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I have read the note on two-leaved Pimis rigida in the 

 March Bulletin with much interest Between Sergeantsville 

 and Stockton, Hunterdon Co., N. J., are several small trees of P. 

 rigida having but two leaves in a fascicle. 



Washbukn, Minn. 



R. E. SCHUH. 



proposed Ne 



to in No. 57 of ''Garden and Forest," where an account of the 

 old Hosack Garden may also be found. 



Reviews of Foreign Literature. 



The Flora of West Yorkshire, with a sketch of the Climatol- 

 ogy and Lit ho logy in conjiection therezvith. By Frederic Arnold 

 Lees. London : Lovell, Reeve & Co., i8S8. 



The object of this work as stated in the ''Foreword/* is: — (i) 

 to sketch the climate of the West Riding of York and show the 

 limits imposed by its various factors upon those floral integers 

 that make up the sum of its vegetation ; (2) to connect the facts 

 concerning soils and rocks in respect to their behavaor under dis- 

 mtegration, and indicate the influence exerted by their conditions 

 upon horizontal species-distribution ; and (3) to furnish botan- 

 ical collectors or students with a Flora — a list of the species 

 found within the Riding, that shall be not merely a guide to the 

 localities where they grow, but a history (with dates) so far as 

 the area is concerned, of each one as well. 



This object appears to be very fully attained in this thick oc- 

 tavo of 843 pages. It contains a map of the West Riding, 9 

 niches by 7, colored to represent the broad features of lithology 

 as affecting plant distribution, and to show the natural river-basfn 

 areas. Then follow 60 pages devoted to the climatology, and 20 

 pages to the lithology. There are 13 pages of the bibhography 

 of West Yorkshire Botany, between the years 1548 and 1885, 

 with an additional three pages in the appendix extending the 

 dates to 1887. Under this head 209 titles are given, embracing 

 works including; references to this region by William Turner, 



Joh 



Ray, Dillcn, Cur'tis, Withering, Sow- 



erby, Evelyn, Henfrcy, Baker and others. 



