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THE AMERICAN NATURALIST 



[Vol. XLI 



Torret/a, October:— Harper, "Midwinter Observations in South- 

 eastern Mississippi and Eastern Louisiana"; Dowell, "Observations 

 on the Occurrence of Boott's Fern"; Farwell; " Note on the Identity 

 of Trillium obovatum Pursh"; MacKenzie, "Lespedrga .vmuhifn \n 

 New Jersey"; Gager, "Further Note on the Formation of Aerial 

 Tubers in Solanum." 



Voh 7, part 4, of the current botanical series of T musacfions of the 

 Linnean Society of London is devoted to an account of Sutclifiia, 

 representing a new type of MeduUoseje from tin- li)\v( i- Coal ^bas- 



Zoe, September:— Brandegee, "Plants of California," "New Species 

 of Mexican Plants Collected by Dr. C. A. Purpus," and "Plants of 

 Sinaloa." 



The following papers of botanical interest occur in the recently 

 issued second volume of Proceedings of the American Breeders' Asso- 

 ciation: — Shamel, "Tobacco Breeding"; Montgomery, "The Corn 

 Plant as Affected by Rate of Planting"; Lyon, "Some Correlated 

 Characters in Wheat and Their Transmission " ; Ten Eyck, "Plant 

 Adaptation"; Freeman, "The Use of the Seed Plant in the Prevention 

 of Diseases in Wheat"; Ward, "Economic Value of Plant Breeding"; 

 Westiratc. "A ^b■rho.l oF Bivc<lii,o- Strain of Alfalfa from a Single 

 In.livi.luar'; Wcl.hcr. " Convhiti*.., of ( 1,ara<-lcrs in Plant Htv<.lino " ; 

 Keyscr, 'A'ariation in Wheat IlvWrid.'"; Funk, "Practical Corn 



son, "Laboratory^' Work in Pl!int Hivc.ling" T ( iauss. Breeding 

 Drought-Resistant Crops"; Hessey. "Croi. Iniproveuu-nt l.y Ltilizing 

 Wild Species"; Zavitz, "lireeding Cereals"; Hansen, "Breeding 

 Hardy Raspberries for the Northwest"; Carleton, "Fundamental 

 Requirements for Grain Breeding"; Hartley, "Value of Corn Pollen 

 from Suckers vs. from Main Stalks"; Stockdale, "Improvement of 

 Sugar Cane by Selection and Hybridization"; Havs, "American 

 Work in Breeding Plants and Animals"; llans<-n, " M.'tliods of Breed- 

 ing Hardy Fruits"; Williams. "Methods and Besults of llvl.ridi/.- 

 ing Fruits"; Keyser, "Metho.l^ in Whe;,t Breeding"; B,.;,cli, ''(irai.c 

 Bree(hng"; Fruwirtli, "Enclosing Single I'lanis, and its FtlVct on a 

 Large Number of Important Agricultural Specie-,"; Camp, "Br»MMling 

 Grapes"; Patten, "Results from Work in Breeding Hardy Fruits." 



