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cluded. There is alsoa suggestive paper by E. Roze on the systematic 
culture of Parasitic Fungi in Botanical Gardens. 
In the Bericht of the Senckenberg Natural History Society for 
1872 are papers on the botany of the Canary Islands by Drs. Noll 
and Grenacher, on two abnormal fruits of Cactus by Dr. Noll (with 
2 plates), and on general plant-geography by J. D. Wetterhan. 
“Revue Bryologique”. is the title of a new j 
" devoted to Muscology. It is a modest little periodical, consisting of 
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sed. 
_ The old-established horticultural periodical, the ‘Floral Maga- 
mne,” has quite recently passed into the hands of Mr. W. G. 
Smith as editor, who has for some time drawn the plates. begs 
numbers to these over-coloured drawings. It is a subject for regret 
that the figures in all modern horticultural magazines should be 
almost invariably spoilt by gaudy and unnatural painting ; so good a 
colourist as Mr. Smith might well initiate a reform. 
Mr. Van Voorst has commenced a re-issue, the third, of Sowerby s 
and Johnson’s ‘‘ British Wild Flowers.” Each monthly part, price 
38., contains 4 fully coloured plates, and each plate a fragment suffi- 
aent for identification of 20 species taken from the original figures 
glish Botany, with descriptions. There will be 22 monthly 
pro 
commenced a third issue of Miss Pratt’s ‘Flowering Plants and 
bject. 
Prof. Bentley delivered a 9 BEES at the Royal Botanic Gardens, 
Regent's Park, on March 14th, upon the character, properties, and 
uses of Eucalyptus globulus, and other species of the genus. This has 
n since printed, and contains a succinct account of what is known 
of the subject. ; 
oo. Friedrich Meisner, or, as he recently spelt his name, Meiss- 
ig rofessor of Botany at Basle, died on May 2nd, after a long 
8s. He was born at Berne, November 1, 800. His mono- 
> * Polygonum appeared in 1826, and for forty years from 
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ist have been the result of an immense amount of tat 
hips title of “ Plan ascularium Genera,” which was printed 
36-43. The late Professor attended the Botanical Congress in 
