190 BOTANICAL NEWS. 
New Books.—Parlatore, ‘‘ Flora Italiano,” vol. v., pt. 1 (Florence). 
—F. Hoefer, “‘ Histoire de la Botanique e, de la Minéralogie et de la 
Géologie”’ (Paris, 4s.).—B. Verlot, « Les Plantes Alpines’? (Paris, 30s). 
The sash us the last published part of Hooker’s ‘‘ Icones Plant- 
arum ”’ (tt. 112 Bech are chiefly devoted to new plants of the orders 
Rubiacee and ach 
From se 3rd iowa Report of the Wellington College Nutural 
History Society, we regret to find that, in spite ‘of the efforts of the 
energetic President, the Rev. C. W. Penny, atural Science is not in 
a flourishing state in the school. The Report contains a list of the 
‘fants observed by Mr. Penny in the neighbourhood of the College, 
the gaps in which, especially in the less attractive natural families, 
show how muc yet remains We be done in this direction 
e are informed that Mr. F. Townsend is collecting materials for 
a Fier of Hampshire with a view to future publication, and that 
F. I. Warner, of Winchester, has kindly placed his materials at 
be disposal of Mr. Townsend, As much more still remains to be 
ecimen 8, ex in the case of the very com an generally 
The county w Ady vided into river ban ricts. Communica- 
tions may oh eel: to F. Townsend, Esq., Shediield Lodge, Fareham, 
Hants ; but parcels should be sent to Shedfield Lodge, Botley Station, 
L. &S.W. RB. 
Mr. F. van Horen has been appointed Conservator of the Royal 
Museum of Natural History of Belgium. 
On the 12th of May, at patho Suffolk, Lady Smith (the widow 
of Sir James E, Smith, the eminent ‘bo tanist, founder and first presi- 
dent of the Linnean Society, is died in 1828) celebrated her 100th 
birthday by a dinner to 107 persons of both sexes, whose united ages 
amounted to 8228 years, giving an average of abou enty-seven 
ears toeach, Lady Smith has alw en the greatest interest in 
the Linnean Society, and has recently presented to of 
sary meeting an oes to Lady Smith was unanimously voted by 
the Society, and signed by the sine A crcutes Dae her on the 
completion of her 100th year in health and mental act 
same meeting of the Linnean ‘Society on the 24th of May, 
ré . 
I House, the dilly 
intended for the Society being now far advanced towards completion. 
We are very sorry to have to announce the death of one of our , 
