The Victoria History of Yorkshtre.  . 183 
Yorkshire botanist. Not to have secured the services 
of Mr. Baker would, indeed, have been a calamity. His 
familiarity with the botanical features of the county and his 
various contributions on the subject ‘including his recently 
issued second edition of ‘North Yorkshire’) are a sufficient 
guarantee of the excellence of the work, and in this section 
every acknowledgement is made to various Yorkshire workers 
and to the publications of the Yorkshire Naturalists’ Union. 
The botanical section is divided into ‘ Introduction’; ‘Botanical 
Districts’ (1. the North Riding: 2. the East Riding: 3. the 
West Riding); ‘Mosses’; ‘Liverworts’ ; ‘Marine Alge’ ; 
‘Lichens’; and ‘Fungi.’ Mr. Baker gives the following 
approximate estimate of the number of plants known in the 
county :-— 
Flowering plants and ferns... fi) @OsO: 
Mosses ... a ia. ie fi? 400; 
Hepaticze ok St Se if, SP LEgo: 
Lichens =: aS, ae =a gt BNBOO: 
Algze nak ah a. aan i) “2200. 
Bungi<*:.: fs. re sy “REO B626. 
Total species... 5926. 
Mr. Baker’s contribution is accompanied by an admirable 
coloured map of the county, divided into twenty-two botanical 
districts, based on the river basins. 
Weare agreeably surprised to find thata fairly comprehensive 
account of the marine zoology of the county appears, from the 
pen of Mr. John Oliver Borley. In this the author gives a 
description of the nature of the coast-line and its bearing upon 
the fauna. He supplies lists of the species according to their 
northern, southern, etc., types, and follows with apparently 
carefully compiled lists of the various forms of marine life 
occurring on the coast, for which he is admittedly indebted 
very largely to the ‘ Naturalist’ and to the ‘ Transactions of the 
Hull Scientific and Field Naturalists’ Club.’ At the present 
moment, when there seems to be a desire on the part of York- 
shire naturalists to renew the study of the marine zoology of the 
coast, the appearance of this list seems particularly appropriate, 
and forms a Suitable basis for future work. It is quite possible 
that a few records already published may have been overlooked 
by Mr. Borley, but it is more than probable that his lists can be 
enlarged by even a few carefully planned collecting excursions 
1907 May I. 
