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VOLUME 8 
N U M B E R- 2 ■ 
FEBRUARY, 1905 
Containing 
A Glimpse at Early Botanical Literature. Professor L. M. Underwood 25 
A Summer in the Tropics. Mary M. Brackett (conclusion) ..... 29 
Notes on Some Plants of Northeastern Iowa. Professor L. H. Pammel 31 
Fasciation in the Cherry. Jacoa Schneck, M.D.. . 35 
A Tropical Water Plant. I. D. C. • • 37 
The Wild Flower Preservation Society of America. 
Report of the President, Professor Charles E. Bessey .39 
The Teachers Department. 
Demonstration of Positively Geotropic Shoots. Professor K. 
Goebel . ...43 
The Relation of Salts to Natural Vegetation .. 44 
The Protection of Winter Buds .. 45 
Reviews .. 46 
Notes .. 47 
Supplement. 
Report of a Botanical Symposium held at McCall’s Ferry, Pa., 
July 1, 1905. Joseph Crawford ..... ...... 49 
Lancaster, Pa. & New York 
Copyright by Francis Ernest Lloyd, 1905. 
Entered as Second-Class Matter February q, fQOj, ai the Post-OJjfice, at Lancaster, Fa., under the 
Act of Congress of March 3 , 187 Q . 
