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and none whose qualifications better fit him for the various works he 
has undertaken, not only as a naturalist, but as an artist ; for Dr. Har- 
vey does not confine his manual labours to the use of the pen in de- 
scribing faithfully from nature, all the illustrations are from his own 
accurate pencil, and not drawn only, but lithographed by him. 
The Nereis Boreali-Americana owes its origin to the Smithsonian 
Institution in North America, and W. J. M. Bailey, Esq., Professor of 
Chemistry, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, who, by the en- 
couragement they give to the publication of the vegetation of their 
own territories, in this case free the author from loss. A brief adver- 
tisement attached to this part informs us that the work will appear in 
three portions. 
1. MELANOSPERME® ; with twelve plates (now published, Novem- 
ber, 1851). 
2. RHODOSPERMEZ ; twenty-four plates, to appear during 1852. 
3. CHLOROSPERMEZ ; twenty-four plates, to appear during 1853. 
There will be about 450 pages of letterpress, and full indexes of 
species and synonyms, and descriptions of the plates will be furnished 
at the conclusion of the work. The ‘ Introduction” occupies forty- 
three closely-printed pages, and is full of sound, interesting, and useful 
matter, bearing upon the structure of the Ælgæe generally, under the 
several heads of Root, Frond, Colour, Fructification, Movements of Algæ, 
Habitat, Geographical ‘Distribution (more especially of the American 
species), Collecting and Preserving, and last, though not least in in- 
terest, the Uses of the Alye, concluding with an acknowledgment to 
those who have contributed to the collections described in the work, 
and all written in language as attractive as it is scientific. The com- 
pliment paid to the character of the “venerable” Menzies is all our 
space will allow us to quote as a specimen of the introductory pages : 
* But I should not, in speaking of the North-west Coast, omitto men- 
tion a name which will ever be associated in my mind with that inter- 
esting botanical region, the venerable Archibald Menzies, who accom- 
panied Vancouver, and whom I remember as one of the finest specimens 
of green old age that it has been my lot to meet. He was the first 
naturalist to explore the Cryptogamic treasures of the north-west, and 
to the last could recall with vividness the scenes he had witnessed, and 
loved to speak of the plants he had discovered. His plants, the com- 
panions of his early hardships, seemed to stir up recollections of every 
