1861.] REVIEWS. 125 



As before remarked, tlie sea-side plants are few, being confined 

 to quite a small district, itself much circumscribed by recent drain- 

 ing operations. The only rarities are Statice caspia and Obione 

 pedunculata, the latter probably extinct. 



We must not forget to call attention to the valuable matter 

 given in the A-ppendix, itself a most important contribution to 

 British Botany, and which contains articles on the following 

 subjects: — 1. On Thalictrum saxatile. 2. On Pap aver dubium. 

 3. Viola canina, Linn. 4. On Arenaria serpyllifolia. 5. On 

 several Brambles. 6. On Serrafalcus. 7. On Triticum. 8. On 

 the Vegetation of the Fens. 9. List of the Lost Plants of Cam- 

 bridgeshire. 10. On the Geographical Relations of the Cam- 

 bridgeshire Flora as compared with that of Great Britain. 



It only remains for us heartily to recommend Mr. Babington's 

 latest volume as a model County Flora. We feel convinced that 

 it will add to the well-deserved reputation of its author, and we 

 trust that the ' Flora of Cambridgeshire ' will obtain an extensive 

 circulation among all who take an interest in the distribution of 

 British plants, as well as among the botanical students of the 

 University, whose wants it is especially calculated to meet. 



The Chemist and Druggist : a Monthly Trade Circular. Pub- 

 lished for the Proprietor, by James Firth, Cannon Street 

 W^est, London, E.G. 



This number, among other well-written articles with which the 

 ' Phytologist ' does not meddle, contains one on the Natural 

 Order Rammculacea, which comprehends several oflflcinal plants, 

 viz. Aconitum, Actcea, Hellebore, Nigella, etc. 



We need not quote the article on this Order to afford our 

 readers a sample of the serial in which it appears, as most of 

 them are already in possession of the information which it con- 

 tains. The following extract from a reformer will speak for 

 itself:— 



" For my own part, I cannot coincide with many members of the trade, 

 who deem it more judicious to fill the shop with fancy articles supplied 

 ready for sale, and offering a certain amount of profit, if sold, to the slower, 

 but more steady, lasting, and legitimate mode of increasing trade by means 

 of the preparation and introduction of medicines in such a form as to render 



