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how to meet hard times," " Plants with mechanical genius," and 

 the like ; but they deal clearly and brightly with the principal 

 phenomena of growth, structure, fertilization, and the like. There 

 are numerous tigures, but these are neither well drawn nor satis- 

 factorily reproduced. The Supplement contains practical sug- 

 gestions, and based on the author's own experience as a teacher 

 in a '' state normal school," which are likely to be useful to those 

 similarly situated. The two parts bound in cloth cost $1.50. 



The last part of the Transactions of the Perthshire Society of 

 Natural Science (vol. ii. part 6) contains several papers of botanical 

 interest : among them Mr. R. H. Meldrum's ' Preliminary List of 

 Perthshire Mosses,' Mr. R. Smith's ' Plant Associations of the Tay 

 basin,' and Mr. P. McNair's essay on " The Geological Factors in 

 the Distribution of the Alpine Plants of Perthshire." We are glad 

 to note that the parts of these well-printed and carefully edited 

 Tranmctions, which are published at the Natural History Museum 

 in Perth, may be obtained by non-members at very reasonable cost: 

 the present instalment costs Is. 6d. 



The contmued and increasing demands on our space, although 

 gratifying evidence of the usefulness of the Journal and of its 

 recognized value as a channel of publication, compel us to defer 

 several reviews of important works. Among these may be mentioned 

 the new edition of the ' Cybele Hibernica ' ; Dr. Schwendener's 

 'Gesammelte Botanische Mittheilungen ' ; Mr. H. C. Hart's ' Flora 

 of Donegal ' ; the first part of Dr. Urban's ' Symbols Antillanae ' ; 

 the concluding volume of Dr. Britten's ' Illustrated Flora of North 

 America'; and Dr. A. F. W. Schimper's ' Pflanzen-Geographie.' 

 We have also, for the same reason, been compelled to postpone any 

 extracts from the recent reports of the Botanical Exchange Club, 

 and to defer the completion of the ' Biographical Index ' ; this we 

 hope to finish in the January number, and to reissue in pamphlet 

 form early in 1899. Several papers, some of them relating to 

 British botany and others of bibliographical interest, also stand 

 over. Many of the foregoing will be printed in our next issue. 



EREATA. 



P. 28, 1. 13 from bottom, for '• endocarpis " read " endocarpio." 



P. 65, 1. 15 from top, for " Phoraceffi " read " Thoracefe." 



P. 188, 1. 5 from bottom, for " compressis " read " compressus." 



P. 189, 1. 2 from top, for "cm." read "mm." 



P. 208, 11. 7 and 8 from bottom, for " Perry" read " Penny." 



P. 267, 1. 16 from bottom, for " Down " read " Antrhn." 



P. 285, 1. 13 from bottom, for " Wallace " read " Wallich." 



P. 298, 1. 2 from bottom, and p. 29'.), 1. 9 from top, for " 1737 " read "175:3." 



P. 831, 1. 7 from top, for "probably a species of Desmagonium^^ read ^^Actinella 



imnctata Lewis." 

 P. 333, 1. 5 from bottom, for '^pyramidatum" read '^ subpy rami datum. ^' 

 P. 336, 1. 16 from bottom, for " tenacity " read " tenuity " ; 1. 2 from bottom, 



for " sanguineum " read " sanguineo." 

 P. 380, 1. 13 from top, for " Salix " read " Salvia.'' 

 P. 461, 1. 16 from top, for " Watts " read " Ivatts." 



