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BOTANY. 



HYBRIDS AMONG BRITISH PHANEROGAMS. By Rev. E. F. Linton, 

 M.A. Jonrn. Bot., 1907, pp. 268-276, 296-304. A catalogue with 

 notes of all known to the author. The ferns and allies are also 

 included, despite the title of the paper. 



PLANTS OF E. PERTH AND S. ABERDEEN. By Rev. E. S. 

 Marshall, M.A., F.L.S., and W. A. Shoolbred, F.L.S. Jonrn. Bot., 

 1907, pp. 292-296. Several new to each district are mentioned in 

 the critical genera, e.g., Hieracium. 



ON THE DISAPPEARANCE OF CRYPTOGAMIC PLANTS. By A. R. 

 Horwood. Journ. Bot., 1907, pp. 334-339. Relates to Leicester- 

 shire especially, but gives valuable notes on effects of industrial 

 works on these plants, the gases proving harmful. 



NOTES ON BRITISH HEPATIC^. By Symers M. Macvicar. 

 Journ. Bot., 1907, pp. 258-262. Several species and varieties 

 discussed, either new to Britain or of critical importance. 



NEW LOCALITIES OF RARE LICHENS. By A. Lorrain Smith. 

 Journ. Bot., 1907, p. 345. Names Pertusaria gyrocheila from 

 Harris and Ramalina Curnowii from Lewis. 



GALL FORMATION ON RAMALINA. By A. Lorrain Smith. Journ. 

 Bot., 1907, pp. 344-345. Thalli deformed and showing cavities 

 tenanted by mites. R. cuspidata, var. crassa, from North-East 

 Scotland, is one of the forms named as bearing the galls. 



BOOK NOTICES. 



THE LETTERS TO GILBERT WHITE OF SELBORNE FROM HIS 

 INTIMATE FRIEND AND CONTEMPORARY THE REV. JOHN MULSO. 

 Edited with Notes and Introduction by Rashleigh Holt-White, M.A. 

 London : R. H. Porter. 



This volume contains a series of 229 letters addressed to 

 Gilbert White between the years i 744 and 1 790. That these should 

 have been carefully preserved by their distinguished recipient is no 

 small recommendation, and will appeal to many who revere all things 

 associated with White's memory. The letters relate to a great 

 variety of subjects, many of them of current interest at the time 

 they were penned ; but it must be said that the allusions to natural 

 history are few and of little consequence. We are able to gather 

 from them, however, some knowledge of subjects and persons 

 in which White was evidently interested other than Natural 

 History and naturalists, and this is undoubtedly their chief value. 

 On the other hand, a perusal of them does not lead one to 



