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new ones (they are eleven) ; 2. Cascarilla, Wed., twenty-one species. 
(of which eight are new); 3. Remijia, eleven species; 4. Gomphosia, 
Wed., two species (one is new); 5. Ladenbergia of Klotzsch, (one 
species). 
FLORA HERTFORDIENSIS ; being a Catalogue of Plants of the County 
of Hertford, with the stations of the rarer species ; by the Rev. R. H. 
Wess, Rector of Essendon, Herts., assisted by the Rev. W. H. 
COLEMAN. London. 1848. Part I. 12mo 
This is one of the few books which contains more than it promises. 
It is far from a mere catalogue of the plants of the county. It has 
the great merit of noting these plants according to geographical dis- 
tribution ; and at the very outset of the little volume, we have a neat 
map of Hertfordshire, showing the districts into which it is proposed 
to divide the county for the illustration of its botanical geography. 
The introduction treats of the physical geography and botanical divi- 
sions of the county, and is from the pen of the Rey. W. H. Coleman : 
it is well worth a careful perusal, and cannot fail to gratify all who 
take any interest in the botany and geology of Hertfordshire. The 
catalogue in the first number includes Ranunculacee. No specific cha- 
racters are given, but full habitats, enumerating the districts. There 
is a copious table of Desiderata, showing the districts in which each 
plant named is wanting. 
Moonz's British Ferns. 12mo. London. 1848. 
We have here a “ Hand-book of British ies intended as a guide 
and companion in Fern culture. Tr. s Moore, its author, is 
well known as a successful cultivator of aan: and of Ferns in parti- 
eular, of which he has been a no less successful student; so that he 
possesses great advantages in the preparation of such a work. The 
substance of what is contained in this little book, the preface tells 
us, has already appeared, in detached portions, in a periodical pub- 
lication, (Gardener’s and Farmer’s Journal). ** In their present form, 
