406 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
anything serious in that direction to offer, and it would seem hardly 
worth while to point out such trivial slips as are inevitable in a 
book of this kind. What strikes one most is the extensiveness of 
the vocabulary of botany, and the very small proportion of it which 
is in actual use. Its ex sion too, increases almost daily, and Mr. 
Jackson will soon - material for an enlarged edition; he will 
find some in Mr. Horrell’s revision of Sphagnum now pu lis ing in 
this Journal. We jal indeed, that the volume has n appendix 
of peace pages of « additions during the printing "of the pre- 
os pages.” The only quasi-popular term we miss is “slime- 
oulds,” and with this we can ispense, as indeed we could with a 
poe many which find a place. Among words of a Sctstls 
‘*necrocoleopterophilous ’’ may claim a high posit 
Th ossary is well printed, well bound, ra and useful— 
qualities which cannot fail to ensure for it a large circulation. 
ARTICLES IN JOURNALS.* 
Bot. Centralblatt. (No. 36). — F. Brand, ‘ Der Formenkreis von 
A. J 
Gleocapsa alpina’ (concl.). — . M. Gar <a ‘Ueber ein 
monstréses Képfchen von Bellis perennis.’ — (Nos. 87-89). G. Gil- 
lain, ‘ Zur ae der Palmen- und Paschesinaes Wurzeln ’ (1 a 
Bu ll, Soe . Belgique (xxxix, 3: 29 Aug.).—C. van Bambek 
‘ nineties a a Boletus luteus’ (1 pl.).—J. Chalon, ’ Harborisbtlons 
& Banyuls, Pyréné 
Bull, Soc. Bot. me (xlvi, 8: no date).—Ch, Flahault, ‘H. L. 
de oeahatn (1843-1899 ; portr.).—M. Gandoger, ‘ Flore du Mont 
Kosciusko, Australie Méridionale.’ — Id., ‘Plantes nouvelles de 
) Himalaya.’ — D. Clos, ‘Les tuberculoides des Légumineuses.’— 
id, Planchon, ‘Polymorphisme des Alternaria.’ — E. Boudier, 
Lucien ni ane (1882-1899). — — EK. Roze, ‘ L’Escluse et l’idée de la 
sexualité végétale.’ . de Vilmorin, Decaisnea Fargesii. — EK. A. 
Finet, ‘ apes nouvelles du Calanthe’ (2 pl.). 
‘Gardeners’ Chronicle (22 Sept.). — W. R. Fisher, ‘ Physiological 
didieeenses between the Sessile and Pedunculate Oaks. 
Journ. R. Microscopical Soc. (Aug.).—A. L. Smith, ‘ New Micro- 
scopic Fungi’ (1 pl.). 
Mem. de UV Herb. Meg (20 Aug.). — P. Carbi, ‘ Les-espéces du 
genre Mathiola.’ — F. R. M. Wi tase ‘ Lichenes Kerguelenses.’ a 
G. E. ies ‘Plante Postiane.’ — C. Me ylam, ‘Flore bryologique 
du Jur 
Goon (Sept.).—M. L. Fernald, ‘ The Bilberries of New Eng- 
land.’ 
* The dates assigned to the numbers are those which appear on their covers 
or oe but it must not always be inferred that this is the actual date of 
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