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to tourists in enabling them to identify their specimens. The serious 

 student will not, of course, forget his Gremli, so indispensable to 

 minuter stud3\ 



MM. J. B. Bailliere et Fils, ig Rue Hautefeuille, Paris, write 

 to tell us that they have nearly ready for pubhcation a Bibliography 

 of French Flora, containing the titles of nearly one thousand books 

 and pamphlets dealing with the subject. These are classified accord- 

 ing to geographical regions. The publishers will send it free to any- 

 one writing: for it. 



The Niiovo Giovnale Botanico Italiano commences a new series with the 

 present year. The original publication, which dates from i86g, was 

 edited till 1872 by Beccari, but for the last two-and-twenty years has 

 appeared under the direction of Professor T. Carnel. Henceforth it 

 becomes the special organ of the Italian Botanical Society, and will 

 contain those papers which are too large for publication in the 

 Society's Bulletin. This is indicated by the addition to the title, 

 *' Nuova Serie," " Memorie della Socieia botanica italiana." 



Under the title of " The Land of Viti," Mr. J. P. Thomson's 

 paper on the Fiji Islands, read before the Adelaide Meeting of the 

 Australian Association for the Advancement of Science (September, 

 1893), has been printed in the Scottish Geographical Magazine for 

 March. Mr. Thomson deals with the various geographical divisions 

 of the group, the coral reefs, geology, products, fauna, flora, natives, 

 and climate. The paper is long and interesting. 



We have received from Messrs. Williams and Norgate the issue of 

 their foreign book circular for June, 1894, being no. 59 of their Scien- 

 tific Series. It contains a classified list of recent foreign scientific 

 publications, with the net cash price for which they can supply each 

 book. Purchasers of scientific books will find it very convenient. 



The July number of the Scottish Geographical Magazine contains articles 

 and news of considerable interest and value. Dr. Otto Pettersson 

 continues the account of recent Swedish hydrographical research in 

 the Baltic and North Seas. In the last number of Natural Science, 

 vol. v., pp. 5-7, we gave an account of the first part of Dr. Pettersson's 

 review. This new part contains much detailed information, and is 

 illustrated by many valuable charts of the degrees of salinity, the 

 direction of currents, the contours of the sea-bottom, etc., of the areas 

 investigated. Mr. E. Delmar Morgan writes of the mountain systems 

 of Central Asia, and a useful coloured map is annexed. Mr. D. R. 

 Urquhart continues his interesting notes upon the Bolivian 

 A Itiplanicie. 



