. Botanical gazette. Plants. Botanical Gazette. Vol. VI. NOVEMBER, 1881. No. 11, Editorial.—M. D'ARBAUMONxhas begLiii the publication of an elaborate paper on the anatomy of "The Stem of the ; Trimen's Journal for October records the death of Freder'ck Ci'rrey, for 20 years secretary of the Linnean Society. VVe brought Dr. Gray home sooner than he intended. He sails from England on October 26, arriving here probably about the 4th or 5th of November. Dr. J. ScHNECK has found Artemisia annua growing plentifully in Daviess county, Ind., and says that it was the greenest weed t
. Botanical gazette. Plants. Botanical Gazette. Vol. VI. NOVEMBER, 1881. No. 11, Editorial.—M. D'ARBAUMONxhas begLiii the publication of an elaborate paper on the anatomy of "The Stem of the ; Trimen's Journal for October records the death of Freder'ck Ci'rrey, for 20 years secretary of the Linnean Society. VVe brought Dr. Gray home sooner than he intended. He sails from England on October 26, arriving here probably about the 4th or 5th of November. Dr. J. ScHNECK has found Artemisia annua growing plentifully in Daviess county, Ind., and says that it was the greenest weed to be seen at the end of the nine weeks drought. Mr. C. G. Pringle has spent the past in the west. He has collected many good things in Arizona, near Tucson, and is now in Oregon. Such a collector will bring in much new material. Mr. J. A. Sanford, of Toledo, Ohio, is preparing a catalogue of Lucas County plants. Such a county should yield richly, as it lies along the lake and contains the swampy mouth of the Maumee River. Mr. Thos. Meehan has been observing Talinum tcrcfifo/iuvi and finds that its flowers always open regularly at i p. m.; though for one season they closed promptly at two and the next at any tmie between two and five. The Yorkshire Naturalists' Union has what are called "Fun- gus Forays," to which all mycologists are cordially invited. Why not have "Lichen Liftings," "Moss Meanderings," "Fern Frolics," and "Exogenous Excursions?" Prof. W. J. Beal has 200 different grasses and clovers growing, each in a separate bed, in the garden attached to the Michigan Agri cultural College. It has taken several years to make the collection, which is being added to yearly. Sir John Lubbock in observing the seeds of Stipa pcnnatd has discovered that they take advantage of the action of the wind, and are thus buried by the corkscrew-like movement of the twisted awn. In his observations apparently the question of hydrosc
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