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is misleading from its small size: some of the accessories—e. g 
the Lycopodium (?) (fig. se ae curious. ae the whole, the bose, 
although useful so far a goes, cannot be considered satis- 
factory, = it is to be repiitlet that Mr. Masse should not have 
revised the text. 
he oe lengthy title of the Museum Guide—a term 
which seems rather odd as connected with two sheets of draw- 
o this account of “True and False Mushrooms 
two folding plates, and, as these reproduce the drawings schibiies, 
it is not easy to see why the latter should be referred to, unless 
for some technical Trustee reason with which we are nacquainted. 
at the first and nite ae: the multiple folding of which is 
gured field and culti 
on the second eleven fungi often mistaken for Mushrooms. The 
ed 
pern so figured a seri mong 
mistaken for Mushrooms Hebeloma fastibile holds a conspicuous 
place. Mr. Smith’s “fifty years experience as mushroom and 
fungus referee on the horticultural press” has given him special 
opportunities for becoming acquainted with a wide range of forms 
of the Mushroom and its allies, and that Seiad is the basis of 
the text which he has supplied to accompany his figures. 
J. B. 
Die oe der Farne. Von H. Curist. Pp. 358, 1 pl., 
129 text-figures, 3 maps. Jena: G. Fischer. 1910. Price 12s. 
Or those who are actively engaged in the systematic study of 
ferns, Dr. Christ, of Basel, cee btless takes the lead. For more 
t 
is accumulation of knowledge he has pondered over and 
‘slancified, and now gives to the public in the present instructive 
work. No moh detailed study of fern distribution has ever been 
published befor 
__Itisa nee of common belief that the ferns, owing to their 
t and numerous spores, have a more SS 
bution than the phanerogams. pene - Christ 
