306 REVIEWS. [October ) 



" Veronica peregrina. Mr. Wolsey's Sarnian station for tLis^ 

 before adverted to^ is an apple-orchard or nursery at St. Sau- 

 veur's^ in Jersey. 



"Aremonia agrimonioides. This plant of south Europe has also 

 been forwarded to us from West Yorkshire by Mr. T. W. Gissing. 

 He has met with it in a subspontaneous condition^ on the banks of 

 the canal, near Wakefield. 



" Fedia Auricula. Found by Mr. T. J. Foggitt, in cornfields 

 between Thirsk and Sandhiitton. New to North Yorkshire. 



" Potamogeton flabellatus. Met with by Mr. W. Foggitt and 

 myself in plenty in the river Swale, at Skinton Bridge and Ton- 

 cliffe. New to North Yorkshire. 



" Daphne Mezereum. Mr. W. H. Brown has sent a supply of 

 specimens of this from Tunstall Hope, a dene in the magnesian 

 limestone, near Sunderland. It is not admitted in the ' Cybele ' 

 as a plant of Tyne province, but is spoken of by its finder as 

 likely to be indigenous here. 



" Habenaria chlorantha. Sent by Mr. John Dugdale, from the 

 vicinity of Accrington, in Lancashire. In the fourth volume of 

 the 'Cybele,^ No. 9 is the only blank in the line of provinces 

 from 1 to 16. . 



" Sparganium minimum. Sent by the Rev. J. H. Thompson, 

 from Crymbyn Bog, near Swansea. Not given in the ' Cybele ' 

 as a plant of the South Wales province." 



Carex rigida. In the notice of this species, as printed last 

 month, for "near to Yorkshire," read ''new to Yorkshire." 



Tobacco : its History and Associations, including an Account of 

 the Plant, and its Manufacture, with the Modes of Use, in all 

 Ages and Countries. By F. W. Fairholt, F.S.A. London : 

 Chapman and Hall, 1859. 



In this volume of 362 pages, Mr. Fairholt has given the 

 public the benefit of much information respecting this plant, 

 and in so doing he has consulted and taken advantage of almost 

 every author who has written on the subject. We recommend 

 our readers to peruse it, not because we think it will improve 



