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mon than the Green, and Corallorrhiza trifida as one of the 

 commonest of the genus. These records indicate, of course, 

 local observations; but it is inaccurate to allude to Tipularia 

 as probably not self-propagating so far north as New York, or 

 to Calypso as having been found formerly in the neighborhood 

 of nearly every city in New York State — whatever may have 

 been true in Ontario. 



The makers of this great book, creators, in truth, of the idea 

 as well as of the beautiful structure, are alive to all aspects of 

 Nature; as may readily be inferred from their discriminating 

 comments on less-noticed details and their sane conclusions 

 about distribution and associations. Allusions are frequent to 

 scenes of landscape beauty and to incidents of animal life. 

 There is a "bedtime story" of fox cubs that would gladden 

 every youngster and a tale of an enterprising mink that thrills. 

 When this book is in every public library, as it may be expected 

 to be, the perusal of its attractive pages will rouse in many a 

 boy and girl a true enthusiasm for the wonders of the out-of 

 doors. At last "our wild orchids" are introduced persuasively 

 to a widening constituency. A grateful reader records here his 

 sense of obligation. 



H. M. Denslow 

 Chelsea Square, N. Y. 



A Fungous Flora of Manitoba made its appearance last Octo- 

 ber from the press of Longmans, Green & Co. The text is by 

 the distinguished Canadian mycologist. Dr. G. R. Bisby and 

 A. H. R. Buller, both of Manitoba, and Dr. John Dearness of 

 western Ontario, with a preface by Mr. E. J. Butler of the Im- 

 perial Bureau of Mycology at Kew, England. The work is 

 unusually comprehensive, complete and accurate, and is much 

 more than a list of species. The topographic and climatic con- 

 ditions of the several areas are described, the relationship of the 

 phanerogamic flora, observations on carpophilous fungi, para- 

 sites of man, geographic distribution, historical account, rare 

 species, and many other topics are treated with considerable 

 fulness. The compact list of species, which includes myxomy- 

 cetes, bacteria and lichens, occupies somewhat over half of the 

 volume. Hosts, substrata, localities and many interesting 

 observations are recorded. There are 45 new species and 2 new 



