192 BOOK-NOTES, NEWS, ETC. 



Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschrift (May). — J. von Sterneck ' Alectorolnphns' 

 (cont.). — J. Polil, ' (Knnthera Lamarckiana.' — J, Dorfler, AspJenium 

 BauiiKiartneri (1 pi.), — ^E. von Halacsy, ' Zur Flora von Griechen- 

 lancl ' (cont.). — F. Kriinzlin, ' Orchidacefe Papiianfe.' — 0. Kuntze, 

 ' Bemerkungen zum kiinftigen botanischen Nomenclator-Congress.' 

 — J. Freyn, ' Plantae Karoanse Dahuricae' (cont.). 



BOOK-NOTES, NEWS, dc. 



It has been resolved to commemorate Mr. Carruthers's suc- 

 cessful presidency of the Lmnean Society by presenting his 

 portrait to the Fellows, to be hung in the Society's apartments. 

 The subscription is not to exceed one guinea, and if there should 

 be a surplus, subscribers will receive a photogravure reproduction. 

 Mr. George Murray, British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell 

 Koad, London, S.W., will receive and acknowledge subscriptions 

 on behalf of the Committee. 



We regret that Mr. H. C. Hart has been prevented by illness 

 from completing the biography of the late Mr. A. G. More which 

 he is writing for this Journal. A portrait will accompany the notice. 



The long absence of a Guide-book to Kew Gardens again formed 

 the subject of a question in the House of Commons on March 80th. 

 Mr. Herbert Gladstone in reply held out no hopes of its speedy 

 issue, inasmuch as each department must be worked up in detail, 

 before the new edition of the Guide can be published. The Guide 

 to Museum No. 2 was ready, and would be published as soon as the 

 index was finished; so we may assume that it will shortly be issued, 

 if it has not already appeared. 



We hear with much satisfaction that the continuations of both 

 the Flora Capevsis and the Flora of Tropical Africa have so far 

 advanced that portions of each have been sent to press. Botanists 

 will look with interest for the elaboration of Landol phia and allied 

 genera, which has been undertaken by the Director of Kew Gardens, 

 and will embody the results of his investigations during the last 

 fifteen or sixteen years. 



Dr. Trimen has just arrived in England on leave : he will stay 

 until Christmas, and is now putting the final touches to his Flora 

 of Ceylon. Dr. Prain is leaving for Calcutta, and Mr. Kidley starts 

 for Singapore early in June. 



The Index Kewensis is now completed, and Mr. Jackson is 

 revising the appendix. The fourth and final volume will probably 

 be issued in July. 



