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a colonist," and the Whin affords an example of " the conquest of 

 barren ground." A welcome feature and one unusual in popular books 

 is the considerable space allotted to alga?, fungi, ferns, mosses, 

 lichens, and bacteria ; evidence that the book is up to date is afforded 

 by the fact that Dr. A. H. Church's suggestion that " the land 

 flora came directly from the ocean " finds a place, although not entire 

 acceptance. " The relations between ants and plants," with special 

 reference to the Whin and the Cow-wheat form an interesting 

 chapter ; Fertilisation — the Sage and the Hazel ; Cleistogamy — the 

 Violet ; Seed Dispersal— the Broom — have each a chapter : the 

 Stinging Nettle heads "a study in Weeds "• — Matricaria discoidea 

 {suaveolens), by the way, is by no means confined, even in Scotland, to 

 "east coast fishing villages." Cytisus Adami — "Adam's Labur- 

 num " — and other " Crafts, Hybrids, and Plant Chimaeras " bring the 

 book to a close, save for a third chapter on Wheat, to which we have 

 already referred. 



It remains to be said that the book is written throughout in a 

 singularly attractive style, with a gratifying absence of technicalities ; 

 Dr. Skene must be a delightful lecturer ! The illustrations, except 

 those taken from photographs, are somewhat feeble, though they 

 serve to illustrate the text ; the book is produced at a reasonable 

 price, which will help to commend it to those of small means. 



BOOK-NOTES, NEWS, etc. 



The Irish Naturalist for March contains a notice of Miss Mar- 

 garet Greer Flood, by Dr. Henry, with whom she had collaborated 

 in his investigations concerning the London Plane and in other 

 papers. Born in Dublin in LS96, she entered Trinity College in 

 1914, where she had a distinguished career. She more than once 

 obtained first-class honours in Natural Science ; and, in October 1918, 

 submitted as part of her research work an investigation on the 

 exudation of water by Colocasia antiquorum, which was afterwards 

 published in The Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society. Under 

 Dr. Henrv, she carried out research work in Forest Botany at the 

 lloyal College of Science in 1918-20, and in the latter year was 

 appointed Technical Assistant in the National Museum. She died in 

 Dublin on May 3, and is buried in the Mount Jerome Cemetery. 



The annual foray and general meeting of the British Mycolo- 

 gical Society was held at Worcester on Sept. 19th-24th. The woods 

 of the neighbourhood were worked — Wyre Forest, Monte Wood, 

 Shrawley Wood, and Trench Woods. Owing to the drought, agarics 

 were not abundant, but several interesting species, such as Strobilo- 

 myces strobilacens, were found. The dearth of larger fungi led to 

 concentration on micro-forms, and a considerable number of these — 

 including pathogenic species — were listed. About forty-five members 

 of the Society, with members of the Worcester Naturalists' Club took 

 part in the foray and joined in the proceedings. As this was the 

 Society's twenty-fifth anniversary, the President, Mr. Carleton Pea, 

 in his address gave a brief review of its activities and of the Avork of 

 its members since he sent out his original circular a quarter of a 

 century aco. The other evening proceedings were: — a discussion on 



