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THE AMERICAN NATURALIST. [Vol. XXXVII. 



In the Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadel- 

 phia, LV, Part I, Keeley gives directions for the preparation of Dia- 



The American Botanist for June contains the following articles, all 

 popular: — Bradshaw, "Poppies"; Stillman, "A climbing Fern"; 

 Barrett, "Odd Odors"; Dallas, "Hints for Beginners in the Study 

 of Mushrooms"; [Clute], "Botany for Beginners — III " ; Field, 

 " New Jersey Tea " ; and, Goetting, " Children's Names for Flowers." 



The Atlantic Slope Naturalist, a new, popular, little journal, con- 

 tains in the July- August number a short note by Bessey on the " Dis- 

 tribution of Forest Trees on the Nebraska Plains," and a note by 

 Rotzell on " The Smoking of Red-Willow Bark by the American 

 Aborigines." 



The botanical Bi/iang till Kong!. Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens 

 Handlingar, Volume 28, recently published, contains a number of 

 important papers in various fields of botany. 



The Bryologist for July contains the following articles: — Harris, 

 "Lichens — Sticta"; E. G. Britton, "West Indian Mosses in 

 Florida"; Renauld, " Hypnum capillifolium Baileyi"; Williams, 

 "Additional Mosses of the Upper Yukon River"; Grout, "The 

 Peristome, V " ; and a continuation of reprints of Cardot and 

 Theriot's " Mosses of Alaska " from the Proceedings of the Washing- 

 ton Academy of Sciences. 



The Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences for 

 April-May contains the following botanical articles : Abrams, "New 

 Southern California Plants"; Davidson, "New plant records for 

 Los Angeles County, —II. ; Hasse, " Additions to the Lichen- Flora 

 of Southern California"; Hasse, The Lichen-flora of San Clemente 

 Island " ; and Hasse, " Additions to the Lichen-flora of Southern 

 California,— II." 



The Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences for 

 June contains the following botanical articles :— Heller, "Notes on 

 Plants from Middle Western California"; Davidson, "New Plant 

 Records for Los Angeles County, — III. " ; and Hasse, "Additions 

 to the Lichen-flora of Southern California, — III." 



The Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club for July contains the 

 following articles — Nash, "A preliminary Enumeration of the 

 Grasses of Porto Rico " ; True and Gies, " On the Physiological 



