By C. E. Bessey and H. J. Webber, Pp. 162. Report of the Botanist to the Nebraska State Board of Agriculture. An especial canvas of the grasses and forage plants of Nebraska has been made, and the results are given in this report, in the shape of lists of species found in various sections, introduced species, diseases of forage plants, remarks on cultivation, etc.

The more important part of the report, as well as the larger, is the catalogue of plants of the state. The list includes fungi as well as flowering plants, and it differs from most, or all, American catalogues in placing the lowest orders first in the list. It also follows the extreme European views concerning capitalization and punctuation of botanical names. We had hoped that America would escape the ingratitude of writing a man's name without a capital, especially since nothing is to be gained by it. The catalogue is well made, and the notes, especially in the fungi, are full and interesting. This is the second flora of Nebraska yet attempted, the first one having been made by Professor Samuel Aughey, so long ago as 1875. 1890 species and varieties are now enumerated.