256 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



REVIEWS. 



FLORA OF BOURNEMOUTH. By Edward F. Linton, M.A. Oxon. 



This is the latest addition to the local floras of Britain, and it 

 worthily sustains the standard of excellence exhibited by several of the 

 floras in recent years. A good introduction indicates the limits and 

 divisions of the district, its botanical characteristics in contrast to 

 those of the neighbouring districts, and the local conditions that have 

 led to the richness in species despite the absence of any considerable 

 range in altitudes. The bulk of the book is naturally occupied with 

 indications of the local distribution of the several species, and bears 

 evidence of the thorough acquaintance of the author with the area 

 in question. Bournemouth is a favourite resort both for health and 

 for pleasure, and those visitors that desire to know the plants around 

 Bournemouth, and to have an additional pleasure in their excursions, 

 will find this book of much value, all the more because of its light- 

 ness and of the admirably clear type and the arrangement of its 

 contents. By all interested in British botany it will be welcomed. 



FIRST RECORDS OF BRITISH FLOWERING PLANTS. By William 

 A. Clarke, F.L.S. (London: West, Newman, & Co., 1900.) 



The value of Mr. Clarke's compilation of the earliest records of 

 British Flowering Plants was appreciated by students of the flora 

 during its publication as a series of papers in the "Journal of 

 Botany" from 1892 to 1896, and its re-issue as a book was 

 welcomed as a source of much information on the history of 

 botanical research in Britain. The issue of a second edition has 

 enabled the author to make corrections that have been found 

 desirable and have been brought to his notice ; and he has added 

 throughout for the plants noted in the works of Ray and other early 

 botanists the names (often phrases) by which they were known to 

 these writers. These alterations add considerably to the value of 

 the book, which we commend to our readers. 



HANDBOOK OF PLANT COLLECTING. By J. M. B. Taylor. 

 (Paisley, 1899.) 



This pamphlet gives useful advice to those that wish to know 

 how to collect, dry, mount, and preserve dried plants and such parts 

 as fruits, seeds, stems, etc. ; but typographical errors (of which there 

 are a good many) may tend to mislead beginners unfamiliar with 

 the terms. Mr. Taylor's personal experience shows itself in the 

 practical nature of his remarks on methods and difficulties. 



