VOL. Iv. ] Recent Literature. 19! 
S. Department of Agriculture. This is a series of papers by B. 
E. Fernow, M. W. Harrington, Cleveland Abbe, and G. E. 
Curtiss, on a subject of great economic importance. 
Grasses of the Pacific Slope, Part zi, being Bulletin No. 13 of 
the Department of Agriculture, Division of Botany. This part, 
issued after the death of Dr. Vasey, contains fifty plates with 
descriptions, titles, and index and completes the volume. It is 
a welcome addition to the literature of the Grasses. 
Erythea for July contains some new species of Californian 
Fungi by J. B. Ellis and B. M. Everhart; an account of A New 
Station for Motholena tenera by S. B. Parish; Remarks on the 
Genoa Congress by Dr. Otto Kunze, and under the title 
‘‘Novitates Occidentales”’ the usual new species, of the custo- 
mary value, by Professor Greene. 
A Dictionary of Botanical Terms: A. A. Crozier. Henry 
Holt & Co., New York 1892. 
The progress in the study of natural sciences during the later 
years has very considerably extended our points of view in 
many directions. In botany, for instance, investigations in 
morphology, anatomy and physiology have been carried out 
to such an extent as to make the introduction of new terms 
necessary, while many of the terms formerly used have been 
dropped. ‘This introduction of new terms and change of older 
ones has caused considerable trouble to both authors and 
students. 
It is, therefore, very natural that a terminology thoroughly 
brought up to date would be welcomed all the world over, since 
a work of that kind would be both an assistance and guide to 
our reading and would enforce uniformity in using the terms as 
generally adopted. A work of that kind, it seems to us, should 
only be the product of careful literary research made by several 
specialists in their respective lines, in order to give a reliable 
result. We, therefore, felt very much surprised to see a book 
of this scope written by a single author. A mere look in the 
book soon convinced us that a very large number of terms had 
been compiled, and so far the book is of some use. 
But since this book will undoubtedly enter the libraries of our 
