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to Flesh-Flies”; Bennett, * Additions to the Flora of Milwaukee 
County"; and Brown and Fernekes, * Contribution toward a List 
of Milwaukee County Fungi." 
A number of illustrations of botanical interest are contained in 
the recently published seventh Report of the Forest, Fish and Game 
Commission of New York 
The Engelmann Botanical Club of St. Louis has issued an excel- 
lent bulletin on tree planting, giving practical instruction as to what 
not to do, as well as what to do, in attempting to beautify a city by 
the growth of trees, 
Dr. Urbina, of the Museo- Nacional of Mexico, has distributed 
from the Anales of that institution a botanical study of the various 
Zapotes of Mexico. 
In a separate recently issued from the Z»*azsactions of the Royal 
Society of Canada, Dr. Fletcher writes on the value of nature study 
in education. 
The principles of generic nomenclature are discussed by Mr. Shear 
in the Botanical Gazette for March. 
The leaf forms of Liriodendron are discussed and figured by 
Berry in Zorreya for March. 
An account of the acaulescent violets of central New York, by 
H. D. House, is published in Zorreya for May. 
A new species of Viola, V. angelle, from New Jersey, is described 
by Polland in Torreya for February. 
A yellow-fruited form of Zex myrtifolia is noted by R. M. Harper 
in Zorreya for March. 
Ailanthus grandis, a new Indian species, is described and figured 
by Prain in Zhe Indian Forester for April ; he also gives comparative 
notes on the other species of the genus and their distribution. 
The morphology and anatomy of Azorella Selago are treated 
by Charlotte Ternetz in Heft 1 of Abtheilung I of the Botanische 
Zeitung for this year. 
Continuing his studies of Ochnacez, Van Tieghem, in the April 
Journal de Botanique, separates from the old genus Ochna the new 
genera Ochnella, Porochna, and Discladium, giving differential keys 
for the genera of the tribe Ochnez as so constituted. 
A new Zauschneria, Z. arizonica, is described by Dr. Davidson in 
the Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences for Janu- 
ary, — the initial number of this publication. 
