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also shown. This we have done in a great measure to induce our 

 readers to adopt what we think will be, to a great number of 

 them, ah entirely new branch of study, viz., the microscopical 

 structure of the seeds of plants. 



The subject of seeds and seedlings is a very vast one, and we 

 earnestly hope that Sir John Lubbock's marvellous work may be 

 the means of suggesting an entirely new field of work to great 

 numbers of microscopists. In looking at these books, with their 

 nearly 700 illustrations, we cannot but admire the unwearying 

 diligence and careful study displayed in their production. 



H flDibunntcr flDontb b^ tbe nDcbiteiranean. 



Xast Meefi. 



By G. H. Bryan, M.A., Cantab. 



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Part IV. — Grasse and Hyeres. 



At Grasse I stayed one night at the Grand Hotel, subsequently 

 the residence of our Queen. Grasse is a picturesque old town, 

 built high on the side of a long range of hills about 12 miles from 

 the sea, and reached by a branch line of railway from Cannes. 

 The chief manufactures of the place are perfumes and preserved 

 fruits, so that, although the streets are many of them very narrow, 

 they are fragrant with the scent of the numerous perfumeries. 

 The road from the station ascends in a series of zigzags, crossing 

 a new line of rail in process of construction, and east of the town 

 is a fine boulevard leading past the Grand Hotel. From this 

 point is a fine view over the Golfe de la Napoule and the Esterel 

 Mountains. In the olive plantations the ground is everywhere 

 carpeted with leaves of Atiemone coronaria, and a white kind of 

 wild radish {^Raphanistrimi Landra) grows by the roadsides. I 

 visited the perfumery and confectionery works in Grasse, but there 

 was little or nolliing going on at them. 



On the following morning I made my way up the hills at the 

 back. After emerging from the olive plantations I came out on 

 the open scrub and soon reached an aqueduct, quite recently con- 



