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of his highly interesting lectures, and also of this book, next winter. 

 Such books were never so much wanted as just now, when, after so many 

 centuries passed) in nearly brutal ignorance, the best part of the 

 human race is at length profiting by all branches of natural science to 

 construct the very best science — the science of human health. 

 Hygiene. We have no doubt that Professor Koch is to be regarded 

 as one of the pioneers of that grand purpose, and we hope the majority 

 of his views may be adopted. We expect the book will have more 

 editions, when a few clerical mistakes will be easily abolished. 



We recommend with much pleasure this most interesting volume, 

 and we think it would be desirable to translate it at least into 

 English and French. H. G. R. 



25otamcal ^tW* 



Aeticles in Jotjenaxs. — August. 



Mojithly Microsc. Journ. — E,. Braithwaite, ^^ Sphagnuynportoricense^ 

 Hampe. (tab. 110); S. macrophyllum, Bern. (tab. 111)." 



Bot. Zeitung. — J. Schmalhausen, "Observations on natural 

 Hybrids" (contd.). — Id. " Enumeration of Hybrid and intermediate 

 Forms in the province of St. Petersburg." 



Flora. — F. Arnold, '' Lichenological Fragments" (coatd.). — C. 

 Kraus, *' Experiments in Plant-Physiology " (contd.). — L. Kny, 

 *' Biography of G. A. Thuret." — W. JS'ylander, ** Addenda nova ad 

 Lichenographiam Europaeam." — F. v. Thiimen, '* Puccinia de-Bary- 

 ana.^^ — ^I. J. Lohr, ''Vascular Cryptogams of Germany." — F. v. 

 Thiimen, ''Fungi Austro-Africani." 



CEsterr. Bot. Zeitsehr. — F. Hauck, "Marine Algae collected in 

 Gulf of Trieste." — Y. v. Janka, ^^ Ranunculus Tommasinianus.^^ — A. 

 Kerner, " Distribution of Hungarian plants" (contd.). — J. Dedecek, 

 *'Hepaticae of Piseker." — R. v. Uechtritz, "Notes on the Prodr. 

 Florae Hispanicae." — L. Neugebauer, " Enumeration of Plants in the 

 neighbourhood of Pola." 



New Books. — A. Zimmeter, " Verwandschafts-verhaltnisse und geo- 

 graphische Verbreitung der in Europa einheimischen arten der gattung 

 Aquilegia. ^'—^tejn, 1875 (pp. 76, tab. 4). 



New Books. — J. Barbosa Rodrigues, " Enumeratio palmarum nov. 

 quas valle fluminis amazonum invent." (Sebastianopolis, 1875). 



Under the title of " Field Memoranda for Tasmanian Botanists," 

 ^fr. R. M. Johnston has printed an arranged epitome of Hooker's Flora 

 of Tasmania, containing a key to the orders and genera, and a classified 

 list of nearly all the species of Tasmanian Phanerogams in a very 

 small compass. It is interleaved for localities and remarks, and forms 

 a convenient pocket companion in the field. There is an appendix on 

 Fossil Botany, where it is stated that " the bituminous shale, Tas- 

 manite, is almost wholly composed of minute circular discs, covered 

 with microscopic glandular hairs, which are probably the spore-cases 

 of some ancient tree allied to the existing club-moss family." 



