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BOTANY, Ac. 



The Natural History of British Meadow and Pastoral Grasses. 

 By James Buckman. Messrs. Hamilton & Adams, London. — 

 This little epitome is represented as adding a large amount to our 

 knowledge of British Grarninese. Every portion of the book 

 gives evidence of the author's practical acquaintance with the 

 subject on which he writes. The work is divided into three parts : 

 — 1. The Natural History of British Grasses ; 2. Their Structure 

 and Economy ; 3. Their Agricultural Economy. To the Agri- 

 culturist desirous of improving the character of his pasture-lands, 

 this book will be found a useful guide : — 



The Practical Naturalist's Guide, containing Instructions for 

 Collecting, Preparing and Preserving Specimens of all depart- 

 ments of Zoology. By J. B. Dayies, Messrs. Simpkin & Mar- 

 shall, London. — To those who know how to use specimens 

 aright, this manual will be invaluable. It contains ample in- 

 structions for the preservation of all sorts of animals and their 

 parts, from the huge Proboscidea and Cetacea down to the mi- 

 croscopic forms of the Protozoa. The means of taking animals, 

 both on the land and the water, are detailed. There is a good 

 chapter on dredging, and the taking of marine animals by the 

 haul-net and towing- net ; also, a series of receipts for making 

 solutions and pastes in which to preserve animals : — 



A Manual Flora of Madeira, and the adjacent Islands of 

 Porto Santo and the Dezertas. By R. T. Lowe, M.A. Van 

 Voorst, London. — Tolerably accurate lists of the plants of these 

 islands have been published before ; but none of them can be 

 compared, for extent and accuracy, with the present work. It is 

 only a first part, embracing the Thalamifloral Exogens, and con- 

 tains a very full and complete description of every species, with 

 the character of the genera, orders and classes. Mr. Lowe has 

 also added notes on the rarer or more interesting species, which 

 will be found most valuable to those studying the botany of this 

 part of the world. — Athenmum. 



Illustrations from the genus C'arex. By Francis Boott,M.D. 

 W. Pamplin, London. — In the preface, the author says: "My 

 original design in this work was limited to the illustration of the 

 Carices of N. America, which I had studied for several years 

 under the advantage of frequent communication with my friend 

 Mr. Carey, who had so ably described and grouped them in Dr. 



