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fertilisation and hybridisation, has also been ably discussed, while 

 the pioneers of orchid culture have not been forgotten. 



That botanists have always taken a keen interest in the Orchidea 

 may be gleaned from the fact that since the year 1753 as many as 

 153 different works have been issued on the subject — not including 

 the one under notice. Messrs. Veitch have given a very full list of 

 these in chronological order, which will be very useful to the orchid 

 bibliographer. 



The work is profusely illustrated with excellent woodcuts ; the 

 special admirable coloured maps showing the habitats of the 

 principal genera, the rainfall, temperature, &c., add greatly to 

 the general usefulness of the book. Each part contains a copious 

 index, but the general index to the entire Manual is very far from 

 satisfactory, and seems to be of little use, as the parts are not 

 paged consecutively. Taken, however, as a whole, the Manual 

 must be considered as a standard work on orchids, as it is not only 

 a popular handbook, but scientifically accurate and historically 

 correct. j^ Weathers. 



ARTICLES IN JOURNALS. 



Annals of Scottish Nat. Hist. (Jan.). — G. C. Druce, 'Notes on 

 the Flora of Elphin.' — F. Crepin, ' Necessity for a new monograph 

 of British Eoses.' — E. F. Linton, 'Forms of Alchemilla vulgaiis.' — 

 A. Somerville, ' Cystnpteris montana in Stirlingshire.' 



Bot. Centralblatt (No. 1: Dec. 28). — E. Knoblauch, 'Die 

 Nomenclatur der Gattungen und Arten.' — G. von Istvanffi, ' Die 

 Vegetation der Budapester Wasserleitung.' — (No. 2: Jan. 9). H. E. 

 Schrotter-Kristelli, ' Ueber ein neues Vorkommen von Carotin in der 

 Pflanze.' — (No. 3 : Jan. 16). E. Knoblauch, ' Zur Kenntniss 

 einiger Oleaceen-Genera.' — H. 0. Juel, ' Vorlaufige Mittheilung 

 iiber Hemigaster.^ 



Bot. Gazette (Dec. 26). — F. D. Heald, ' Comparative histology 

 of pulvini ' (1 pi.). — G. E. Davenport, ' Two new Ferns from New 

 England.' — G. Culbertson, ' LegtiminoscB of Siam.' — G. F. Atkinson, 

 'Intelligence manifested by swarm-spores of Rhizojjhidiuni.' — E. 

 Coues, ' Wild rice of Minnesota.' 



But. Ze it ling {Dec. 16). — F. Oltmanus, ' Ueber einige parasitische 

 Meeresalgen.' — F. Eoth, ' Ueber das Verhalten der verholzten Zell- 

 wand wahrend des Schwindens ' (1 pi.). 



Bull. Soc. But. France (xl. : Session extraordinaire, pt. 3). — F. 

 Gay, ' Quelques Algues de Montpellier.' — X. Gillot, ' Erythrisme 

 des tieurs blanches.' — J. Daveau, ' Fumaria media Lois.' — G. de 

 Saporta, ' Semis naturels en Provence.' — C. Flahault, ' Sur 



rinstitut de Botanique du Montpellier.' . Legrelle, 'Le Jardin 



des Plantes de Montpellier.' — G. Boyer et A. de Jaczewski, ' Flore 

 mycologique de Montpellier.' 



Bidl, de I' Herb. Boissier (Dec). — J. Briquet, ' Fragmenta Mono- 



