282 : NOTICES OF BOOK. 
Seemann. It is intended “for botanists, and especially horticultu- 
rists, agriculturists, students of forestry, and pharmaceutists,” and 
thus takes in only the names by which trees or sat are said 
in horticultare or agriculture in Latin, English, German, and French. 
' Even this, if well done, would have been very useful, especially to 
gardeners ; but we find many omissions. Thus in the En index 
we look in vain for such well-known names as Aaron’s-beard, Abele, 
- Aconite, Alkanet, and Allgood ; while we are surprised to find Abelia, 
Acena, "Aceta tabularia, Acanthophippinm, Acanthospermum, and a host 
of similar titles, given as En nglish n The French index seems 
rather better tes we miss ayes Aigle-impérial (Pteris 
aquilina), Aigrelier (Pyrus torminalis), Aiguille de Berger (Scandix 
Peeten), all common enough in French books : while the names which 
we have already cited as English a pear in a gallicised form as 
Abélie, Acéna, Acétabulaire, vents bhionis: and Acanthospermum 
In the list of German names the book seems pretty complete, and in 
this respect it may be useful. 
But the notion that every plant must have a name in every 
a as ae (such as ‘‘Reichenbach’s Yellow Rocket” for 
Barbar cuata, ** Small < agged Water-Radish ”’ ~ wight 
palustre, "= “Twisted: podded Whitlow-grass ” for Draba incana, all give 
in Syme’s ‘‘ English Botany ”’), has led Dr. Ulrich to adhe or translate 
the Latin names so as to suit each language. Thus Callistachys is the 
same in English, ‘ die Callistachys”’ in German, and ‘‘la Callistachide” 
in French ; and thisin spite of the prefatory ease that ‘‘ plants 
which kee the Jatin expression in all other languages are not 
for A Ptarmica, Inglorious , Lady-root for 
denanthera pav and so on. Aconitum Napellus has one of the 
English titles of Arum bestowed upon it; while Arum itself, which 
PArum maculé e Latin synonymy always satisfactory ; 
nacelle = Achillea snillofolivim is not synonymous wi tarmica 
vulgar 
De Ulrich’s ** Worterbuch ” is on the whole tolerably free from 
misprints ; but this is more than can be said for the second work on 
our list. Some of these typographical errors are very Pesce. ee 
Some of the so-called “English names” have, however, small claim 
to that title: such as ‘ Barton’s flower, golden yellow,” ‘for Bartonia 
aurea; ** Bugloss offic sinalis,” for Anchesa officinalis ; ** Man’s beard- 
