362 FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURI rEY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT.
PARSONS, A. L. Peat: its formation, uses and occurrence in New York. 57th
Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus., vol. I, sec. I (or 23d Ann. Rep. State
Geologist, part I): 15-8o. 1905.
A pretty good paper, though chiefly compiled from various earlier non-botanical publications. Contains a bibliography, with most of the titles incomplete. RIES, H. Uses of peat and its occurrence in New York State. 55th Ann. Rep.
N. Y. State Mus. (or 21st Ann. Rep. State Geologist) r53-r9o, pl. 32-36.
1903.
SAVAGE, T. E. A preliminary report on the peat resources of Iowa. Iowa Geol.
Surv. Bull. 2: 5-21. Colored map. 1905.
Reviewed in Jour. Am. Peat Soc. I: 20. 19o8.
SHALER, N. S. General account of the fresh-water morasses of the United
States. U. S. Geol. Surv. Ann. Rep. 10: 255-339, pl. 6-I9, f. 2-38. 1890.
Contains a rudimentary classification of swamps, which has been copied faithfully, without any attempt to improve on it, by many subsequent writers.
SHALER, N. S. The origin and nature of soils. U. S. Geol. Surv. Ann. Rep.
12: (part i) 213-345, pl. 2-3, f. 1-27. "i89I" (1892).
Swamp soils and marine marshes discussed on pages 311-320.
SHALER, N. S. Origin, distribution and commercial value of peat deposits. U. S.
Geol. Surv. Ann. Rep. I6, part 4 (non-metallic mineral resources for
1894): 305-314. "1895."
SMYTH, C. H., Jr. Lake filling in the Adirondack region. Am. Geol. II: 85-90.
1893- (Not seen).
TAYLOR, A. E. The peat deposits of northern Indiana. Ind. Dept. Geol. & Nat.
Resources, Ann. Rep. 31: 73-290, pl. 4-15, f. I-i9, and several maps in
the text rnot numbered. 19O7.
Reviewed in Jour. Am. Peat Soc. I: 20-21. 1908.
TAYLOR, A. E. Indiana peat, its origin and value. Jour. Am. Peat Soc. 2: 30-33,
64-67. 1909.
TRANSEAU, E. N. On the geographic distribution and ecological relations of
the bog plant societies of northern North America. Bot. Gaz. 36: 4oi420. 1903.
One might suppose from reading this otherwise excellent paper that there were a great many more species of bog plants in the glaciated region than in the coastal plain, and very few in Florida; which is decidedly not the case.
TWENHOFEL, W. H. Geologic bearing of the peat beds of Anticosti Island. Am.
Jour. Sci. 18o: 65-71. July, 1910.
A description of a case of peat formation determined by climatic rather than topographic conditions, with references to similar phenomena in other parts of the world.
WATERS, C. F. The flora of a sphagnum hog [in Anne Arundel County, Maryland]. (Abstract). Science II. 22-I5. July 7, 1905.
For further description of this locality see paper hy Chrysler, cited above.