corn salad, or Fetticus, or Lamb's lettuce, are, 
in France, mache commune, accroupie, barbe de chanoine, blanchette, 
i blanquette, boursette, chuquette, clairette, coquille, doucette, gallinette, 
laitue de brebis, orillette, pommette, poule grasse, rampon (à Geneve), 
~ Salade de ble, salade de chanoine, salade royale; in Germany, 
4 ackersalat, feldsalat, lammersalat, mausohr, rabinschen, rapunzel, 
= Sthafmaulchen ; in Flanders and Holland, hoornsalad, veldsalad ; 
in Holland, velds/a ; in Denmark, 4ropsalat ; in Italy, valeriana, 
j erba riccia, dolcetta, gallinelle sarzet;? in Spain, canonigos; in 
Portugal, herva benta ; in the Mauritius, mache, doucette3 
_ Among the more ancient names are: Belgian, velt cropper, 
a Lob., 1576; witmoes, veltecrop, elcerooge, Dod., 1616; gallo- 
si belgian, sallade de chanoine, Lob., 1756; in English, /amd’s 
5 lettuce, corne sallade, Gerarde, 1597; in France, blanchette, poule 
rasse, Lugd., 1587; mache, “ Le Jard. Solit.,” 1612. 
i (To be continued.) 
EDITORS’ TABLE. 
EDITORS: E. D. COPE AND J. S. KINGSLEY. 
) Tae meeting of the American Association for the Advance- 
SEF of Science, which has just closed its sessions in New York, 
was in some respects a noteworthy one. Nature was kinder to 
7 net worship pers than has been often the case at this season of 
ete in regions of small elevation and corresponding latitude, 
Siesta temperature experienced in New York was a delightful 
“Mude in a season of exceptional heat and humidity. Although 
-ente fh the citizens were living at their summer resorts, the 
needs Spay furnished was fully equal to the anticipations and 
shave = Association. Indeed, greater hospitality could not 
TORR enjoyed without impairing the effectiveness of the 
ngs, and it is fortunate from this stand-point that New 
he a ity in this respect was not more seriously taxed, 
-Papers € meeting, it may be truly said that the quality of the 
Pers offered never was higher, and their interest and impor- 
ae — never greater. The attendance, though not equal to 
| meee — 1883, 322. 2 Allioni, Fl. Pied., 1785, n- 12. 
: | » 1837, 174. 
