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roides. L. annotinum is more of a mountain form and not likely 

 to be found near sea level, at least so far south. It may be noted 

 in passing that the spores of L. alopecuroides and L. alopecuroides 

 adpressum are not shed until very late in the year. In the first 

 week of October they were sending out clouds of spores at the 

 slightest touch. 



— The O. S. U. Naturalist has changed its name to the Ohio 

 Naturalist— a very commendable step. 



BOOK NEWS* 



Dr. C. C. Abbott's latest book, "In Nature's Realm, "* comes 

 from a new publishing house, and in both literary and mechanical 

 qualities is well calculated to establish a reputation for excellent 

 book-making. The author is familiar with all sorts of living things 

 and his observations regarding them are always entertaining. In 

 the present volume such subjects as " Views Afoot," "A Cheerful 

 Fog," " Xine Spring Corner," "Sour Grapes," "A Fence rail 

 Fancy" and " A Marsh Madrigal" engage his attention The 

 book, which is printed on deckle-edged paper and handsomely 

 bound, is embellished as well as illustrated with nearly a hundred 

 drawings of birds, insects and reptiles mentioned and of the places 

 they inhabit. 



At the meeting of fern students in New York, last June, eight 

 papers were presented. Five of these have now been published 

 under the title of " Fernwort Papers,"! uniform with the report 

 of the Boston meeting. In this new pamphlet Mr. Eaton discusses 

 the genus Isoetes in New England, and describes four new species 

 and one variety ; Prof. Underwood presents some observations on 

 the system of arranging the ferns proposed in "Die Naturlichen 

 Prlanzenfamilien ;" Miss Slosson records some experiments in 

 hybridizing ferns; Mr. Gilbert argues for the recognition of 

 Athyrium as a genus, and Mr. Maxon gives an account of the 

 American localities for the Hart's tongue. The pamphlet marks 

 another step in the advancement of the Fern Chapter, and will be 

 of interest to all who love ferns. 



•In Nature's Realm. By C. C. Abbott. Trenton, N. J. Albert Brandt. 

 iqoi. 8 vo., 305 pp , $i-5o net. 



tFernwort Papers. Printed for the Linnaean Fern Chapter. Bing- 

 hamton, N. Y. \V. N. Clute & Co., 1900. 8 vo., 46 pp.. 25c. 



