72 BOOK-NOTES, NEWS, ETC. 



others under Fomes, Pohjporas, Pob/stictus, Poria, and Favohis, 

 and the species have been arranged under the different genera in 

 alphabetical order. Such a method is no doubt convenient, but it 

 is fatal to the sense of relationship or of sequence. The appendix 

 contains useful and practical suggestions as to the best methods of 

 collecting and preserving the larger fleshy fungi, and a synopsis of 

 the genera and subgenera of the AijaricacecB. We may call their 

 ;ittention to Mr. Arthur Lister's admirable method of making and 

 retaining spore-impressions, as described by him in this Journal for 

 1877, p.' 369.— A. L. 8. 



We note with pleasure that Dr. George King, of the Calcutta 

 Gardens, has received the decoration of Knight Commander of the 

 Indian Empire. 



The first part has been issued of Icones Bogorienses, a new 

 publication from the Buitenzorg Garden, under the editorship of 

 Dr. Boerlage. It will appear at uncertain intervals, and each 

 number will contain twenty-five plates of new or little-known 

 species, with accompanying letterpress. The present instalment, 

 which is mainly occupied with PolijpetalcB, contains plates and 

 descriptions of Indovethia, a new genus of Vio/acetT, and of Gijmnato- 

 rarpiis, a genus founded on Aitocarpns venosa Zoll. 



We are glad to learn that the new and greatly-enlarged edition 

 of the well-known Cyhde Hihernica of Moore & More is now in the 

 press, and will be published in a few months. The preparation of 

 this second edition, which is founded on the papers of the late 

 Alexander Goodman More, joint author with tbe late Dr. David 

 Moore of the first edition, published in 1866, has engaged the 

 editors for upwards of iwo years. We are informed that the work 

 will present many new features, and embody the latest results of 

 botanical exploration in Ireland. The editors are Nathaniel Colgan, 

 M.R.I.A., and Reginald W. Scully, F.L.S., friends of the late A. G. 

 More and contributors to this Journal. A full prospectus is to be 

 issued shortly. 



The Messrs. Linton have issued the final fascicle of their Set of 

 British Willows, which contains thirty-seven (instead of the stipu- 

 lated twenty-five) numbers, bringing the total up to 112. In the 

 note accompanying the specimens, the authors say: — "In the 

 course of the last few years we have made some experiments in 

 the cross-fertilization of Willow^s, and some of the most interesting 

 results have been introduced into this fascicle. No. 88, S. Capren 

 X lanata, No. 92, IS. cinerea x Myrsinites, and Nos. 99 and 100, 

 -S'. lanata X repens, are examples selected which might occur in 

 nature ; and these products of design may at any time become 

 useful for comparison. No. 98, S. repens x viiiiiiudis, w^as made in 

 this way, at a time when the hybrid was not known for Britain ; it 

 has recently been detected by the Eev. E. S. Marshall in Suther- 

 land. Besides these, Nos. 83 and 103, of which we could not 

 procure satisfactory wild material, are supplied from plants which 

 occurred spontaneously in the garden." 



