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The second volume, which is in an advanced state of preparation, 

 will contain the Monocotyledons, by Mr. Eendle ; the Vascular 

 Cryptogams, by Mr. Carruthers ; the Mosses, by Mr. Gepp ; the 

 Hepaticse, by Prof. Stephani ; the Marine Algae, by Miss Barton ; 

 the Freshwater Alg®, by Messrs. W. & G. S. West ; the Fungi, by 

 Miss Smith ; and the Lichens, by Prof. Wainio. 



The An7iales des Sciences XatureUes must be added to the number 

 — happily decieasii]g — of those periodicals which are imperfectly or 

 incorrectly dated. The last volume (iv.), both on title-page and 

 wrapper, bears the date 1896, but at the foot of the front page of 

 the latter we read : " Ce cahier a ete public en novembre 1897 " — 

 a fact of which no indication is given in the volume itself, and of 

 which, therefore, when bound, it will contain no record, unless the 

 wrapper be retained. In the face of its notorious inaccuracy, would 

 it not be well to discontinue the announcement which appears on 

 each wrapper — "Les Amiales paraissant par cahiers mensuels"? 

 The Journal of the Linnean Society exhibits in a less degree the 

 same discrepancy between promise and performance ; thus, on the 

 cover of the last number we read that "papers read in May and 

 June are published on 1st November." Yet this number bears date 

 Dec. 2, and contains only one paper, which was read on March 18 

 and June 17 ! The cover of the Journal de Botanique dated Feb. 1 

 announced: " Le numero du 16 Decembre 1897 paraitra pro- 

 chainement"; it came to hand about the middle of March, duly 

 dated "16 Decembre"! It would seem that the bad example so 

 long set by the Kew Bulktin is finding numerous imitators. 



We are glad to announce that the Flora of Kent, under the joint 

 authorship of Mr. F. J. Hanbury and the Rev. E. S. Marshall, is 

 practically ready for press, and that a large portion of it is already 

 in the printer's hands. A new part of Mr. Hanbury's British Hieracia 

 has just been issued. 



M. John Briquet has issued a Mono[/raphie des Buplevres des 

 Alpes-Maritimes (Bale: Georg, Nov. 1897) which is evidently a very 

 careful study of the twelve species of Bupleurum found in the region 

 mentioned. 



We regret to record the death of our contributor Mr. Thomas 

 Kirk, of Wellington, New Zealand, of whom we hope to publish a 

 fuller notice. 



Mrs. Earle's Potpourrifrom a Surrey Garden (Smith, Elder & Co. ; 

 price 6s.) contains much miscellaneous chat on all kinds of subjects, 

 from children to cookery, but is remarkable among the books of its 

 class for its very interesting and appreciative notices of botanical 

 artists and their work. Mrs. Earle's own collection of the less 

 recent and (artistically at any rate) more valuable illustrated 

 literature is evidently by no means inconsiderable, and she has 

 supplemented her knowledge by frequent visits to the Botanical 

 Department of the Natural History Museum, where she has been 

 able to study at leisure the work, both published and unpublished, 

 of the best botanical draughtsmen. We know of no book which 



