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phyllum). This plant grows sparingly about Lincoln, Neb. 
along the Platte River it is very abundant upon the sandy 
-near the river, and upon land which has, after ploughing, be 
allowed to lie idle. About Long Pine and Valentine it alme 
entirely replaces Amarantus albus, the common tumble-weed, 
but at Chadron the latter occurs almost to the exclusion of the 
winged pig-weed. Ata little distance the two. plants look ex 
actly alike excepting in color. The winged pig-weed is ofa 
light yéllowish-green color, while the other is dark green— 
Charles E. Bessey. : ; 
tany in the A. A. A. S.—An examination of the daily 
programme issued by the Association shows that there wert 
nevertheless, it remains true that many short papers arè "i 
because of the fact that the author did not take time to fully 
Botanical News.—There have lately appeared English 
lations of two valuable German botanical works;—ViZ» 
omparative Morphology and Biology of the Fung}, Myce , 
and Bacteria,” by De Bary, and the “ Lectures on the i 
ology of Plants,” by Sachs, Both books are brought o 
the Clarendon Press of Oxford. “The Task of #F 
Botanists” is discussed by Dr. F 
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