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with the exception of the outline of the creature ; but 

 very soon the gelatinous case begins to form round the 

 lower part of the body : at this stage the animal 

 measured about 1D 4 0ii inch in length. The name of this 

 rotifer (if it has one) I do not know, perhaps some 

 one of the many readers of Science-Gossip may 

 recognise it. J. Fullager. 



AIDS TO THE 



CHOICE OF 

 BOTANY.* 



BOOKS ON 



By Bernard Hobson. 



[Continued from p. 183.] 



SINCE writing the former part of this paper, I 

 have obtained such a mass of particulars as to 

 rather embarrass me ; this must be my excuse for in- 

 voluntary omissions and want of clear arrangement. 



The Third edition of Lindley's " Vegetable King- 

 dom " was published by Bradbury & Evans, in 1853, 

 at 36s. It contains 908 pages, 98 pages of index, and 

 526 illustrations, with list of all species then known. 



I have received four letters recommending 

 " Botany, Outlines of Morphology and Physiology," 

 42 diagrams; and "Botany, Outlines of the Classifi- 

 cation of Plants," 118 diagrams, both by Prof. W. 

 R. McNab, M.D., foolscap 8vo., is. 6d. each ; Long- 

 mans. The cheapest books I have ever seen are W. 

 Bland's " Elementary Botany," Pt. I. (Organography) 

 140 cuts, Pt. II. (Physiology) 100 cuts, 6d. each ; 

 Bemrose. " Botany," by Robert Bentley, F.L.S., 

 foolscap 8vo., cloth, 128 pages, with illustrations, 

 is., published by the Society for Promoting Christian 

 Knowledge, is a very good little book ; the same 

 Society are the publishers of the astonishingly cheap 

 " Flowers of the Field," by the Rev. C. A. Johns, 

 B.A., F.L.S., 663 pages, with 413 really excellent 

 woodcuts, being, as far as I can judge from cursory 

 examination, a complete Flora of phanerogamous 

 plants, on the natural system, with 59 additional 

 pages, enabling it to be used on the Linnaean system, 

 Thirteenth edition (1878), i2mo., $s. The same 

 publishers issue "Wild Flowers," by Anne Pratt, 

 2 vols., each 4 by 5^ inches, i6j., with 192 full-page 

 plates of as many species beautifully printed in colours, 

 a book for children, quite unscientific, but excellent 

 for promoting the love of flowers. 



H. Baillon's "Natural History of Plants," not 

 finished yet, 5 vols., 1800 engravings, 25^. each; 

 Reeves. 



" Introduction to Structural and Systematic 

 Botany," with over 1300 woodcuts, post 8vo., fifth 

 edition, an American book, by the celebrated Dr. Asa 

 Gray, costs iSs. ; his " First Lessons," with 360 

 engravings, post 8vo., "]s. 6d., both nett. 



The " Elementary Course of Botany," of Prof. 

 A. Henfrey, F.R.S., F.L.S., Third edition, by Dr. 



* Any of the books referred to in this article may be obtained 

 from Mr. David Bogue, 3 St. Martin's Place, Trafalgar 

 Square, W.C. 



Masters, with over 600 woodcuts, post 8vo., is priced 

 i$s. ; Van Voorst. 



" Vegetable Physiology and Botany," by the 

 illustrious Dr. W. B. Carpenter, new edition, several 

 hundred illustrations, is 6s. ; Bell & Daldy. 



" Vegetable Teratology " (or monstrosities), by Dr. 

 M. T. Masters, 216 woodcuts, 8vo. Ray Society, 

 about 1 5s. 6d. The following are " British Floras" not 

 already mentioned :— " Florigraphia Britannica," by 

 R. Deakin, M.D., 4 vols. 8vo., illustrations, 2§ by 2 

 inches (rather old-fashioned) of every species (1625), 

 Linnaean and natural system, ^5, plates coloured 

 (not too well) ; or ,£3 10s. plates plain. Groombridge. 

 Hooker and Arnott's "British Flora," £1 is., 

 Longmans, is a standard work. 



"British Wild Flowers," including ferns, horse- 

 tails, and club-mosses, by C. Pierpoint Johnson, with 

 1 780 coloured illustrations, by J. E. Sowerby, large 

 8v o-, £3 3 s - 5 Van Voorst. "Tourist's Flora of 

 British Isles, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland," 

 by J. Woods, F.L.S., demy Svo., 504 pp., i8j. ; 

 Reeve. 



Babington's " Manual " may be had on thin paper 

 for the pocket at 12s., roan ; Van Voorst. Bentham's 

 Handbook is published at 12s., without illustrations ; 

 680 pp. 



" British and Garden Botany," by Leo H. Grindon, 

 describes native flowering plants and ferns, and all 

 garden plants commonly cultivated, with introduction 

 to botany, 232 engravings, 12s. ; F. Pitman, London. 

 "Handbook of British Plants," by W. Lowndes 

 Notcutt, with index, &c, by Robert Hogg, LL.D., 

 F.L.S. ; 3j. 6d; Journal of Horticulture Office. 

 "School Flora," by W. M. Watts, D.Sc. Lon., a 

 general Flora with special reference to Giggleswick 

 (West Riding of Yorkshire), several cuts, crown 8vo., 

 2s. 6d. ; F. Warne & Co. 



"Handbook of British Plants," A. Irvine, "Js. 6d. ; 

 Nelson, 1858 (recommended by a practical botanist). 

 New edition of Withering's "British Plants," 

 lOs.6d. ; Low, 1863. " Key to British Wild Plants," 

 T. Baxter, is, ; Simpkin, 1871. M. J. Berkeley's 

 "British Flora," (cryptogamic) mosses, lichens, algae, 

 &c, 8vo., 1844, 12s. " London Catalogue of British 

 Plants," seventh edition, 8vo., sewn 6d. ; Bogue (a 

 list without specific characters or any descriptions). 

 Out of print, no descriptions, but lists of localities. 

 H. C. Watson's " Cybele Britannica," 4 vols., $s. 

 each. "Compendium" of same, ior., 651 pp.; 

 Longmans. On Economic Botany, is ' ' Domestic 

 Botany " (structure, classification, uses of plants), by 

 J. Smith, A.L.S., 16 coloured plates, demy Svo., 

 16s. ; Lovell Reeve. F. J. Meyen's " Outlines of the 

 Geography of Plants " (also culture and uses), Svo., 

 12s., Ray Society, 1846, is a very celebrated work. 



Sir Joseph Paxton's "Botanical Dictionary " con- 

 tains all species known up to time of publication, 

 with colour of flowers, season, temperature, habitude, 

 duration, height, native country, year of introduction, 



