Literary Notices. 167 



by the Rev. M. J. Berkeley, M.A. F.L.S., &c. 8vo, 

 above 400 pages. Longman and Co. London, 1836. 



From a glance at this, it seems carefully and skilfully ela- 

 borated : a more considerate notice of it may be inserted 

 hereafter. It is a work that has long been wanted, and must 

 henceforth become the guide and the standard of all who en- 

 gage in the investigation of the British JPungi. (See under 

 Literary Notices.) 



Hooker, W. J., LL.D., Regius Professor of Botany in the 

 University of Glasgow : The British Flora ; comprising the 

 Phaenogamous, or Flowering Plants, and the Ferns. The 

 third edition, with additions and corrections. 8vo, 500 

 pages. 1835. 125. 



In curtailing my review of Dr. Hooker's British Flora, 

 3d edition [VIII. 472.], you have altered the connexion, 

 and, therefore, the meaning, of some of my remarks. I did not 

 use the word fault at all, nor say that it contained new words, 

 nor that it was more deficient in conciseness than the former 

 edition ; on the contrary, I gave Dr. Hooker much credit that 

 he had coined no new words, and lamented them, not as new 

 in themselves, but merely that the system of Linnaeus, for- 

 merly so simple, should lately have required the aid of such 

 words at all : and, certainly, I did not intend to accuse him 

 of their introduction, much less of coining them. Of his 

 work, in fact, I spoke in the warmest praise, both for its 

 arrangement, accuracy, and clearness. The insertion of this, 

 as it will show the true meaning of my words, will only be 

 doing justice to the Dr. and to myself, and remove any unfa- 

 vourable impression which your readers may have received 

 of his work, and, therefore, I am sure will meet with your at- 

 tention. — G. Francis. [Received on Jan. 27. 1836.] 



Francis, G. : A Catalogue of the Species of British Flowering 

 Plants and Ferns, that are described in the third edition 

 of Dr. Hooker's British Flora ,- published to facilitate Bo- 

 tanical Correspondence, as an Index to Herbariums, &c. 

 In one sheet, price 6d. ; 5s. a dozen. 



A second edition has been published, in which the names 

 of varieties are inserted, additionally to the names of the spe- 

 cies, as included in the first edition. 



Art. II. Literary Notices. 



A History of British Birds, in two volumes; A History of 

 British Reptiles, in one volume ; A History of British Crustacea 



