92 LA TRUFFE, 
Japanese Conifers from the pen of Mr. H. J. Vei 
has done so much good work in the introduction of members of this 
group to England. 
The latter half of the report contains a list of all the Conifers 
and Taxads cultivated in Great Britain, with their synonyms by 
Dr. Masters. We note that Torrey is given as the authority for 
Sequoia gigantea, but from the recent writings of Sereno Watson we 
ow that Decaisne was the first to give this name to the mammoth 
The volume closes with a most interesting record of the 
bartonshire, is mentioned. 
_ At is a pity that the question of nomenclature was not taken 
in hand. It would have been a great gain if—among the other 
a 
ve put straight. The report, as a whole, reflects great 
credit on the labours of its editors, the Rev. W. Wilks and Mr. 
J. B. Carrutuers. 
La Truf. Par Av. Oxarty (Bailliére et Fils, Paris, 1892, pp. 
xil., 370, 8vo, 15 tab. col. Price 14 fr.). 
Ir is but four years since a hand little volume bearing this 
title was issu y the same publishers in their Bibliothéque 
Bainane Contemporaine, i e, erry de la 
and of a 
cordial welcome from students of the truffle, Since the late Mr. 
one in country seems to have taken up the 
Tuberacee as a special study, and it may be of service to throw 
