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or.e place he descants pleasantly enough, but quite out of place, on his 
hobby of honeycomb structure, in another, only a few pages from the 
beginninp:, he leads the tyro into all the minute details as to the nature, 
composition, and probable origin of the igneous roots, as he has made 
this a special subject of inquiry. Useful and entertaining though these 
are, one does not want to read " Haughton " on every page, but ex- 
pects a clear exposition of the facts and principles of the science put in 
as concise and simple a form as possible, — a series of texts, and not a 
volume of sermons. Such a volume for botany our readers will find 
this to be. There are no words wasted; everv sentence contains 
additional information, and carries the learner further on. There is 
also an abundance of illustrative drawings and diagrams. It has in- 
deed already amply approved itself to the class for which it is intended, 
and the editorial superintendence of Mr. Moore is a guarantee that this 
tenth edition is up with the botany of the day. 
Fungi Britannici Exsiccatiy a M, C. Cooke coUecti. Cent. I. Lon- 
don : Hardwicke. 1865. 
Mr. M. C. Cooke, with whose papers on microscopic fungi our 
readers are acquainted, has just published a first century of * British 
Fungi.' His extensive acquaintance with this family of plants will 
greatly increase the value of this collection, and make it a necessary 
addition to every herbarium that seeks to represent all the tribes of our 
native flora. 
BOTANICAL NEWS. 
M. Alphonse de CandoUe -will preside over the great International Botanical 
Congress to be held in London in May next, and deliver an opening address. 
Mr. Clements Markham has gone to the East Indies to inspect the Govern- 
ment Chinchona Plantations, and report upon them officially. 
Mr. Ealph Tate has discovered, in the Shetland Islands, a Flantajo new to 
the British flora, and behevcd to be F, alpina. A coloured plate of it will 
aecompanj his * Enumeration of the Shetland Plants ' in the next number 
of this Journal. A plate of Dr. Moore's new Irish Imda is also in course of 
pre p a ration . 
It is with deep regret we announce the death of Mr. Lovell Reeve, of 
Henrietta Street, well known to botanists as the publisher of many standard 
worts on our science, and to conchologists as the author of one of the largest 
illustrated works on shells ever brouglit out. Mr. Reeve died on the 18th of 
November, after tlurteen months' severe suflering, aged fifty-one. 
