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REVIEWS. 



[June, 



Botanists will be induced to visit these isles in the hope of in- 

 creasing the attractiveness of their herbaria or collections. The 

 following are a few of the novelties that may be expected ; they 

 are extracted from the list published in this little work, and con- 

 tributed by one of our Guernsey correspondents. : — 



Allivun Ampeloprasum. Frankenia Itevis. 

 Allium Babingtonii. Gnaphalium luteo-album. 



Allium triquetrum. Herniaria glabra. 



Arthrolobium ebracteatum. Hypericum linarisefolium. 



Briza minor. 

 Bromus maximus. 

 Bupleiu"um aristatum. 

 Carex punctata. 

 Cicendia CandoUii. 

 Cicendia filiformis. 

 Coronopus didyma. 

 Cynodon Dactylon. 

 Cynosm'us echinatus. 

 Cyperus longus. 

 Daucus maritimus. 

 Erodium moschatum. 

 Euphorbia Peplis. 



Isoetes Durisei. 



Juncus capitatus. 



Knappia agrostidea. 



Lagurus ovatus. 



Lavatera arborea. 



Leonurus cardiaca. 



Lotus hispidus. 



Ly thrum Hyssopifolium. 



Matthiola sinuata. 



Ononis reclinata. 



Orchis laxiflora. 



OphioglossTim lusitanicum. Vicia lutea, etc. etc. 



Orobanche Hederse. 



Oxalis corniculata. 

 Polycarpon tetraphyllum. 

 Polygonum maritimum. 

 Polypogon littoralis. 

 Polypogon monspeliensis. 

 Seilla autumnalis. 

 Scrophularia Scorodonia. 

 Sibthorpia europsea. 

 Silene angUca, var. quinque- 



vulnera. 

 SUene conica. 

 Spiranthes aestivalis. 

 TiUsea muscosa. 

 Trichonema Columnse. 

 Trifolium suffocatum. 



Hints for the Formation of Local Museums. By the Treasurer of 

 the Wimbledon Museum Committee. London : Robert Hard- 

 wicke, 192, Piccadilly. 1863. 



What parochial community would now be without a museum, 

 when the annual expense to each individual proprietor or mem- 

 ber would be only five shillings per annum ? 



The formation of associations for the study of natural history 

 has been frequently advocated in our pages, and at last a method 

 has been discovered which renders their failure all but impossible. 

 The success of the Wimbledon Village Club of Naturalists has 

 placed this matter beyond the possibility of doubt. 



The objects of the Wimbledon Club of Naturalists are the 

 study of natural history in all its branches ; and these are pro- 

 moted by lectures, readings, the collection and comparison of 

 specimens, etc. etc. By these means the working classes are to 

 be both instructed and amused. The utile and the dulce are so 

 admirably blended, and all classes of the comniunity are so 

 cheaply and agreeably associated, that a healthy stimulus is 



