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Messrs. Gardiner and Hill discuss the histology of the endosperm 

 during germination in Tamus and Galium, in the Proceedings of the 

 Cambridge Philosophical Society of August 13. 



A leaf section of Tecoma, showing the sunken nectar gland, is 

 published in the Gardetiers' Chronicle for July 19. 



A useful directory of agricultural experiment stations in foreign 

 countries is published as Bulletin No. 112 of the Office of Experi- 

 ment Stations, U. S. Department of Agriculture. 



The tropical growth of epipthytes, which proves detrimental to 

 the growth of cacao and lime trees, is discussed by Howard in the 

 West Indian Bulletin, Vol. Ill, No. 2. 



An article by Fawcett on the banana industry in Jamaica is con- 

 tained in No. 2 of the current volume of the West Indian Bulletin, 

 which also has an article by Hart on the preparation of essential 

 oils in the West Indies, and an article by Freeman on the aloe 

 industry of Barbados. 



Country Life in America is publishing a series of articles on the 

 making of a country home, which, like everything else published 

 in that journal, are beautifully and instructively illustrated. 



The growth of the famous St. Michaels pineapple is described by 

 Bernegau in Dcr Tropenpflanzer for August. 



Consul Ragsdale reports on Ginseng in China, in Advance Sheets 

 of Consular Reports of August 23. 



An article on " Coffee ; Its History and Commerce," by Marshall, 

 is contained in the American Journal of Pharmacy for August. 



The World's Work for September contains an interesting article 

 by Howard on breeding new kinds of corn. 



A comparative anatomical study of water lilies, by Chifflot, is pub- 

 lished as fascicle 10 of the Annate de /' Universite de Lyon. 



As a reprint from the Annals of the Carnegie Museum, Mr. Ashe 

 issues descriptions of a number of new Pennsylvanian species of 

 Crataegus. 



The opening double number of Vol. XVI of the Annate dcs Sci- 

 ences Naturelte, Botanique, is entirely occupied with ovule studies of 

 Rosaceae. 



A paper on the root tubercles of Medicago and other leguminous 

 plants, by Professor Peirce, constitutes No. 10 of the current volume 

 of botanical Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 



