No. 443-] NOTES AND LITERATURE. 



Action of some of the Heavy Metals in Mixed Solutions " ; Rennert, 

 " The Phyllodes of Oxypolis filiformis, a swamp Xerophyte " ; and, 

 Fink, "Some common Types of Lichen Formations." 



The Canadian Record of Science, Volume 9, No. i, contains a sum- 

 mary of the " Progress of Botany in the 19th Century," by Campbell, 

 and a note by Emberson on the "Trees of Montreal Island." 



The Journal of the Neiv York Botanical Garden for July contains 

 an account by Professor Underwood of explorations in Jamaica and 

 an account of the Tree-fern house of the New York Garden. 



The Plant World for July contains the following articles : — Saf- 

 ford, " Extracts from the Note-Book of a Naturalist on the Island of 

 Guam. — VIII » ; Barrett, " [Size of flowering Furcraa] " ; Waters, 

 "The resting period of Plants"; Schneck, "The Cross-bearing 

 Bignonia or Cross Vine"; George, "The Preservation of Native 

 Plants"; Bailey, "Plants of Universal Application"; Harper, "The 

 Water Hyacinth in Georgia"; and Waters, [Tipularia]." 



Rhodora for July contains the following articles :- Fern aid, 

 "Chrv.urn thcmu m Icucanthcmum and the American White Weed"; 

 Sargent, "Recently Recognized Species of Crataegus in Eastern 

 Canada and New England, — V. " ; Robinson, "Preliminary Lists 

 of New England Plants - XII. [Eriocaulace*, Phytolacca.-, Aizoa- 

 ceaj, Portulacaceae, Caryophyllacea, Illecebraceae and Sarracenia- 

 cese]"; a short biographical sketch of Henry Gnswold Jesup: 

 Flynn, " A second Station for Cyperus Houghtoni in Vermont ; and 

 Morss, ^Clematis verticiUaris in the Middlesex Fells." 



Torreva, for July, contains the following articles Lloyd, "A 

 ™» ,„,1 ,L an form of Auxanometei >>' ; Nash, "Anew Aletns from 



Florida"; Cowell, "1 



Kitts, W. L"; Flynn, "Plants new to Vermont, 



from the island of 



and vicinity ; 

 Waltheria fron 



Among the 



Lippia fiom Porto Rico, and A new 



ml llarpe!. 



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