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SOCIETY. 



peculiarities, recalling that of Ascoidea, as described by Popta. He- 

 regards the ExoascecE as primitive Ascomycetes, but as in no sense 

 offering a transition to Phycomycetes. — M. H. 



Taxodium distichum, Disease of. By Hermann von Schrenk 

 (Bep. Miss. BoL Gard. vol. xi. p. 23 ; 1900 ; plates, 1, 3-6). — Historical, 

 mycological, and chemical description of a disease known as peckiness," 

 caused by an undetermined fungus mycelium.— G. S. B. 



Taxus. By Angiolo Pucci {Bull. B. Soc. Tosc. Ort. 7, p. 216; 

 July and August 1901). — A very interesting article, giving almost every 

 kind of information about the Yew tribe, and more especially the common 

 form Taxus baccata. — W. C. W, 



Teaching* in Schools {Jour. Imp. Dep. Ayr. W.I. vol. i. No. 3).— 

 Papers on Education in Agri-horticulture almost fill No. 3 of vol. i. They 

 are very valuable and should be consulted by everyone interested in the 

 problem of how best to introduce the teaching of either agri- or horti- 

 culture into our elementary and higher-grade schools. — W. W. 



Tea Plants. By W. C. Stubbs {U.S.A. St. Bd. Louts, im Ann. 

 Bep. 1900). — The Audubon Experiment Station is growing, with the 

 co-operation of the U.S. Dept. of Agr., over six hundred Tea plants, with 

 a view of testing practically the raising and curing of the leaves, which 

 industry has been very successful in South Carolina. — C. H. C. 



Texas, Ecological Relations of the Vegretation of Western. 



By W. L. Bray {Bot. Gaz. vol. xxxii. p. 99 ; No. 2 ; 21 text figs.).— The 

 author maps Texas into several regions ; mentions plants characteristic 

 of various climatic conditions. An account is also givep of the physio- 

 graphy and geology as bearing upon plant-life. — G. H. 



Thrinax Morrisii. By D. Morris {Bull. Bot. Dep. /aw., vol. viii. 

 p. 82). — Native of Anguilla. X dwarf Palm growing on broken lime- 

 stone rocks. It was present in fairly large quantities, and the fan-shaped 

 leaves were used for thatching native huts. The largest and apparently the 

 most matured specimen did not measure more than about 30 to 35 inches 

 in height, and the stem was about 2^ inches in diameter. A plant in 

 the Botanic Garden at Grenada is nearly 5 feet in height. The original 

 plants have been nearly all destroyed in Anguilla. — G. H. 



Thyrsacanthus rutilans. By Ch. Chevalier {Bcv. Hort. Beige, 

 t. xxvii. p. 199 ; September 1901 ; cf. t. xv. p. 14). — Nat. ord. Acan- 

 thacece. A native of New Grenada ; it is described and strongly recom- 

 mended for cultivation. — G. H. 



Tilia dasystyla {T. euchlora). By H. D. W. {Bev. Hort. Beige, 

 t. xxvii. p. 203, September 1901). — A native of the Crimea and Trans- 

 caucasia. This Lime-tree is remarkable for preserving its shiny and 

 dark-green leaves far into the season. The trunk is smooth, of a grey- 



