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There can be no hesitation in heartily recnmmendinp: this new anfl 

 very full botanical thesannis, which cannot fail to he of the {greatest 

 use to botanists of all kinds. The only thin?; which may be considered 

 a fault is that the national failing for giving the French names of 

 genera precedence over the Latin ones has rendered cross-refercnnes 

 frecpiently necessary. No non-French botanist would' know that 

 the genus Homaliiim was to be found under " Acomas,^^ or would at 

 first look for Apiutn nnder '^ Ache." It is a pity that a new dic- 

 tionary did not break off this traditional custom which has prevailed 

 from the time of Lamarck's great encyclopedic work. But in spite 

 of this, there can be no doubt that the present " Dictionnaire " supplies 

 a widely felt necessity in a most satisfactory manner, and should have 

 a place in the library of all who study the science to which it is 

 devoted. H. T. 



Repertormm annuum Literaturce Botantccs Periodica. Curarunt G. 

 C. W. BonNENSiEG et W. Bruck. Tom. 2, 1873. Haarlem, 

 1876 (8vo, pp. 200). 



The publication ot the first instalment of this useful serial, containing 

 the literature of 1872, was noticed (Journ. Bot., 1874, p. 121) in some 

 detail. The long delay in the issue of this second volume has been 

 caused by the death of Mr. Van Bemmelen, the compiler of the first. 

 He is succeeded in the keepership of the Teylerian Society's Library 

 by Mr. Bohnensieg, who has decided to continue the annual publica- 

 tion, and now issues the volume for 1873, promising that for 1874 

 before the end of the year. 



The number of periodicals consulted is, it is satisfactory to see, very 

 largely augmented, 149 being enumerated against 93 in the previous 

 volume. But there are still some omissions which it would be easy 

 to supply. Of British periodicals, the " Annals and ]\Iagazine of 

 Natural History," the " Pharmaceutical Journal," and the "Gardeners' 

 Chronicle " (though a newspaper) should be included, and there is 

 still a very imperfect record of Scandinavian literature— the Copen- 

 hagen " Botanisk Tidsskrift " and the Lund " Botaniska Notiser" 

 being still omitted. So far as examined, the record is well and con- 

 scientiously compiled, and the classification of the subjects, though 

 somewhat over elaborate, is well considered ; probably no system can 

 avoid repetitions. Good indexes to authors' names, and to orders and 

 genera, render it easy to find any item. All who have to consult 

 botanical literature will be glad to have this annual repertory, which 

 it is to be hoped will be published rapidly, so as to overtake the last 

 three years. H. T. 



A Flam and Easy Account of British Fungi, with special reference to 

 the Esculent and Economic Species. By M. C. Cooke, M.A., 

 LL.D. Third Edition revised. Hardwicke and Bogue, 1876. 

 (pp. 166.; 



It may be assumed as a fact that a book which reaches a third 

 edition has supplied a want. Though the number of those who 



