NOTES. 



— Mr. Frances Windle, of Westchester, Pa., sends us an excel- 

 lent photograph of Botrychium obliquum, showing one plant with 

 three perfect panicles of fruit, and also a plant of the variety dis- 

 section. 



— "One Thousand Miles for a Fern" is the title of an article 

 in the February Asa Gray Bulletin, in which Dr. Bessey tells of 

 his trip to South Dakota for specimens of Adiantum Capillus- 

 Vcneris. 



—According to F. H. Knowlton in the Plant World, Selagi- 

 nella apus has been found fossil in the Yellowstone National 

 Park, occurring in indurated clay which is assumed to have been 

 deposited during glacial times. 



— In the Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information of the Royal 

 Botanical Gardens of Trinidad, Mr. G. S. Jenman is publishing 

 "The Ferns of the British West Indies and Guiana." This is 

 mainly an elaboration of his " Ferns of Jamaica," to include the 

 fern flora of other West Indian islands. The work has now pro- 

 gressed as far as Pteris. We are glad to note that the ferns are 

 now being paged separately. 



— In a note to the Botanical Gazette, Mr. J. Schneck says that 

 Pteris crctica should be added to the naturalized flora of Illinois. 

 He has found it growing in several wells, a few feet below the 

 surface, where even in midwinter the fronds were fresh and green. 

 All stages of the plant were found, from the young frondlets to 

 fruiting fronds. People elsewhere who have open wells, might 

 take a hint from Nature in this respect and cultivate in this way, 

 species that will not thrive above ground in their climate. 



BOOK NEWS. 



The companion volume to Dr. Coulter's " Plant Relations " 

 has now appeared and is entitled "Plant Structures."* As its 

 name indicates, it is concerned with the structural development 

 of plants from the lowest algal forms to the dominant seed bearing 

 groups. The necessity for following certain lines of develop- 

 ment in treating the subject, prevents any author from displaying 



••' Plant Structure." a second book of Botany, by John M. Coulter, 

 A. M., Ph. D. New York : D. Appleton & Co., iqoo. 348 pp. $1.10. 



