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The Yeast Plant, A. W. Abbott

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

At the February meeting, 1879, Dr. Abbott read an illustrated paper on the microscopic nature of the Yeast Plant, of which the following is a synopsis.

Report Of The Committee On Botany For 1878, A. E. Johnson

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

Report Of The Committee On Botany, For 1877, A. E. Johnson

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

Viola Pedata L., E. E. Miler

Specimens by Name

No abstract provided.

The Filical Flora Of Minnesota, W. H. Leonard

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

I have the pleasure of reporting the following list of Ferns, with accompanying specimens, as observed by Miss E. W. Cathcart, of St. Paul. There are 30 species and 3 varieties.

Report Of The Committee On Botany: The Mycological Flora Of Minnesota, A. E. Johnson

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

Plants Of Maine: Our Native Flora & Some Notes On Maine Cattle, F. Lamson Scribner

Maine Collection

Plants of Maine: Our Native Flora & Some Notes on Maine Cattle

by F. Lamson Scribner

Two articles originally published in "Agriculture of Maine 1874-5, 19th Annual Report of the Secretary of the Maine Board of Agriculture."

Contents:Ornamental and Useful Plants of Maine / Some Notes on Maine Cattle

Sensitive Stamens In Portulaca, Charles E. Bessey

Papers in Systematics and Biological Diversity

Two years ago my attention was first called to the sensitiveness of the stamens of Portulaca grandiflora, by observing a peculiar motion in them, while a small wild bee was engaged in gathering honey, and perhaps pollen, from the flowers. Upon trial I found that I could, by touching the stamens, make them move through quite considerable arcs of circles. I pursued the investigation somewhat farther at the time, but on account of a pressure of work was compelled to drop it. Last year I again made some examinations which confirmed my previous observations, but declined calling special attention …

George Southard Botany Book, George F. Southard

Rare Books and Manuscripts

Collection of 87 pressed botanical specimens, collected primarily in the vicinity of Gambier, Ohio, between April and June, 1871 by George Franklin Southard, Kenyon College student in the class of 1873. Includes incomplete index. Inscription: "Given to Harry E. Southard, June 15, 1907.

Mushroom Culture: Its Extension And Improvement, William Robinson, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Nature

x, 172 pages : frontispiece, illustrations. "With numberous illustrations" "The country series of farm, garden, and rural books for general use" Case binding, brown cloth with title and frame in black stamp, series title in blind stamp. Folded newspaper article laid in. "A fungus among us" from a Massachusetts newspaper issued Sept. 11, 1980.

Verbena Stricta Vent., M. S. Bebb

Specimens by Name

No abstract provided.

Phyla Lanceolata (Michx.) Greene, M. S. Bebb

Specimens by Name

No abstract provided.

A Treatise On The Improved Culture Of The Strawberry, Raspberry, Gooseberry, And Currant : In Which Are Pointed Out The Best Methods Of Obtaining Ample Crops Of These Fruits, To Which Are Prefixed Descriptions Of The Most Esteemed Varieties, Thomas Haynes

Rare Books, Manuscripts,Government Documents, and Atlases

PREFACE
The following instructions for an improved method of cultivating the STRAWBERRY, RASPBERRY, GOOSEBERRY, and CURRANT, are respectfully submitted to those who desire to obtain these fruits of a large size and of an excellent flavour ; and in full confidence that, where a due regard is paid to the directions laid down, the reward will be ample crops of superior fruit. The STRAWBERRY is a native if woods and shady situations, and consequently ought not to be planted indiscriminately in any place. The object in these pages has been to point out and recommend a method by which its …