1886. ] BOTANICAL GAZETTE. 101 
In se ynapipioanty Phytonomi apni we have a new species of fungus that is 
welcom a place among those forms bin upon destructive insects, and 
are nena friends of the farmer aad gardener. This fur ingus, the life history 
of which, as far as known, is described and illu strated i in the report, infests the 
bodies of the clover-leaf weevil Fn tien punctatus Fabr.), causing the host 
— to die hips “behavior of the ravaged weevils Foch By e methods of dis- 
pers ne Spor the fungus are particularly interesting. 
n co tr settee “Prolcsade Arthur tabulates the sede a nd the number of 
each which grew upon oor twentieth of an acre of plov wed and otherwise pe 
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from Professor Arthur for many years to come. any e bi subjects demand 
continuous investigation through earl seasons. Byron D. HALsTep. 
Text-Book of General HE By Dr. W. J. Behrens. Translated fromt he 2d 
German edition. Revised by Patrick Geddes. 8°, pp. viii, 374. Edin- 
burgh: Young J. Pentland: 
Ger y has produced many text- books of nppong, © of all grades a Paes 
lence, atid ‘teveral of them have been hon d by an English translati 
are more than willing to ; aeew ge heaaliea position in pares 
but why this special k was selected for translation we ca ¢ r 
Not that there i y g in the book itself, for it is a g of its 
kind, but there is nothing about it of suc assing excellence that it should 
eserve this hi t. The translation, in w, simply seems un- 
necessary ok is welcomed to every b ist’s library, not because of i 
excellence as a text-book, but it gives prof nd m ellent illustrations, 
Ww statements of old facts, many new illustrations of facts, in short, h 
ikes to consult now he “ wor ” a snb 
i 
It is divided into five aay with no sub-divisions into chapters, and d strikes 
one as being out of pro portion for a “ Text-book of General Botany.” Part 
deals with ecpha logy in —< 100 pages, the oo organs being considered 
ad hai 
under the four heads of root, stem, leaf, an Part gps about 60 
pages, is devoted to Setematie Botany. Here ihe. American ‘student will be 
lost, and maybe he tto be. The classification adopte is of cou a 
man, and probably more nearly expresses natural relation nships than the con- 
centatio artificial grouping that we use. But this aside, all this systematic pre- 
orders in a “ text- : 
erned. It : 
to re a Part III, with 70 pages, bears the title of Physiological Botany, 
but is all ape 1 to flowers and nee It occurs to us that this title is a mis- 
nomer, and the space weeds by this yest in cere subject is out of all pro- 
portion to fe rest of the book. When one looks for a description of the process 
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with those of he ooo ne is the essential — of linas — of fecunda- 
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ers. At 
are treated to an anomalous thing. Here, towards the end of the book, under 
anatomy and physiology, we encounter an introduc tion to the study of botany, 
giving its scope, its history, etc., with brief biographical sketches of the ol 
systematists, ollowed by others who were saoaneaw: Some 30 pages is given 
