NOTICES OF BOOKS. 126 



The two numbers of the new * Revue Gcnerale de Botanique,'* 

 under the direction of M. Gaston Bonnier, augur well for the 

 future. Each number contains fifty octavo pages, two well-executed 

 plates, and several woodcuts inserted in the text. The parts issued 

 for January and February, 1889, contain six original articles, and 

 an excellent review of all anatomical works published in 1888, by 

 M. Leclerc du Sablon ; and a review of works on Fungi, by M. J. 

 Costantin. The following subjects have been already treated : — 

 Ectocarpus ; Development and Constitution of Antherozoids ; the 

 Vegetation of the Valley of Chamouni; Chlorophyllic Assimilation 

 and Transpiration ; Influence of External Agents on the Polar and 

 Dorsiventral Organisation of Plants ; and the Chemical Constituents 

 of the tubers of Stachys tuherifera. The following eminent botanists 

 undertake to review and treat of the various subjects, in which 

 they are known specialists : — MM. Bonnier, Boutroux, Costantin, 

 Dufour, Flahault, Franchet, Hy, Leclerc du Sablon, Rouy, and 

 Saporta. These names will be amply sufficient to guarantee that 

 the work will be thoroughly well done. We can only add that the 

 papers and reviews already published in the two numbers issued are 

 admirable in every way, and we heartily wish success to the new 

 venture. 



New Books. — T. & G. Peckott, * Historia das Plantas medi- 

 cinaes e uteis do Brazil,' part i. (Laemmert, Rio : 8vo, pp. 230). — 

 H. de Veies, ' Intracellulare Pangenesis ' (Fischer, Jena : 8vo, pp. 

 vi. 212). — M. Reclu, ' Manuel de I'Herboriste ' (Bailliere, Paris: 

 8vo, pp. 160 ^ 2 francs). — J. Grisakd & M. VandenBerghe, ' Les 

 Palmiers utiles et leurs allies ' (Rothschild, Paris : 4to, pp. viii. 



232 ; 16 plates, 120 cuts). — N. Hildebeand, ' Handbuch des Land- 

 wirtschaftlichen Pflanzenbaues ' (Pavey, Berlin : 8vo, pp. viii. 484 ; 



233 cuts). — G. Keaus, ' Grundlinen zu einer Physiologie des 

 Gerbstoffs ' (Engelmann, Berlin: 8vo, pp. vi. 131). — A.Hansen, 

 * Systematische Charakteristik der medicinischwichtigen Pflanzen- 

 familien ' (Stahel, Wiirzburg : 12mo, pp. iv. 56). — A. Blomener, 

 ' Die Cultur der landwirthschaftlichen Nutzpflanzen ' (Winter, 

 Leipzig : vol. i. 8vo, pp. xii. 604 ; 43 cuts). — A. Tschiech, * Ange- 

 wandte Pflanzen anatomie : I. Grundriss der Anatomic ' (Urban, 

 Wien : 4to, pp. xii. 548; 614 cuts). — L. Piccioli * Guida alle 

 Escursioni botaniche rei dintorni di Vallombrosa ' (Firenze : 8vo, 

 pp. 297). — T. LoEEY, ' Handbuch der Forstwissenschaft ' (Laupp, 

 Tubingen: 4to, vol. i. pt. 1, pp. xv. 630, 15 ; pt. 2, pp. x. 614; 

 vol. ii. pp. X. 576).— T. F. T. Dyee, ' The Folklore of Plants ' 

 (London, Chatto : 8vo, pp. 328 ; 6s.). — A. W. Bennett & G. Mueeay, 

 ' A Handbook of Cryptogamic Botany ' (London, Longmans : 8vo, 

 pp. vi. 473 ; 378 cuts; 16s.).— C. B. Plowright, ' A Monograph of 

 the British Uredinese and Ustilaginese ' (London, Kegan Paul : 8vo, 

 pp. vii. 323, tt. 8 ; 11 cuts ; 10s. 6d.). — J. M. de Lacoizqueta, 

 ' Diccionario de los Nombres Euskaros de las Plantas ' (Pamplona : 

 8vo, pp. 202). 



* • Revue G6n6rale de Botanique,' dirige par M. Gaston Bonnier. Paris : 

 Paul Klincksieck, 15, Rue de Sevres. 



