978 The American Naturalist. [November, 
SCIENTIFIC NEWS. 
Dr. Carl Róse, so well known for his investigations on the structure 
and development of the teeth, has issued, in connection with Dr. A. 
Gysi, of Zürich, a set of twelve microphotographs of the histology of 
the teeth. The photographs are 18 cm. square, and are sold at 12 
marks ($3.00) the set. Dr. Rése’s address is Friedrichstrasse, 12, 
Freiburg i B, Germany. 
Professor Lamson Scribner had his entire herbarium which was 
especially rich in grasses, stored in the Knoxj warehouse which was 
burned in August. The entire collection except the genus Panicum 
was destroyed. 
Mr. T. H. Kearney, Jr., has been appointed Curator in the Colum- 
bia College New York Herbarium. 
Dr. Harrison Allen has resigned the directorship of the Wistar In- 
stitute of Anatomy in Philadelphia, and Dr. Horace Jayne has taken 
his place. 
Prof. Chas. T. Prosser has left Washburn College;Topeka Kansas, 
and has taken a position at Union College Schenectady, New York. 
The Academy of Sciences} of San} Francisco has;{published an 
illustrated volume of Proceedings consisting}largely of important con- 
tributions to the zoology of Lower California. 
Errata.—In the Article “Abalone or Haliotis Shells of the Cal- 
ifornian Coast,” on page 858, ninth line from top,4“ Asithese'strips of 
solid silver,” should read “As thin strips of solid silver.” 
