30 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
‘In accordance with the use in all recent Continental Floras (e.9., 
Schinz & Keller’s Fi. d. Schweiz), specific names derived from 
genera are always written with a small initial.” A reference to 
y' 
the recent instalments of Rouy and Foucaud’s Flore de France 
y s 
any 
rate, in the last edition (1909); the Vienna recommendation would 
appear on the contrary to be generally observed. We Poe 
Fungi and how to Know Them; an Introduction to Field Mycology. 
. W. Swanton. With 16 coloured and 32 black and 
white plates by M. K. Sprrran. London: Methuen. Pp. 210. 
Price 6s. net 
have been in the past undoubtedly the most neglected 
gdom. In our country, there have 
never been wanting enthusiastic mycologists who have kept alive 
the study in the field, but no one has popularized the subject so as 
to clear away the mass of technical terms that have obscured it. 
ry 
Mr. Worthington G. 
Smith’s Guide to the Sowerby Models, little has been done for the 
encouragement of beginners. 
There are several reasons for this neglect. The transitory 
nature of these growths prevents continuous and repeated obser- 
vation; they are here to-day and gone to-morrow, some other 
ually unknown fungi having taken their place. The existence 
any peculiarities of its growth to uired. Another deterring 
he extent and variety of the su , and the text- 
books have increased the difficulty by providing much letterpress 
and little illustration. 
. E. W. Swanton’s book will go far to remove this reproach. 
He has avoided technical terms, has discriminated in his selection 
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colour as well as in black and white. The contents of his book 
fall naturally into two divisions. In the first, there is a general 
discussion concerning fungi, touching on all points connected 
with their growth and development, explaining their complicated 
life-histories and their place in the economy of nature, the impor- 
tance of which is bei recognized more and more. Advice ig 
given to collectors how and where to look for fungi, how to examine 
them, and how best to preserve them. The part ends with a 
bibliography and a glossary which seem curiously misplaced in 
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