158 , UKVIEW. 



In Mr. Doublcday's "SjTionymic List of British Lcpidoptera," he places the Orgyia v-nigra 

 aTiiong the "reputed Britisli Bombyees," omitting it accordingly from the British species. But 

 it is an indigenous moth, for a school-ftdlow of mine, (now the Rev.) Henry Hilton, caught 

 one himself, in one of the summer vacations, near Feversham, Kent, and brought it back with 

 him. It then passed into the collection of Mr. Abraham Edmonds, of Worcester, now I believe 

 of London, where I subsequently saw itmyself. — Francis 0. Mokkis, Nafferton Vicarage, 

 Driffield, May 2l8t., 1852. 



Misseltoe. — In the neighbourhood of Blackhcath, the Missoltoe is growing upon the Willow. 

 In Hawnes Park, near Bedford, it grows upon the Beech. — H. J. C. 



Comparative Table of the Ph^nooamous, or Flowering Plants, and Ferns, 

 AND Allied Species op the British Isles, Devonshire, and the Neighbovrhood of Totnes, Devon. 



By S. Hannafohd, Esq., Jln. 



British Isles, per "London Catalogue," 1850, 

 Devonshire, per "Flora Devoniensis," 1829, 

 Totnes, per "Flora Tottoniensis," 



within a range of six miles, 1851, 460. 23. 483. 



Nuphar lutea,— These flowers are found in the River Alt, a small stream running into the 



sea, after a somewhat tortuous course, at Forniby, a few miles south of Southport. Nymphcea 



alba also grows in this neighbourhood, but never having obtained it myself, I cannot give its 



exact locality. — J. A. Robinson, AYycoUar Cottage, Southport, Lancashire, January 12th., 1852. 



Ernintr. 



Glass Booh of Botany: being an introduction to the study of the Vegetable 

 Kingdom. Part 1. — Structural and Morphological Botany. By J. H. 

 Balfour^ M. D. With more than one thousand illustrations. Edinburgh: A. 

 AND C. Black. London: Longman. 1852. p. p. 357. 



To those who wish to study Botany^ and to understand the structure, nature, 

 and uses of the various parts of which plants are composed, and we trust all the 

 Botanical readers of ^'The Naturalist" are of this class, we know of no book that 

 we could with greater confidence recommend than the above. Dr. Balfour's 

 high character as a Botanist is amply sustained in the very valuable work before 

 us; it is strictly confined to an elaborate, and at the same time remarkably 

 clear, description of the structure of plants as shewn in the present day, by the 

 microscope — in no department of nature perhaps have more discoveries been 

 made by this instrument, than in Botany. The engravings exhibiting minute 

 vegetable structures are I'emarkably plain and good, and will be of very great 

 assistance to the student who is unable to command the help of a microscope, 

 while to him who possesses one they will greatly simplify the knowledge of 

 the vegetable preparations he may possess or make. In the outset, too, some 

 concise directions are given for using the microscope; and the best method 

 of mounting structures which it may be desirable to preserve is also detailed. 



Dr. Balfour commences by describing the structure of cells, and then goes 

 on to that of vessels, or elongated cells, of various kinds. The contents of 

 vegetable tissues and a description of the cuticle conclude the first chapter. 

 The second chapter is devoted to the nutritive organs of plants, including 

 the root, stem, and leaves. Chapter three embraces the re-productive organs 



