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feast as familiarly known as our Grasses and Sedges. Indeed, the 
hens will be found to be much easier than the Mosses, since ‘they 
e less of mi ang aon investigation for their determination. 
“We presume, therefore, that the small separate edition of this useful 
work will soon be sold off, os the collin 7 researches it must 
incite will bring to light new materials, and that a new edition will be 
required in a year or two, which we venture i think would more di- 
rectly subserve the end in view if cast in a much more popular form. 
efforts and contributions of many hands. To promote the desired re- 
sults as respects the Lichenes, we venture to ask botanists st 
our os to collect these neglected plants, and largely to contribute 
thei 
icrials, especially the rare and doubtful forms, to our aehediaen 
chenologist R. 
Flora tof Maine, illustrated with specimens from Nature, ar- 
‘anged acco g to the Natural System, and containing Descriptions of 
all the known Indigenous Plants growing in the State, etc. ; by Aanon 
Youne, Jr. Bango Vol. i.—We have seen a specimen volume 
of this work, whi ch Mr Young, who was recently appointed to make 
a botanical “— ” the state of Maine, i is engaged in publishing, “in 
7 an ompanied by another leaf containing the n e of the nat- 
ural family to which the species belongs, its generic, spaitlte and popu- 
lar names, a specific character, place of growth, time of flowering, 
and some descriptive or pop marks r. Young proposes to 
publish all the - we aa his state in this manner, “in about twenty 
volumes” (wh er, will not be sufficient for the purpose), and 
offers the whole t pea for $100, or the volumes, “ of from five 
to ten decades ich,” at six dollars. No doubt there will be a ready 
any copies as he can prepare, ‘tof the present mag- 
‘and style; but how they can be afforded at this price is 
our comprehension. ‘That it is not done at the expense 
appropriation for conducting the botanical — appears 
wo hundred dollars per annum for three yea . Gr. 
, ebour, Flora Rossica, fasc. 8, (1847).—This seialigie com- 
mences the thied volume of a work dhe we have already noticed 
from time to time, during its progress. e 
State thes it is continued with the same eo e 
lacée, Aquifoliacer, Ebenacee, Oleace oe Teen oe 
Asclepiadew, Gentianacew, Polemoniacee, Diapensié onvolvula- 
| : raginese, Hydroleacew, Solanace a lai of the 
| Scrophulariaces, of the Russ ire. The Cusew 
og for the present, to await the appearance of Dr. E 
onograph of that 
8. Sansa’ ’s iesdinde urnal of — begins the new year 
Reeve, who a 
No. 73) with new publishers, namely, t essrs. : 
ent appear to be the mast extensive and dauepltig publishers of wor 
