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The general account of the scope of the work, from which we 
have made the above quotations, contains also an explanation of 
the contractions used, the method pursued with respect to ‘“ trans- 
lations or — rations from Russ, Greek, and other languages 
not using oman letters,” with sto amusing sche san of 
difficulties fe ambiguities that have fa from the d 
eccentricities of authors, forming an interesting Prefac wr — 
six pages. This is followed by a brief “stoned ldeokas ction of 
thirteen pages, which is remarkably concise—more so, indeed, than 
we could have wished; the cabaianals ‘* Arabs,” for sabia 
though they, for tres hundred spe as we are told, “ alone bore the 
lighted torch of learning, and to them Western nations owe a deep 
debi of gratitude, for the scorer of many species and drugs of 
Seep. origin,” are despatched from _ to last in a sine reer 
are heard of no more excepting in the 
The ‘ Guide’ is founded on Pritzell’s « Thesaurus,’ to which, as 
we have seen from the title-page, many additions have been made, 
ion will sh addition 
number that have appeared since that ineed and of many which, 
though of great interest, do not appear to have fallen within the 
scope of Pritzel’s inten tion. The list of preety is arranged 
in consecutive sections from 1 to 124. any of these are grouped 
are :—1. Bibliography; 2. History; 8. Bio x a ‘‘ must be 
meenand 7 strictly eee to Pritzel ” ladda , in two sec- 
tions, V . Terminology ; 5, Plant Names—we miss here, by 
- the way, "the on used, if not quoted, ‘ Glossaire de Botanique,’ by 
Ersoy = Théis, Paris, 1810; 6. ee: 
ther fh Nomenclators ; 9. Systems. ‘These nine sob 
occupy ri pag e-Linnean ire follows in three sec- 
lon al Botany; 11. Classical Botany; 12. Earl 
Modern 1 Perhaps Mr. Jackson has but exercised 
: hr 
but of the last the English translation by P. n Holland, and 
the translation by Bosto ck and Riley in Bolin’ 8 “Libasy, which 
includes 
ever, is not the case with Cato and Varro. Perha aps if they w 
admitted, Virgil’s Georgics and Columella’s works would also aes 
to find a place, and Paulus Aigineta, who is also unnoticed, though 
we have an English translation of his work, as well as the 
edition of 1528. We always meet with Apuleius, _— in botani cal 
history, though his botanical work may not be of much conse- 
quence. It is true that information about all peels origin 
