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Transactions of the Vassar Brothers Institute, Poughkeepsie. Vol. IV. 
Mulford : Notes on a few forms of bacteria found at Vassar College. 
Transactions of Wagner Free Institute of Science of Philadelphia, 1887 . 
Heilprin : Explorations of the West-Coast of Florida. 
United States Department of Agriculture. 
Vasey : Report of the botanist for 1886. 
Scribner : Report of the mycologist. 
Fernow : Report of the chief of forestry. 
Dudley : Structure of certain timber-ties. Forestry Division, Bull. I. 
AUSTRALASIA. 
1. NEW SOUTH WALES. 
Journal of the Royal Society of New South Wales. Vol. XIX. 
MacPherson : Some causes of the decay of the Australian forests. 
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 2nd series, 
vol. II. 
Part 1. Woolls : A glance at the Flora of Mount Wilson. 
„ — Haviland : Flowering seasons of Australian plants (continued in 
No. 2). 
„ — Ratte : Notes on some Australian Fossils ( Salisburia palmata , emend. 
from Jeanpaulia or Baiera palmata, Ratte). 
„ — Katz : Notes on the bacteriological examination of water from the 
Sydney Supply. No. Ill (continued in No. 2). 
,, — Ratte : Additional evidence on fossil Salisburiae from Australia. 
„ 2. Katz : On an improved method of cultivating microorganisms on 
potatoes. 
„ — von Mueller : Descriptive record of two plants additional to the 
Flora of Australia and occurring also in New South Wales. 
„ — Hamilton : A list of the indigenous plants of the Mudgee district. 
„ — Katz : Preliminary remarks on phosphorescent Bacteria from sea- 
water. 
,, 3. von Mueller : Report on a small collection of plants from the Aird 
River obtained by Mr. H. Bevan during his recent expedition. 
,, — Maiden : Notes on some indigenous sago and tobacco obtained from 
New Guinea. 
,, — • Haviland : Flowering seasons of Australian plants. 
„ - — Katz : Microorganisms in tissues of diseased horses. 
II. NEW ZEALAND. 
Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 2nd series, 
Vol. XVIII. 
Travers : Notes on the difference in food-plants now used by civilised 
man as compared with those used in pre-historic times. 
Bartley : The building timbers of Auckland. 
