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II. Spontaneously g-one over from artificial habitats. 



(9) Spontaneous apophytes (nob. ). Deserters, emig-rants. 



(rt) Apophytes of cultivated land, e.g., Saxifraga tridactylites. 

 Tunica prolifera, Cerestium sp. (gone over from the dry sunny 

 slopes in the fields.) 



[b) Ruderal apophytes, e.g.. Nasturtium palustrey f. erectum 

 Briigg, Lamiuni sp. 



Naturally one and the same species may, even in difl^erent 

 parts of our small country,, belong to different categories. 

 Further, the flora of the cultivated areas consists of a very 

 heterogeneous element, c.g.^ the field weed flora is composed of 

 at least two groups, ^he true Archaeophytes {\a) and the 

 spontaneous Apophytes (gc/) ; but this not unimportant part of 

 the field flora has till now been too little observed, and to these 

 may also be added the garden fugitives, occasionals, &c. In 

 the same way the ruderal flora consists of different elements, 

 e.g., T,a, ^b, 6, jb, and 91^ .... In the list of Naegeli and 

 Thellung special attention is paid to the Apophytes, which 

 group is often very much neglected, as it off^ers but little 

 interest in a floristic way, but certainly from the point of view 

 of ecological plant geography it is not uninteresting to examine 

 which of our native species are capable of going over and 

 maintainingf themselves in artificial areas. 



The Founders of Geology. By Sir, Archibald Geikle. Second 

 Edition. Macmillan & Co. 486 pages, 10/- net. 



This volume is probably so well known to our g-eological readers that 

 it is hardly necessary to point out the nature of its contents. We refer to 

 the second edition, which has recently been issued at a cheaper rate, how- 

 ever, in order that any who have not already obtained the book, may do so. 

 With the name of Sir Archibald Geikie on the title page, the ' readableness " 

 of the contents of the volume is assured. 'The Flounders of Geology' 

 originated in a series of lectures delivered in America in 1896, in which he 

 selected for full consideration ' the lives and work of some of the masters to 

 whom we mainU' owe the foundation and development of geological science.' 



Creatures of the Night: A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain. By 

 A. W. Rees. John Murray. 448 pages, 6/- net. 



In this work Mr. Rees reprints a series of entertaining articles, which 

 originally appeared in The Standard. The animals described are the otter, 

 water-vole, fox, brown hare, badger, and hedgehog. The hare is included 

 as * in unfrequented districts where beasts and birds of prey are not 

 destroyed by gamekeepers, the hare is as much a creature of the night as 

 is the badger or fox.' The author is obviously well familiar with the 

 subjects upon which he writes. The volume has eight full-page illustrations 

 from drawings by Miss. F. H. Laverock. There is an index. 



1906 April I. 



