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renames them under this genus, — without, however, considering the 
nomenclature of the many fungi usually treated as constituting the 
latter. 
A revision of North American puffballs of the group Tylosto- 
macez, by V. S. White, appears in the Buletin of the Torrey pet 
Club for August. 
A revision of the genus Tilletia, by Massee, is contained in the 
Kew Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information for 1899. 
Professor Bailey contributes to Ze World’s Work for September 
an illustrated account of Luther Burbank’s work as a plant breeder. 
Current numbers of the Revue Générale de Botanique contain a 
treatise by Jumelle on the rubber plants of northeastern Madagascar. 
Raphia bast, much used by florists, is considered at length in a 
paper by Sadebeck, reprinted from Vol. XVIII of the Jahrbuch der 
Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten. 
An illustrated paper on the anatomy of the cocoanut, by Winton, 
is published in the October number of The American Journal of 
Science. 
The weeds of Montana are treated by Professor Blankinship in 
Bulletin No. 30 of the Experiment Station of that state. 
Dr. Willis, director of the gardens, has begun the publication of 
an irregular-period journal under the title Annals of the Royal 
Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya. he first number, issued in June last, 
contains a brief history of the gardens and an account of the facilities 
offered for research. 
Volume VIII of the Proceedings of the Towa Academy of Sciences 
contains the following botanical articles : Graw, “ Preliminary List 
of the Flowering Plants of Adair County” ; Fitzpatrick, “ Juglanda- 
cee, Betulacew, and Fagacez of Iowa”; Mueller, ** Shrubs and: 
Trees of Madison County”; Pammel, “Thistles of Iowa, with 
notes on a few other species"; Faurot, “Notes on the Early 
Development of Astragalus caryocarpus.” 
The initial numbers of the Bulletin du Jardin Impérial Botanique. 
de St.Pétersbourg are largely concerned with fungi and lichens. The 
Russian text is accompanied by abstracts in French. 
An account of the Geneva meeting of the newly organized Associ- 
ation I t js printed in the current volume : 
of the Bulletin de r eder Boissier. | 


