VOL. IV.] Recent Literature. 191 



S. Department of Agriculture. This is a series of papers by B. 

 E. Fernow, M. W. Harrington, Cleveland Abbe, and G. E. 

 Curtiss, on a subject of great economic importance. 



Grasses of the Pacific Slope, Part ii, being Bulletin No. 13 of 

 the Department of Agriculture, Division of Botany. This part, 

 issued after the death of Dr. Vasey, contains fifty plates with 

 descriptions, titles, and index and completes the volume. It is 

 a welcome addition to the literature of the Grasses. 



Erythea for July contains some new species of Californian 

 Fungi by J. B. Ellis and B. M. Everhart; an account of A New 

 Station for NotJiolcena tenera by S. B. Parish; Remarks on the 

 Genoa Congress by Dr. Otto Kunze, and under the title 

 " Novitates Occidentales " the usual new species, of the custo- 

 mary value, by Professor Greene. 



A Dictionary of Botaiiical Terms: A. A. Crozier. Henry 

 Holt & Co., New York 1892. 



The progress in the study of natural sciences during the later 

 years has very considerably extended our points of view in 

 many directions. In botany, for instance, investigations in 

 morphology, anatomy and physiology have been carried out 

 to such an extent as to make the introduction of new terms 

 necessary, while many of the terms formerly used have been 

 dropped. This introduction of new terms and change of older 

 ones has caused considerable trouble to both authors and 

 students. 



It is, therefore, very natural that a terminology thoroughly 

 brought up to date would be welcomed all the world over, since 

 a work of that kind would be both an assistance and guide to 

 our reading and would enforce uniformity in using the terms as 

 generally adopted. A work of that kind, it seems to us, should 

 only be the product of careful literary research made by several 

 specialists in their respective lines, in order to give a reliable 

 result. We, therefore, felt very much surprised to see a book 

 of this scope written by a single author. A mere look in the 

 book soon convinced us that a very large number of terms had 

 been compiled, and so far the book is of some use. 



But since this book will undoubtedly enter the libraries of our 



