344 Linnaan Society. 



Cybele Britannica ; or British Plants and their Geographical Relations. 

 By H. C. Watson. London, Longmans. 8vo. 



We have just received the first volume of this valuable work, and 

 hasten to notice it. Its author is too well known for the success 

 with which he has studied the geographical relations of British plants 

 to require any praise from us, and perhaps w^e need only state that 

 the present work is, in our estimation, far superior to either of his 

 former publications. We have not room for long quotations — indeed 

 they are unnecessary, since the book must soon be in the hands of 

 all botanists. The " Introductory explanations," as they are deno- 

 minated, extend to 69 pages, and seem to us a very complete state- 

 ment of the plan upon which a work on the geographical distribution 

 of the plants of a single country should be elaborated. He divides 

 the whole of Great Britain into regions both of space and elevation, 

 points out the peculiarities of each of them, and explains the reasons 

 for their adoption. But all must refer to the work itself. 



The geography of British plants was quite a new subject when 

 first taken in hand by Mr. Watson, and he is well- deserving of con- 

 gratulation upon the publication of the work now before us, in which 

 he shows a complete knowledge of his subject— far more complete 

 than is possessed by any other person. 



We trust that the success of this volume will encourage him to 

 proceed rapidly with the preparation of its successors ; and that the 

 time may at length arrive when similar information may be obtained 

 in reference to Ireland, for much must be done before the attempt 

 at illustrating the distribution of its plants can be made with any 

 reasonable prospect of success. Let Irish botanists see to this. 



Works in the Press, 



We are informed that the sixth edition of Dr. Mantell's * Wonders 

 of Geology, or a Familiar Exposition of Geological Phaenomena,' is 

 in the press, and will shortly appear in one volume uniform with the 

 Author's * Geology of the Isle of Wight,* with many new illus- 

 trations. 



We have also much pleasure in announcing that a Second Edition 

 of Babington's * Manual of British Botany ' will be published in a 

 few days. 



PROCEEDINGS OF LEARNED SOCIETIES. 



LINNAAN SOCIETY. 



December 15, 1846,— E. Forster, Esq., V.P., in the Chair. 



Specimens of Juncus diffusus, Hoppe, collected by John Ansell, 

 Esq., at Darraan's Green near Hoddesdon, Herts, were exhibited 

 and presented. 



Read the conclusion of Dr. Hooker's memoir " On the Vegetation 



