260 NOTES AND NEWS, 
be added, It is always helpful if we know the nature of the soil, 
manure employed, length of time during wee the plant has been 
grown, and other similar facts. There is room for much valuable 
work here, and those who will render AEE will do the plant- 
loving public a lasting service. 
NOTES AND NEWS. 
We are pleased to learn froma circular sent us by the Rev. W. H. Pai pr ti 
that he proposes shortly to issue, if a sufficient number of copies are subscribe 
for, a Supplement to his ‘ Con- 
tribution to the Flora of Derby- 
ptember inst., 
ly ited num 
copies hola si inted e 
e been mined 
y the late Mr. J. Whitehead, 
ca celebrated bryologist of 
Oldham 
Se 
The mention of Mr. White- 
B , by the kindness o 
its Editor and publishers 
r Add int her 
was so botanists 
thoroughly rable a pecan of the famed Manchester school of nties 
that the ropromat ion of his = ait in a journal devoted to the Northern as 
of England is but appropriate. 
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refer to more advanced text-books. oe life, 
numerous and some of them fairly good. Being sketches = t style 
arious chapters are full of interest, and their being written in excel pie. date, 
oie much to their charm. It is a pity—and a fault—that the book iro year: 
and we may therefore record that our copy reached us on the 29th of April rae 
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