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centage of mountain, pasture, and arable land, highest 

 elevation, principal rivers, general character of the flora, and 

 numbers of species in it. A list of the rarest plants found in 

 the county is also in each case subjoined, and the only 

 additional feature which we could wish to have seen included 

 would be a corresponding list of the commonest species not 

 ascertained to occur. 



Another important feature in the Introduction is a very 

 full bibliography ol Irish botanical records. This includes 

 unpublished as well as published material ; but we miss from 

 it reference to a MS. list of 634 plants found in Co. Wexford, 

 which has sometimes been cited in the text and is also referred 

 to at p. xcvii. in the author's list of contractions. Although 

 partly a compilation, it contained original records for some 

 570 species, and should therefore have been represented by an 

 A in the right-hand column on p. lxxxv., and also noted on 

 p. ci. 



Misprints are remarkably rare, and place-names are given 

 with remarkable fidelity. The census figures for Orobanclic 

 hedercE, Mentha sativa, and Populus trcviula, do not, however, 

 correspond with the number of county divisions for which 

 records are quoted. 



Ballyhylaud, Co. Wexford. 



NEWS GLEANINGS. 



Professor A. C. Haddon. 



Welearu that Prof. Haddou intends to resign the chair of Zoology in Ike 

 Royal College of Science for Ireland, which he has so ably filled since 1880. 

 Since he ceased to reside in this country, his visit each autumn has been 

 eagerly welcomed by his man}' friends, and it is with keen regret that 

 we now think of the loss of his inspiring presence for those few months 

 in each year. Still we hope that one who has done so much for Irish 

 natural history will never become a stranger in the land. The 

 foundation of the Dublin Field Club and of the Irish Naturalist were 

 largely due to his influence, and their progress has been constantly 

 helped by his sympathetic support. We understand that the ethnological 

 studies, which have already brought him fame, will henceforth occupy 

 him fully. Our hearty wishes for the ever-increasing prosperity of his 

 brilliant career are tinged with sadness, for 



" Now his chair desires him here in vain 



" However they may crown him otherwhere.'' 



