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Flora of Cook County, Illinois, and a Part of Lake County In- 
diana—The. Wm. K. Higley and Chas. S. Raddin. (Bull. 
Chicago Acad. Sci. ii. No. 1. Pamph. pp. 168, with map 
Chicago, 1891). 
Preceding the catalogue are several articles pertinent to the 
subject, such as a sketch of the life of Henry Homes Babcock, 
to whose Catalogue of the Plants of Chicago the authors acknow- 
ledge their indebtedness; the geology of Cook Co., localities 
which are of special interest, etc. The total number of species 
and varieties listed is 1,336, of which 31 are Pteridophyta. Tables 
of comparison for various relations are freely given. There is a 
commendable attempt to break away from old traditions in no- 
menclature, and we are pleased to see Castalia substituted for 
Nymphea, Nymphea for Nuphar, and Hicoria for Carya, but we 
think it a mistake to have omitted the parenthetical citation of 
the author of a specific name while giving the author of the bino- 
mial. If it comes to a choice of dropping one or the other (of 
which we are not yet prepared to admit the necessity), it would 
certainly be preferable to omit the author of the binomial, and 
instead of Hicoria ovata, Britt., we should prefer to see Hicoria 
ovata, (Mill.). The notes on localities, variations from the normal 
of species and other matters of interest are freely introduced types 
and a very valuable addition to our local floras is the result. 
At. 
Flora of New Bedford and the Shores of Buzzard’s Bay, with a 
Procession of the Flowers. E. W. Hervey. (Pamph. 8vo. 
pp. 80. New Bedford, Mass. May I, 1891). 
This work is something novel in the direction of catalogue 
making for several reasons. A large number of cultivated plants 
are included, which makes it valuable to those who are interested 
in gardening, and the “ Procession of the Flowers” renders it pos- 
sible for the collector to know within a few days when certain 
plants may be obtained in blossom. The “ Procession " is 
arranged for periods of fifteen days, from March 15th to May 
Ist, after which date ten day periods are used, until September 
Ist, when the fifteen day periods are again quoted. Each plant 
which is known to begin its flowering within one of these periods 
‘is listed in its proper place. Notes are sparingly given and they 
