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as exists in other countries for the guidance of botanical collectors 

 and amateurs, has long been felt in our own," was well shown by the 

 large number of orders which, we are informed, were received for the 

 Handbook, from all sections of the country, months previous to its 

 publication. After a careful perusal of the work, we take pleasure 

 in stating that it fills the long-existing hiatus in our botanical Utera- 

 ture in a manner which reflects great credit on both its author and 

 its publisher, and in a manner, too, which cannot prove otherwise 

 than satisfactory to the large number who will have occasion to con- 

 sult its pages for their guidance. 



In writing the Handbook, Prof. Bailey has not relied entirely 

 upon his own long experience as a collector, but has sought and ob- 

 tained the aid of other workers who are prominently known in their 

 several specialties. For example, Mr. Charles Wright has contributed 

 an article on the preparation of Cactaceae, etc.; Mr. Thos. P. James 

 has furnished directions for the collection and preservation of mosses; 

 Prof. Edw. Tuckerman has given the result of his experience in the 

 preparation of lichens ; Rev. Francis Wolle has furnished notes on 

 the collection and preservation of fresh-water algae ; and Mr. Chas. 

 H. Peck has contributed an entire chapter on the subject of collect- 

 ing, preparing and mounting fungi, while instructions for gathering 

 and mounting marine algae have been gleaned by the author from the 

 writings of Profs. Eaton, Harvey and others. The notes of these 

 various collaborators, along with those of the author on herborizing, 

 fill the first three chapters of the book, the remaining ones being 

 devoted to the subjects of: * Closet- Work;* * The Herbarium;' 'Bib- 

 liography;' and * Public Herbaria.' 



The book is well written throughout ; the directions are plainly 

 and concisely expressed; the copious illustrations are well executed; 

 and the work, while it should find a place in the library of every 

 working botanist, must prove especially valuable to that large^ class 

 of beginners and amateurs who have hitherto been seeking in the 

 dark for just such instruction as is here given within so small a 

 compass and at so low a price. 



Nova Scotia7i Fungi by J. Somers, M.D. In this pamphlet, kindly 

 sent us by the author, are enumerated the names of 8i species of 

 fungi collected during the year i8So in the vicinity of Halifax. This 

 list is a continuation of an enumeration published in Vol. v of the 

 Transactions of the Nova Scotia Institute of Natural Science. 



Catalogue of the Phaenogamous and Vascular Cryptoga'mous 

 Plants of Ifidiana. By the Editors of the Botanical Gazette and Prof. 

 Charles R. Barnes. 8vo. pamph. pp. 38. Crawfordsville, Ind. 

 The completion of this catalogue,' which has been issued during the 

 year in the form of extra sheets to the Botanical Gazette, gives us the 

 most perfect enumeration of Indiana plants (exclusive of other than 

 the vascular cryptogams), that has ever been published. The number 

 of species enumerated is 1,432, which embraces only those plants 

 Avhose occurrence the authors were able to authenticate by speci- 

 mens, it having been the very commendable plan, rigidly ad- 

 hered to from the outset, to admit the name of no species on 

 hearsay. The catalogue is preceded by an account of the botani- 



