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"Bacteria and Other Fungi in Relation to the Soil," by D. Rivas 

 (" Bull. Soc. Bot. de France," vol. xi.). 



"Nouvelles maladies de plantes cultivees," by Arsene Puttemans 

 ("Contributions from the U.S. Nat. Herbarium," vol. xvi. part iii.). 



" Ecologie d'une petite panne dans les dunes des environs des 

 Dunkerque (Phanerogames et Cryptogames)," by M. Bouly de 

 Lesdain ("Bull. Soc. Bot. de France," vol. xii.). 



" Nouvelle contribution a la Geographic Botanique du Jurassique 

 Beige : Dispersion du Circium acaide, Allioni," by A. Verhulst 

 (" Bull. Soc. Royale de Bot. de Belgique," 1911). 



" Vegetationsskizze der Umgebung von Czernowitz," by Dr. K. 

 Rudolph (" Annals of Botany," July 1912). 



"Leaf Movements in the Family Oxalidacese," by E. B. Ulrich 

 (" Contributions from the Botan. Laboratory of the University of 

 Pennsylvania"). 



" Ein neuer Typus der Spaltoffnungen bie den Saxifragaceen," by 

 B. Hryniewiecki ("Bull. International de I'Academie des Science, 

 Krakaw," March 191 2). 



" Azotobacter Studien : L Morphologic und Cytologic," by A. 

 Prazmowski (" Contributions from the U.S. Nat. Herbarium," 

 vol. xvi. part iii.). 



Reviews, Book Notices, etc. 



Clare Island Survey. Parts XI. and XII.: Musci and Hepatic/r. 

 Canon H. W. Lett, M.A. 191 2. Price 6d. 



The investigation of the cryptogamic flora of the Clare Island 

 survey district is one which cannot fail to stimulate survey work 

 elsewhere. If so remote a region, though botanically important, can 

 receive such systematic attention at the hands of busy specialists, it is 

 to be hoped that other areas may in due course be similarly dealt 

 with, including the many unexplored parts of Scotland, Wales, and 

 England. 



Canon Lett in his interesting paper describes the district from a 

 bryological point of view, noting the absence of glens, the exposed 

 surfaces, the peaty districts much denuded by peat-cutting, which in 

 Ireland has helped to restrict the distribution of turfophilous plants 

 on a wide scale, though here it supports few mosses or hepatics. 

 They abound, however, in well-sheltered nooks and corners which 

 absorb the abundant rain. Croaghmore affords shelter to leeward 



