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Notes and illustrations concerning Robinia Neo-Mexicana are pub- 

 lished by Phillips in Forestry and Irrigation for February. 



An illustrated economic account of Nyssa aquatica, by von Schrenk, 

 has been reprinted from the "Silver anniversary edition" of The 

 Southern Luml>ennan. 



Vaccinium Dohhini is the name proposed by Bumham in Jlie 

 American Botanist of Fel)ruary for a New York relative of V. vacillans. 



A revision of Spilanthes, by A. H. Moore, constituting no. 33 of the 

 new series of "Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard 

 University," is published as vol. 42, no. 20 of the Proceedings of the 

 American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 



A paper on Citharexylum, by Greenman, forms Publication 117 oi 

 the Field Columbian Museum. 



On Pringle's Santa Catalina Mountain material of 1881, Dode 

 bases a new Juglans ela^opijn n in tlic Ihillcfin de VHerbier Boissier 

 of February 28. 



An economic account of the walnut in Oregon is published by 

 Lewis in Bulletin no. 92 of the Agricultural Experiment Station of that 

 State. 



A new Californian oak, Qucrcus Pricei, is described by Sudworth 

 in Forestry and Irrigation for March. 



Several new aloids ami otlicr succulents are described by Berger in 



urns zu Berlin. 



Agave desert i is fion.v.l in detail in Icones Selectee Horti Thenrnsi.s; 

 vol. 6, fasc. 1. 



A series of notes on Ahietinea-, by Hickel, are appearing in the 

 Bulletin de la Snriitr I)n,drnhn,i^inr <le Frmwe. 



Cardotand Tlu'riot rcju-rt on a collection of C,:", Ala>kan ino.ses in 

 vol. 2, no. 13 of the rnirrr.ih, njCnIijnrnia Puhlimtinn.. Bntan,,. 



