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The Journals. — ^////^///^ of the Torrey Botanical Club, February: 

 Richards and MacDougal, "Influence of Carbon Monoxide and 

 other Gases upon Plants "; Berry, " Additions to the Flora of the 

 Matawan Formation Griffiths, Concerning some West American 

 Smuts"; Dandeno, "Mechanics of Seed-Dispersion in Ricinus commu- 

 nis''; and Howe, " Notes on Bahaman Algje." 



Journal of Mycology, January : — Morgan, " xA New Sirothecium "; 

 Hedgcock, " Proof of the Identity of Phoma and Phyllosticta on the 

 Sugar Beet"; Atkinson, "Notes on the Genus Harpochytrium "; 

 Kellerman, "Notes from Mycological Literature " — VIII, and 

 " Index to Uredineous Infection Experiments." 



Journal of the Neio York Botanical Garden, February :— Britton, 

 "George Washington's Palms"; Small, "The Economic Museum"; 

 Nash, "Interesting Plants in Flower in the Conservatories"; Britton, 

 "Botanical Exploration of the PhiUppine Islands." 



Notes. — Two interesting illustrated articles, by Massart, are pub- 

 lished in the September Bulletin du fardin Botanique de TEtat a 



level, and how young leaves are protected against climatic excesses. 

 The second is illustrated by Ducos-du-Hauron plates in red and blue 

 which give a neutral tint stereoscopic effect when viewed through 

 accompanying red and blue spectacles. 



An important paper by Reinke, on " Botanisch-geologische Streif- 

 ziige au den Kusten des Herzogtums Schleswig," is published as a 

 complementary heft to Vol. 8, N. F. of the Wissenschaftliche Meeresun- 

 tersuchungen published by the German Sea Commission of Kiel. 



The first part of a study of the plankton of the Illinois River, by 

 Kofoid, published as Article 2 of Vol. 6 of the Bulletin of the Illinois ^ 

 State Laboratory of Natural History, forms a quarto volume of xviii 

 + 629 pages, with numerous diagrams and plates. 



Adventive bud formation on leaves of Yucca gloriosa is noted by 

 Lutz in the Journal de Botanique of December. 



Nasmith writes on the chemistry of wheat gluten in No. 4 ^"^^ 

 Physiological Series of University of Toronto Studies. 



