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two numbers issued recently contain articles on Malayan ferns and Papuan 
orchids by eminent specialists. Several of the species included are new to 
science.—J. M. GREENMAN. 
Handbook of deciduous trees.—The eleventh part (sixth section of 
second volume) of SCHNEIDER’s Handbook has appeared,’ following the pre- 
ceding part in the same year. As stated in preceding notices, it contains 
descriptions, with illustrations, of the angiospermous trees of central Europe, 
both native and under cultivation. The present part begins with the comple- 
tion of Viburnum,and ends with Fraxinus. —]. MC. 
Flora of Jamaica.7—Of the numerous publications concerning West 
Indian botany which have appeared in recent years, it is doubtful if any has 
combined so successfully a scientific and semipopular treatment as the present 
volume. It concerns the Orchidaceae only, and is the result of years of observa- 
tion of living plants, supplemented by the study of a large amount of herbarium 
material, particularly the collections in the British Museum, in the Kew 
Hetahin and in the Herbarium of the government of Jamaica. 
The total number of genera constituting the orchid flora of Jamaica is 
given as 61, and to these are referred 194 species. One genus, Homalopetalum, 
and 73 of the recognized species are said to be confined to the island. The 
strongest affinity of the orchid flora is said to be with Cuba, as shown by the 
fact that 82 out of the 121 species, which are not endemic, occur in Cuba, and 
14 of these are restricted to the two islands. The book is attractive in appear- 
ance, the keys concise, the s ndgoiece > ample but not cumbersome, the descrip- 
tions clear, and exsiccatae a very fully cited; moreover, the text is amplified 
Proposed that the present volume shall form the first part of a complete Flora 
of Jamaica.” It is earnestly hoped that the proposed work may be carried to 
completion.—J. M. GREENMAN. 
New England trees in winter.—Books of a popular or semi-scientific 
type dealing with our native trees are already more than sufficiently abundant, 
and yet it is safe to say that the present volume by BLAKESLEE and Jarvis* 
° ScHNeieR, C. K., Illustriertes Handbuch der Laubholzkunde. Elfte Lieferung 
(sechste Licterong sia zweiten Bandes). Imp. 8vo. pp. 657-816. jigs. 420-514. 
eh Gustav Fischer. 1911. 
WCETT, WiLi1AM, and RENDLE, ALFRED BARTON, Flora of eugen contain- 
ing descriptions of the flowering plants known from the island. Vol. I. Orchidaceae. 
8vo. pp. oe pls. 32. London: British Museum (Natural History). IgIo, 
* Bra A. F., and Jarvis, C. D., New England trees in winter. Storrs 
eine Ex “xper. Sta. Bull. 69. pp. 269. pis. 10g. Igit. 
