252 NOTICES OF BOOKS AND MEMOIRS. 



Dr. Prior's " Popular Names of British Plants" we infer that that 

 work was known to the author, but he seems not to be aware of 

 Britten and Holland's 'Plant-Names' ; but as the main object of 

 the work is to print the vocabularies, and not to determine the 

 species, it might seem hypercritical to insist on this item. 



There are a few things we may indicate, as not being quite as 

 we should like them. We find the spelling of certain authors' 

 names varied, thus, Caesalpinus and Caesalpin, for Cesalpini ; 

 Gerarde and Gerard, the latter correct ; Gaspar Bauhin rather 

 shocks our ideas, — as a Zurich man, he was either Caspar or 

 Kaspar, translated as Casparus, and Gaspard. The English olive 

 is closer to the Latin oliva than ele beam, which the author adduces 

 as the bridge from one to the other. 



" Obstrutium ; Saponaria officinalis ? Imperatoria ostrutium ? * 

 (sic) is the sort of error sure to creep in when the author is more 

 of a philologist than a botanist. But these slight demerits do not 

 greatly mar the value of the work as a whole. Every person who 

 cares for the early familiar names of plants in this country would 

 do well to possess this little volume. 



We are glad to see Part ii. of Britten and Holland's ' English 

 Plant-Names.' The first part was noticed in the Journal soon 

 after it appeared (1879, pp. 92-3), and due recognition was given 

 of the special qualifications both authors possess over most of 

 their predecessors. The copious cross-references will move many 

 readers to thank the compilers for their care in this particular. 

 We are very pleased to find that the third and final part will not 

 be long delayed, and with it an introduction and a complete index, 

 which will supersede the temporary indexes hitherto issued with 

 each part. B. D. J. 



Although rather after date, it is well to put on record that a 

 very useful catalogue of works on Tropical Products and Economic 

 Botany, classified and alphabetically arranged, was issued as a 

 Supplement to ' The Colonies and India ' for the 22nd of last 

 November. The titles are arranged under the following headings :— 

 Applied Botany and Economic Products (Cinchona, Cochineal, 

 Cocoa, Coffee, Cotton, and other fibres); Forestry and Forest 

 Products (Eucalyptus, Gutta-percha, India-rubber and other Gums, 

 Indigo, Mahogany, Oak, Olives, Oranges, Palms, Pines, Silk, 

 Sugar, Tea, Tobacco, Vine Culture, and Vines). These subjects 

 are followed by a catalogue of the books arranged alphabetically 

 under the authors' names. 



The ninth Annual Report (1880) of the South London Micro- 

 scopical and Natuml History Club contains a list of the 

 Phanerogamia, Filicales, and Characea3 of the district, by Messrs. 

 Henry and James Groves. The authors say that it "is not put 

 forward as an all-complete 1 t of the flowering plants of the 

 district, but merely a collection of casual notes, and it therefore 

 rives no negative evidence. Many common plants have escaped 

 noting in some or all of the districts where they undoubtedly 



