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REVIEWS. 



Orchids, the Royal Family of Plants. With 24 Illustrations 

 from Nature, by Harriet Stewart Miner, in colors, each 10 by 14 

 inches. With descriptive letter-press. Bound in gold, silver, or 

 bronze cloth, full gilt edges, price $15.00; Turkey morocco, or tree 

 calf, $30.00. Lee & Shepard, Boston. 



It would be difficult to find many persons who know any- 

 thing about Botany who are not always interested in this 

 " Royal Family of Plants." Their beauty, their curious shapes 

 and their peculiar life-history make them " the elite of the 

 Floral Kingdom." 



The illustrations were drawn from specimens found in 

 American collections ; and the coloring represents the natural 

 beauty of the plants. 



The binding ot the copy before us is of the heaviest Turkey 

 morocco, and with the text forms a model of workmanship. 

 We have never seen more beautiful plates. The whole work is 

 the most magnificent of its class we have ever seen, and many 

 reviewers have declared it " the most beautiful and superb 

 work ever issued in this country." 



The Orchids op New England. A popular monograph. By Henry 

 Baldwin. 8°. pp. 160. 111. 40. 1884. John Wiley & Sons. $2.00. 



It is not every lover of nature that can see their way clear 

 to indulge in such a magnificent work as the one noticed above. 

 To all such we commend the work by Mr. Baldwin. It treats 

 of the Orchids of New England, where are forty-seven species. 

 The author gives the leading characteristics of the Orchis fam- 

 ily ; how to identify each species ; and he illustrates many of 

 them with full-page, well-executed wood-cuts. Botanists and 

 floriculturists will rejoice to hear that they have a work like this 

 at their command ; they need have no longer simply a bowing 

 acquaintance with this rural family. 



A Manual of Organic Materia Medica. By John M. Maisch, 

 Phar. D., Professor of Materia Medica in the Philadelphia College 

 of Pharmacy. Second Edition, pp. 511. 111. 242. 1885. Lea 

 Brothers & Co., Philadelphia. 



The first edition of this work came to our review table three 

 years ago, and for over a year has been out of print. This edi- 



