94. REVIEWS. 
that the Lapps swathe their children in it till they are old enough 
to take care of themselves. 
Licuens. Lichen Family.—Several are nutritious, as Iceland 
Moss, and many yield dyes of considerable importance to manu- 
facturers. See a review of a series of experiments and their 
results in our Journal for July (July number of the ‘ Phyto- 
logist’). 
Of the Order Funer we have only room to notice the Vinegar 
Plant, or Mother of Vinegar, a very minute Fungus, which, by 
aggregation, forms a tough, leathery substance, only limited by 
the size of the vessel where it is produced. We intend shortly 
to devote a few lines of the ‘ Phytologist’ to the history of this 
curious vegetable. Under the head of Miscellanea there are vast 
collections of woods, artificial flowers, vegetable productions, ve- 
getable manufactures, interesting plants, relics, samples of the 
most elevated vegetation in the world, specimens of Tunbridge 
ware, Mauchline snuffboxes, ete. 
The catalogue is illustrated with numerous cuts ; and we notice 
a very good index to the contents of this interesting collection, 
which we need not recommend our readers to visit. It is visited 
by hundreds of thousands whom our publication has not yet 
reached ; but we recommend our readers to procure this compre- 
hensive account of a Museum which is likely to become one of 
the most extensive and useful collections in the world. 

Musci Fifenses: Specimens of the Mosses of Fifeshire.  Illus- 
trated by Notes relative to their distribution over the County. 
By Cuaries Howrin, A.B.S. St. Andrew’s: Cook. 
We have seen 15 specimens of the Fifeshire Mosses, viz :—5 
species of Hypnum, 6 ditto of Bryum, and 1 species of Bartramia, 
Funaria, Hookeria, Anectangium, respectively. These samples 
are well dried, mounted, and mostly in fruit, and when the series 
is completed it will form a desirable volume. We hope the 
author will obtain sufficient patronage to defray the actual dis- 
bursements. The labour of love will be his sole remuneration. 

