In the meantime, as a large proportion of them are British, he 
recommends students to procure Hooker's Sht 
British Islands. J 
Text-book of Fungi.*-The interest aroused in the fungi by the 
methods of investigation initiated by De Bary, and the' extreme 
'"M'-'Hamv oi a eleur understanding of their relations to other 
organisms, especially to mankind and to animals and plants of 
economic value, have resulted in so rich a harvest that the books 
or even a few years ago are quite inadequate guides to the study 
of these plants. The old landmarks have been shifted or even 
swept away, and old problems have been resolved, but only to be 
replaced by new and still more perplexing ones. New methods of 
research have opened up new possibilities oi advance; and new 
s 3f eses have *f> &"»"i"l i'- :•■ tl.- .■.■lati.ms and origins ,,t ,),, 
several gronps. Ideas unfamiliar to the writer, ,,r tin- evistimr 
text-books have found expression, and have been fruitful in 
\\ for new investigations. Thus 
t f V WlSen , a preSsing need for a trustworthy guide to the 
are, that should state clearly what has been 
St^ d 11Kli , Cate P roble ^s in need of investigation. Such 
«nno?lt 1- b f.P roduced only as the fruit of long-continued per- 
tvnesof^ 1 ' '' U ; ,f Fl " >tnU ,m "' I !ife histories of numerous 
manv fnv ~ writings of 
almost eve ; M! '" N , s " ' trough the recent literature of 
country. Access to the necessary literature 
nosJ«* Ihl , ,-l me ± . m a vei T few libraries. Few botanists 
Ck and tl^ 1 ■ Catl0M reqUired in the Preparation of such i 
recentlWssu ! L'V'T"' " V ' "' m " "'" ' IWU * of Fungi 
. 'td b } Mr. George Massee, whose j'amiliaritv with the 
wSfeth 1 1 S0 f a ^P 1>0Ved bv P^vious books and papers, 
Shed him \ i . W °- Val 1:, " a,,l( - Gardens at Kewhasfur- 
Svanta^ti i ° 7 V l ' liHU ' literature. Even with these 
of the \2l % ™\ T^ W been a vei T Iwwy one. The object 
tion tn fl, ' 1S 8tat6d iQ the P 1 '" M introduc- 
great a, ^: o :; il,,r ' rn ' 'V^ ivs led to so 
iil , T 11 ! " Ur knowle ^ of fungi from so .nan, new 
oi',, ' -, ,., \ Ul \ ' ; . a r," ll V l " li -^' *'here fuller information can be 
exru.ed ', do nhfi f •* e 8urve y*d ^ ^ide, and one might be 
adequate acconnt „{ \7 ere P 088 ™ 6 in a sma11 lnaMal to S ive an 
careful peruse of th^ "J 8 ? 7 1 ifferent lines of Progress. But a 
other than care f u l IIIa^ (and h is not one that y^ lds itself to 
studied tesenHnl ^2 Te 7™ ls nowthorow. 
also shows -nos'totlMMu; audit 
by the se^TVn t€ 8 w £i " ** ^ " ilUms held 
the beliefs Sui^S^ ^ at a11 time * *° «*e masons for 
The several topics e 
and ir^ various parts, i 
and morpholep- th,nt V.'~ '"'",""' unites and ; 
_______J^!fZL_^^ of reproduction, sexual and 
•auSSJ? GLr g a e n lssee lUd S ng M T r P h 1 ol °^. Physiology, Pathology, ClassifiT 
s massee. s,o. Loudon : Duckworth & Co. 1906. 
