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THE AMERICAN NATURALIST [Vol. XL 



oratory of Harvard University^ — LXII, in vol. 41, no. 11, of Proceed- 

 ings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, issued in July. 



Mangin and Viala give an account of Stearophora radicicola, a fun- 

 gus parasite of the roots of Vitis, in the Revue de Viticulture of July 6. 



Holway has begun the publication of a series of descriptions with 

 photomicrographic illustrations of the North American Uredinese. 

 The first fascicle, dealing v^ith the Puccinias of Ranunculacese, Ber- 

 beridacese, Papaveracese, Bromeliacese, Commelinacese, Juncacese, 

 Liliacese, Amaryllidacese, Iridaceje, and Orchidacese, Avas issued on 

 the 15th of April. 



A paper by Peglian on the Urophlyctis disease of alfalfa is pub- 

 lished in vol. 14, no. 12, of Attidella R. Accademia dei Lincei. 



An illustrated account of the Ustilaginese of Connecticut, by Clinton, 

 forms Bidletin no. 5 of the Geological and Natural History Survey of 

 that State. 



An illustrated article on "Mushrooms and Toadstools" is published 

 by Arthur in The Country Calendar for September. 



A well illustrated preliminary report on the IIymoMial(\s of Con- 

 necticut, by White, forms liullelin no. 3 of thr Cmhu/iraJ and Safural 

 History Survey of the State. 



by Webber and Swinu;!,', is M>p:.rat(>l\ printed from the Yrarbnokofthe 

 United Stales- Drpar/iiiinf oj \t/r!rii/fiin' j'nr 11)04. 



The maple-Mipn- iiidu.iry toriii- iIh- Mih)ect of liullefin no. 50 of the 

 Bureau of Forestry, Cnlird Stair., Department of A<,ricultnr<; l)v Fox 

 and Hubbard. 



A paper on red gum (Liquidambar), by Cliittcndcu mik! llatl, has 

 recently appeared as Bulletin no. 58 of the Bureau of Forr.s-tn/, United 

 States Department of Agriculture. 



De Vries describes some of Burbank's methods in Popular Science 

 Monthly for August. 



An account of Kola i,i V..nil,i, l.md i. n-iv.-n l.v lirnH-au in Drr 

 Tropenpflanzer for July. 



Statistics concerning v(-i-l)a mate il/e.r /yiraf/iuii/ensu\-) -ire fiven in 

 Daily Consular Report Xo. 2247. of May 2. ' ' ' " 



