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(/) Unanswered queries, etc., might be sent by " Correspond- 

 ent " to other circles or to the Scientific Enquire}: 



{k) List of circles, with name and address of " Correspondent," 

 at least, to appear in the Journal of our Society. 



Thus, I think, we should work in better harmony, more 

 pleasantly and more usefully. In many cases of special difficulty 

 we should know where to seek information and to obtain it 

 quickly and cheaply from members of our own circle, or, if 

 necessary, from other circles. 



Our very excellent Secretary, Mr. Allen, is, as usual with him, 

 quite ready to undertake the extra duties involved by this scheme. 

 If members will as soon as possible send in their names as I 

 propose in No. i, we could at once begin, and experience would 

 soon help us to form some good and permanent rules for the 

 better working of the circles. 



A Member. 



1Review6» 



A Manual of British Discomycetes, with a Description of 



all the Species of Fungi hitherto found in Britain, included in the family and 

 illustrations of the Genera. By William Phillips, F.L.S. Crown 8vo, pp. 

 xii. — 462. (London : Kegan Paul, Trench, and Co. 1888.) 



This volume is the sixty-first of the International Scientific Series, and is 

 designed to provide the English student with the means of acquiring a know- 

 ledge of the Discomycetes of Britain. The author- evidently has spared no 

 pains in verifying and extending observations of the moriiliology, (or in no 

 instance where an authentic specimen was accessible has the opportunity of 

 examining it been neglected. The author divides the Discomycetes into the 

 following orders : — 



I. — Helvellacece, containing 10 genera. 



genus. 



At the end of the book are added an Addenda of certain species which have 

 been omitted from the body of the work, a Glossary of Terms, Description of 

 Plates, and General Index. We must not on\it to mention that there are 

 twelve excellent plates. 



Die Natureichen Pflanzenfamilien nebst ihren Gattungen 



und wichtigeren Arten insbesondere den Nulzpllanzcn bearbeitet unter Mitwir- 

 kung zahlreicher hervorragender Fachgelehrten von. A. Engler und K. Prantl. 

 Nos. 13, 14, 15. 



Since our last notice we have received three parts of this fine work, con- 



