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does—he surely deserves that it should be a good one; and as the 
value of an honour in the eyes of the world depends primarily on the 
judgment of the honourer, it follows, that to have a plant named after 
one by a body that confessedly does not know and cannot make out 
whether the plant be worthy of the man or no, is no compliment at all ; 
and in some respects the contrary, for it prevents those that do, ever 
giving Mr. Jeffrey the position he ought perhaps to hold in botanical 
nomenclature. p 
In the introductory page the Committee state that they give a list 
of the plants of which the seeds were lately distributed as named by 
Sir W. J. Hooker, Dr. Lindley, and Professor Balfour. If these bo- 
tanists are really answerable for the new species, their names should 
be appended to them; but though we are expressly told that the figures 
and descriptions of the cones, leaves, and seeds of the Conifere are by 
Dr. Greville and Professor Balfour, the ** Oreg. Com.” is appended to 
each new species. 
Such doings are to be regretted on the part of a body of gentlemen 
whom we know to have the interests of science at heart, and we hope 
to see some of our botanical friends in Edinburgh take Mr. Jeffrey’s 
name and new plants up in a worthy manner. 
Conclusion of the late Professor Ledebour’s * Flora Rossica.’ 
This most important and, considering its scope and object, truly na- 
tional work, has been brought to a close by the posthumous publication 
of the fourth volume, the manuscript of which was left (as we are given 
to understand) in a complete state by its lamented author. Its conclu- 
sion marks an era in the progress of botanical science,—that of the 
publication of the largest Flora, and of the botany of the largest tract 
of land, that has ever been completed. 
The fourth volume contains descriptions of the Monocotyledones, 
1052 species, and of Ferns and their kindred Orders, Lycopodiacee, 
Marsileacee, and Equisetacee, which amount to only 85 more, Exclud- 
ing the species described in various small Supplements, the total num- _ 
ber comprised within the limits of the ‘ Flora Rossica’ is 6365, whence 
the proportion of Monocotyledones to Dicotyledones is about as one to 
five. ‘This is a very important datum. for the studentot botanical geo» 
