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imerican Society of Naturalists. The author rightly urges 
American botanists to work along lines suggested by their sur- 
roundings. “In the remoter districts the absorbing work for 
_ some time to come must be the collecting of specimens and the 
_ accumulation of field-notes.* In the older parts of the country 
Ms——Late numbers of the Fournal of the Linnean Society 
Contain B 
aa r?” Bateson and Darwin’s “ Effect of Stimulation on Tur- 
T ascent Vegetable Tissues ;’ King’s “ Observations on,the Genus 
Be Masses" Disease of Colocasia: in Jamaica,” with an 
a Uctory note by Morris; and Bennett’s paper on the “ Af- 
and Classification of Alge.” In the August Fournal of 
aker continues his“ Synopsis of the Tillandsiez,” and. 
Son his “ Remarks on the Nomenclature of the Eighth 
He F the ‘London Catalogue.’” A short paper on the 
o Ko Of Botany in Japan,” accompanied by a portrait of 
cin Ni 0. 4, from the Botanical Division of the Depar® 
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aker’s further contributions to the “ Flora of Mada- 
a Gazette is announced in the August number. — fe 
§ accepted the chair of Botany in the University of | i 
PON with special reference to the Indo-Malayan and Chinese © 
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