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Practical Botany for Beginners. By F. O. Bowers, D.Sc, 

 F.R.S., etc. Cr. 8vo, pp. xi. — 275. (London : Macmillan & Co. 1894.) 



This work contains, in an abridged form, the elementary and more essen- 

 tial parts of the t^xt of the larger Course of Practical Instruction in Botany. 

 We have, first, a List of Apparatus required for ordinary work in the botanical 

 laboratory ; Full Instructions for making Preparations and the Adjustment of 

 the Microscope for Work ; IL — Practical Exercises on the Structure of the 

 Vegetable Cell, involving Simple Methods of Preparation ; and III. — Common 

 Micro-Chemical Reactions ; followed by Practical Directions for the Study of 

 the types. There are two Appendices, giving a List of Reagents, their Prepa- 

 ration and Uses ; and a List of the Reactions of Bodies commonly found com- 

 posing the tissues of plants. A very useful book. 



A Synopsis of the Genera and Species of Musece. By J. G. 

 Baker, F.R.S., F.L.S., etc. 8vo, pp. 34. (London: H. Frowde. 1893.) 

 Price 1/6 net. 



This is a reprint from the Anjials of Botany^ VII., and gives a full descrip- 

 tion of the Genera, wSub-Genera, and Species of the MusecB, together with the 

 varieties and sub-species. 



The Amateur's Handbook of Gardening, with a Calendar 

 of Garden Operations for each Month in the Year, with special contributions 

 by Eminent Gardeners. 8vo, pp. \iii. — 124. (Liverpool : Blake and Mac- 

 kenzie. 1894.) 



Herein is contained a large amount of practical information — useful both to 

 the amateur and the practical gardener. It is said that every book which inter- 

 prets the secrets of gardening, and every chapter that elucidates the mysteries 

 of the cultivation of plants and flowers is a contribution to the wealth and hap- 

 piness of mankind, and such the author has endeavoured to make this book. 

 The Calendar of Gardening Operations will be found useful. 



Die Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien. By A. Engler and 

 K. Prantl. Parts 109 to 112. (Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann. London: 

 Williams and Norgate. 1894 — 95. ) 



The four parts before us of this exhaustive and beautifully illustrated work 

 contain descriptions of the Bignoniaceee, by K. Schumann ; the Mucorinese, 

 Entomophthorineae, Hemiascineae, Protoascineae, Protodiscineae, Ilelvellineae, 

 and Pezizineae, by J. Schroter ; the Araliaceae, by H. Harms ; the Junger- 

 maniaceae and Anthocerotaceae, by V. Schififner ; and the Musci, by Carl 

 Miiller. In these four parts there are 67 illustrations, composed of 433 figures. 



A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles ; 

 founded mainly on the materials collected by the Philological Society. Edited 

 by Dr. James A. H. Murray, with the assistance of many scholars and men of 

 science. (Oxford: The Clarendon Press. London: Henry Frowde. ) 



The last part of this important work which has reached us covers the words 

 from Deceit to Deject, and forms part of Vol. III. The price of this part 

 is 2/6. 



The Planet Earth : An Astronomical Introduction to Geo- 

 graphy. By Richard A. Gregory, F.R.A.S. Post 8vo, pp. viii. — 108. 

 (London: Macmillan and Co. 1894.) 



The author of this plainly written and interesting little book observes, in 



