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dissecting microscope, and the methods of hardening or softening 

 objects for slicing, etc., we think should accompany every 

 popular botany. We would not be understood, however, as implying 

 that this work is more than usually deficient in this respect, on the 

 contrary, the reverse is the case ; but still, far too little is done. 



We notice that in the American Naturalist for September, of the 

 Botanical department of which Prof. Bessey is editor, that he has 

 frequent calls from learners on this subject, and suggests that some 

 microscopist should prepare a certain set of specimens. That, no 

 doubt, would be one step toward the desired object, as showing the 

 student what to look for, but not aiding him much in his own inves- 

 tigations. 



The remaining chapters, to the 20th inclusive, contain an account 



of the classification of plants with notes upon their economic value. 



In the arrangement of the lower orders the author has made some 



innovations which, in practice, he finds useful. This list of alHances 



and orders, which in the Dicotyledons comes near to that of Bentham 



and Hooker, is a convenience which adds greatly to the usefulness 

 of the work. 



The last chapter, xxi, is on the number of species of plants, their 

 affinities, and their distribution in time. Full indices to the text and 

 illustrations complete the work, which welLmeets an increasing desire 

 for information on its subject. 



Preliminary Catalogue of the Flora of Neuf fersey, compiled by 

 N. L. Britton, for the Geological Survey of New Jersey. — A consid- 

 erable number of copies of this Catalogue have been distributed 

 among those who have worked in this field, that by their assistance 

 errors may be eliminated and additions made either of plants or lo- 

 calities that have escaped the notice of the energetic and scrupulous 

 compiler. It is requested that the books be returned to Prof. Geo, 

 H. Cook, State Geologist, New Brunswick, N. J., at the close of the 

 season of 1882. The list takes in all the botanical orders as far as 

 the workers have reported. 



This Catalogue promises to be the most complete of any in this 

 country, and it is to be hoped that all who have any old observations 

 to report, or who have the facilities for investigating further in this 

 field, win make use of this rare opportunity to contribute to what will 



foiirnal of 



Jersey 



of Hewett C. Watson' (with plate), by J. G. Baker; ' Synopsis of the 

 Genus Pitcairnia; by J. G. Baker; 'On a New Araliacca of uncer- 

 tain Origin,' by H. F. Hance ; ' A New Tree Fern from Jamaica,' 



by G, S. Jenman ; and 'In Memory of Reginald Pryor,' by James 

 Britten. 



l!\\t Botanical Gazette for September contains : Notes on Chap- 

 mannia and Garberia, by A. H. Curtiss ; Botanical Notes from Illi- 

 nois, by Rev. E. J. Hill ; Nasturtium lacustre, by A. F. Foerste ; 

 Albiiusm, by Thomas Meehan, in which the author notes a case of 

 reversion of white to blue flowers in Wahlenbergia grandiflora ; Note 

 on the rootstocks of Convolvulus sepiujn, by w! W. Bailey ; and 



Nymph 



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