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an extended note is appended. But far the most valuable part of Mr. 

 Lea's collection consists of the Fungi, which he long made the objects 

 of special study. The catalogue of this family, prepared by the 

 Rev. Mr. Berkeley, is a most important and timely contribution to our 

 knowledge of an obscure and neglected branch of our botany, from 

 one of the most accomplished Mycologists of the age. It comprises 

 the characters of fifty-three new species of the order. A. Gr. 



3. The Elements of Botany ; by M. Adrien de Jussieu : Translated 

 by James Hewetson Wilson, F.L.S., &c. London : Van Voorst, 1849. 

 pp. 750, 18mo. — We are glad to have an English translation of this inval- 

 uable elementary work, which was briefly noticed in this Journal soon 

 after the publication of the first edition of the original. It is without 

 doubt the best compendious treatise on the subject that has appeared in 

 any language ; and appears to be, on the whole, well rendered into 

 English by Mr. Wilson; and the excellent cuts are accurately copied. 

 It is to be hoped that many copies will find their way to this country. 



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4. A Manual of Botany ; being an Introduction to the study of the 

 Structure, Physiology, and Classification of Plants; by John Button 

 Balfour, M.D., F.L.S., &c, Professor of Botany in the University of 

 Edinburgh, Illustrated by numerous wood-cuts. London : I. Griffin & 

 Co. 1849. pp. 641, 12mo. — We have here an original English introduc- 

 tion to Botany, but modeled evidently upon the plan of Jussieu's, all 

 of whose wood-cuts (from the English edition) have been borrowed, as 

 well as several others from different sources. In extent, it is about the 

 proper size for a class-book, being intermediate between the terse " Out- 

 lines" of Henfrey and the large octavos of Lindley. Indeed it aims to 

 cover the whole ground of Dr. Lindley's series of works, only half the 

 yolume being devoted to Vegetable Anatomy, Organography, and Phys- 

 iology; while the systematic portion gives with considerable fullness 

 l »e characters of families and the properties and uses of plants; and 

 }he part upon Geographical Botany comprises an excellent digest of that 

 Interesting department, brought up to the present state of the science. 

 Jo this is added a brief account of Fossil Botany, and a short appen- 

 dix, on the use of the Microscope in botanical researches, and on the 

 ^ode of collecting, examining, and preserving plants. The index is 

 also made to serve as a glossary, in the manner with which we are 

 here familiar. The work is well executed, and the materials judicious- 

 'y selected, so as to give a good summary view of almost every topic 



vvhich pertains to the science. A - Gr - 



5. Circular prepared by direction of the Hon. Wm. Ballard Preston, 

 secretary of the Navy, in relation to the Astronomical Expedition to 

 Y*tfe; by Lieut. M.*F. Maury, U. S. N., Superintendent of the Na- 

 tional Observatory. 34 pp. 4to, with Charts and Tables. Washington, 

 184 p-— This circular gives a brief history of the important expedition 

 10 Chile, under Lieut. Gilliss, and of its outfit in Astronomical Instru- 

 ments, besides Charts and Tables to facilitate observations. We cite 

 ll * following, by Lieut. Maury, from the second page of the pamphlet: 



The Series of Astronomical observations, in vvhich the cooperation 

 of other observers is more especially invited, will consist of differential 

 Measurements, during certain portions of the years 1819, '50, '51 and 



