SAMOS. 93 
out the suggestion here that the order offers many attractions to a 
botanist in the southern scones having sufficient leisure to under- 
take a small, well-marked gro Truffle hunting is not without 
its excitements, whether anenaed in the company of dog, pig, or 
by the unaided human instinct; and there is always the subject of 
truffle- pe for experiment, with a glitterig reward for the prac- 
tically successful. 
This volume is a second one oes one published in 1869, 
and is . great advance on the original. It is profes sedly 
not written specially for savants, ‘“ ees pour tout le monde,” 
aero cna it does not fail in exact information and in minute 
informa such as savants demand, while at the same time it is 
Hon rag as pppoe books so seldom are, in such fashion as to in- 
terest all who choose to read. In this respect, indeed, it is a very 
happy effort on the part of the author. He begins with a history 
then describes in detail the species of Tuber, Terfezia, Tirmania, an 
Algerian genus so named by — author, and Gautieria LAA St 
the Mexican truffle. In the next chapter the trees and ot 
countries productive of truffles, &c. The dev slepniee of trufiles 
signs of their existence, culture in its wide conditions, collection 
by aid of pigs, dogs, or singlehanded, are interestingly treated of, and 
e commercial statistics, alimentary and other qualities, aon ical 
O 
scientific populer literature attain a 
book, which gives in clear mere inguage a a oneancie good 
ie of its subject, without any of the aneous marvels 
dissolying views of the universe so stupidly pcos tos necessary 
G. M. 
for the British public. 
1 e, a a a et ——— par le 
Samos: mops cone ogiqu coos ara a ean eda 
et Witu1aM eh Avec 13 aie par av: Cusin. 
oe 4G. Bridel 1892. 4to, pp. 99. 
show some result of his visit. Sibtho 
plants, and Dumont d’Urville in 1819 collected 62 species Shute, 
