868 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
issue is sure of an equally hearty welcome. That it is thoroughly 
‘‘up to date” may be gathered from the fact that the examination 
that is, nearly three times as many as in any other previous work 
in the language.” 
E regret to announce the death of the Abbé Soulié, who was 
murdered by Tibetan fanatics at Ba-tang, on the River Di-chu, in 
HE lately-issued part (vol. xxiii. pt. 1) of the Transactions of 
the Botanical Society of Edinburgh contains an important memoir 
on “ Freshwater Alge from the Orkneys and Shetlands,” by Messrs. 
and G. 8. West; several new species are described, and there 
figure 
Banksii, by Dr. Morrison. 
Tue Twenty-first Annual Report of the Watson Botanical Exchange 
Club has been issued by Mr. George Goode, w! 
Mr. Stuart Thompson as Hon. Secretary. We shall probably give 
extracts later. It may be well, however, to point out that Mr. 
Pugsley’s note under Scirpus triqueter clearly belongs to the pre- 
ceding species, S. carinatus. 
An appendix (fascicle vii.) to the Set of British Hieracia sent 
out by the Messrs. Linton will shortly be issued. The price will be 
£1. Those desiring to subscribe should address Rey. W. R, Linton, 
Shirley Vicarage, Derby. _ 
