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merates the following Ferns and their allies for the convenience of those 
specially interested in them:—Polypodium vulgare, L., P. Phegopteris, L., 
P. Dryopteris, L., P. Robertianum, Hoffm., Cystopteris fragilis, Bernh., 
Aspidium Filix-mas, Sw., A. cristatum, Sw., 4. spinulosum, Doll. (including 
elevatum, A. Braun, — A. spinulosum, Sm., and dilatum, Dóll., as varie- 
ties), 4. Oreopteris, Sw., 4. Thelypteris, Sw., A. aculeatum var. vulgare, 
Doll. (A. lobatum, Sw.), Asplenium Filiæ-fæmina, Bernh., 4. tricho- 
manes, L., A. Ruta-muraria, L., A. septentrionale, Sw., Scolopendrium 
officinale, Sw., Blechnum Spicant, Roth, Pteris aquilina, D., Osmunda 
regalis, L., Ophioglossum vulgatum, L., Botrychium Lunaria, Kaulf., 
Equisetum arvense, L., E. Telmateja, Ehr., E. sylvaticum, L., E. pra- 
tense, Ehr., E. palustre, L., E. limosum, L., E. hiemale, L., Lycopodium 
Selago, L., L. annotinum, L., L. clavatum, L., L. inundatum, D., 
L. complanatum, L., and Pilularia globulifera, L. 
Tropical Fibres; their Production and Economic Extraction. By E. 
G. Squier. London: Madden. New York: Scribner and Co. 
Whatever success Mr. Squier may have achieved in the field of 
ethnology, he has made a serious mistake in trying his hands at the 
subject of tropical fibres. To a botanist it is quite heartrending to 
see the series of blunders he commits from the opening to the closing 
paragraph. Out of every ten names five are sure to be misspelt; 
and genuine information (culled from whatever limited sources were at 
hand) is so hopelessly intermingled with error, and so frequently ap- 
plied to the wrong species of plant, that the book must be pronounced 
a worthless compilation, illustrated by sixteen badly-executed plates, 
two of which have been copied from the * Popular History of the 
alms.’ The arrangement of the book is as illogical as its contents are 
untrustworthy. The first chapter professes to give an account of the 
“ Extent of Consumption and Modes of Extraction” of fibres, the 
the third with “ Fibre-producing Plants,” the fourth with * Endoge- 
nous Plants," and the fifth with * Exogenous Plants "—amongst the 
latter are included the ** Yucca, Liliacea, or Lily family." Commercial 
men, for whose benefit this book is chiefly intended, will smile when 
comparing Mr. Squier’s quotations with those of the circulars issued by 
our great London firms. 
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