434: REVIEWS. 
nation was its baneful effects on poultry. That the poultry there 
did nibble it, or peck at it, unequivocal proofs were present 
whenever a plant existed within the reach of domestic fowls. 
Whether the hens died or only sickened on this salad, we never 
could learn ; but it was popularly believed to be baneful to them, 
and whether it really was so or not is indifferent. Its injurious 
effects on poultry were either real or supposed; and in either 
case the origin of the English name, Henbane, is easily ac- 
counted for. 
The work is accompanied by an excellent map, drawn ona 
scale of about an inch to a mile. This will m future be the vade 
mecum of every tourist in the island, whether the objects of his 
visit be botanical, geographical, or pictorial. 
Examples of laborious research, extensive erudition, careful 
discrimination, and enlarged views of vegetation in general, to- 
gether with its distribution, are to be found in every page. The 
limited space of the ‘ Phytologist’ forbids our noticmg these in 
detail; but we shall occasionally present our readers with a selec- 
tion from the extracts we have made and from pages which 
we have noted; and these we are assured will give as much 
pleasure to our readers as they have given instruction and gra- 
tification to ourselves. 

A New Flora of the Neighbourhood of Reigate, Surrey, etc., by 
JaMES ALEXANDER Brewer, F.L.S. London: Pamplin. 
The terms ‘‘ A New Flora of Reigate” imply that there is an 
old or a previous Flora of the same district; and we ought to 
inform our readers, who, or at least some of them, may not be 
so conversant with Reigate, its inhabitants, natural and literary 
history, etc., as we are, that there was a Flora published in 1838 
by the late Mr. Luxford, who was well known to the readers of 
the earlier volumes of the ‘ Phytologist.’ The old Flora has been 
superseded by the new, as many or some of us will be in the 
course of the next two decades. N’importe, our places will be 
filled with as good men and true,—with better, if we may deem 
that the human race is advancing towards perfection as steadily 
as the Floras are. That the new Flora excels the old, quantum 
lenta solent inter viburna cupressi, may be seen at a glance. It 
