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during which a great number of specimens, both at home and 

 abroad, have been studied. E, ParisJiii is a new species from 

 Agua CaUente, San Diego Co., Cal., No. 1569, Coll. of S. B. 

 Parish. 



H. H. R. 

 Fern Flora of Canada. George Lawson. (Halifax, N. S., 30 pp. 



small 8vo. illustrated.) 



This neat little book is intended for the use of schools, com- 

 prising a description of all ferns known to inhabit the Dominion, 

 with localities where they grow. An introductory portion of 

 ten pages is accompanied by illustrations of seventeen genera and 

 \\\\\ be very helpful to the beginner. Professor Lawson adopts 

 in all cases the oldest specific name, and uses other names than 

 those generally accepted for several genera, notably, DcnnstcBdtta 

 ioi' Dicksonia pnnctilobiila. On the whole this is an interesting 

 little book and commends itself to those who are interested in the 

 geographical distribution of ferns, and indeed to all lovers of 

 these plants. 



E. G. B. 



GhiesbregJit, Augustus B, Exp lor a dor de Mexico \ Veda y tra- 

 bajos del Naturalista Belga, Jose N. Rorlosa. (La Natur- 

 aleza, i, (2d sen pp. 211-217). 

 From this grateful tribute to the fifty years of labor of one 



who has done so much both botanically and zoologically for 



Mexico, we learn that Ai 



iJllOL"^ AJVJlIIltH^^ V_J im-OLJl "^^ 



Brussels, March lo, 1810. He studied and practiced medicine in 

 Belgium till 1836, when Leopold I. commissioned him and Lin- 

 den and Funk to investigate the natural history of Mexico. These 

 three accompanied Henri Galeotti in his ascension of the peak of 

 Orizaba in 1838, and made extensive collections at elevations 

 ranging from 9,000 to 12,000 feet In 1839 they collected ex- 

 tensively at Tabasco and Chiapas, returning to Belgium once a 

 year for three years with extensive collections. Later Ghies- 

 breght alone visited the ** Northern and Southern States, crossed 

 the Cordilleras three times from ocean to ocean, traversed the 

 great Mesa, and ascended the volcanoes of Colima, JoruUo and 

 Cempoaltepec. 



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He lived at Teapa from 1855 to 1862, making extensive ex- 

 plorations and collections of living and pressed plants which 



