88 Revie7vs diid Book Notices. 



Manningham Park and its Trees. Compiled by members of the 

 Bradford Scientific Association and the Bradford Natural History and 

 Microscopical Society. 1903. 2i- PP- 



The Bradford Societies are to be cong^ratulated on their idea 

 of publishing- an accoimt of the trees of Manning-ham Park. 

 This pamphlet, issued at id., g-ives an account of some twenty- 

 three species g-rowing- in the park. Botanically the pamphlet is 

 very weak, and there is a lack of uniformits' of treatment. No 

 attempt has been made to indicate the seasonal aspect of the 

 trees, and the points of special interest are conspicuous by their 

 absence. We understand that the first edition of 2,000 copies 

 was exhausted early in December last, though the pamphlet is 

 dated 1903. Its ready sale indicates clearly a demand for such 

 a work, and with more care and labour expended on a new 

 edition, a very valuable work mig^ht be done in arousing- an 

 interest in the natural history of trees. The poverty of the park 

 in species is remarkable, and efforts should be made to secure 

 many interesting additions. The idea is well worth adopting in 

 all our large towns, the parks of which contain in many cases 

 interesting collections. A good and reliable account would 

 serve as an excellent guide to teachers and scholars alike 

 interested in nature study. Its value would be enhanced by 

 adding a list of reference books in the Free Library, where 

 further details could be found. In this connection it would be 

 more useful to follow a standard Flora than the ' London 



Catalogue.' 



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European Fungus Flora: Agaricacese. Q. Massee, F.L.S., etc., 



Royal Gardens, Kevv. (Duckworth & Co.) 



Since the appearance of Cooke and Quelet's 'Clavis Synoptica 

 Hymenomycetum Europaeorum' (1878), no further book of so 

 handy a nature dealing with the Fungus Flora of Europe has been 

 at the call of British Mycologists until this one made its welcome 

 appearance. The present volume treats only of the gill-bearing 

 fungi : the Agaricacese. It brings all the European species 

 together within a very small compass. The descriptions are 

 clear and concise, and embrace the most marked specific 

 characters in each case ; they occupy from two to four lines 

 only, and thus enable the 2,750 species to be described on less 

 than 250 pages (The abbreviations employed are self-explana- 

 tory.) 1,553 '^^^ stated to be British. Non-British species are 

 indicated by being placed within brackets. One great boon to 

 the student will be that he can see at a g'lance, under any 



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