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valuable information. The Flowering Plants and Ferns are succeeded by 

 the Mosses ; and the same plan and arrangement is continued through this 

 portion of the book, which bears internal evidence of great care and labour 

 having been bestowed upon it : 330 species are enumerated; a large number, 

 but it is probable that more may yet be added, as these interesting plants 

 become more generally sought after. 



We regret that our space Avill not allow us to enter more into detail ; but 

 we confidently and warmly recommend this work to our readers : to those 

 who have known Mr. Baines as long as we have, some fifteen years, our 

 recommendations are unnecessary ; to those who are strangers to him, we 

 may safely say that his care and accuracj'^ are only equalled by his diligence 

 in seeking information; and that his acquirements in Natural History 

 generally are very extensive. The present work will insure Mr. Baker and 

 Mr. Nowell a lasting reputation, for the able manner in which they have 

 thus done justice to Mr. Baines' discrimination, in selecting them as his 

 assistants in producing the present elaborate volume. 



fmtcMnp af Bmttm, 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY 

 OF GLASGOW —SESSION, 1854-5. 



(Concluded from page 21.J 



" Dr. Landsborough has given to the world several popular works on 

 natural history, among which may be mentioned, 'A Popular History of 

 Zoophytes ;' ' A Popular Histoiy of British Sea- Weeds ;' and a pleasing work 

 entitled ' Arran, and its Natural History ;' the shores of which island were 

 a favourite dredging ground for him, as being a prolific field for the Natural- 

 ist, There are also many interesting Papers from his pen, scattered up and 

 down the pages of the ' Annals and Magazine of Natural History.' He was 

 an associate of the Linnean Society, and his known attachment to the ob« 

 jects of our pursuits, pointed him out in the early days of this Society as 

 well worthy of being enrolled in the list of its corresponding members. 

 Shortly after his election, he communicated a short Paper on Hippothoa 

 divaricata ; and more recently, a Notice of an Excursion from Gibraltar to 

 the Shores of Tangeirs, — the only Papers we were privileged to receive. All, 

 however, who went to Saltcoats to pursue their researches, were sure to re- 

 ceive from him a most hospitable welcome, and much valuable information. 



