156 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
attached, are brought upon three days in the week. If the dis- 
coverer cannot name a flower, other children are asked to do so, 
t Melksham illustrati f specimens to. be searched for are 
emplo t Stratford-sub-Castle the peculiarities of uncommon 
flowers are ex s are labell y finders if the name 
nown, if not by the conductor. At Tarrant Keynstone 
collecting is combined with Nature Study in school. The flowers 
i » named and short descriptions given. The names of 
different parts, varieties of leaf and root i 
tions are sometimes written and drawings made. At Wimborne 
energy of the schoolmistress. Names and places of discovery are 
entered, while the children acquire some knowledge of plant-life, 
and are eager to claim first finds. A large number of specimens 
has been brought in during the year, and others which came from 
a distance were exhibited,” 
w county flora—The Botany of Worcestershire—is an- 
nounced for publication by Messrs. Cornish, of Birmingham, by 
Messrs. John Amphlett and Carleton Rea, the mosses and hepatics 
contributed by Mr. J. E. Bagnall. “The work which will be issued 
almost immediately is the result of a life’s observation on the part 
of the authors, who have long been known as authorities... . . 
It is arranged on the most approved method, it is exhaustive, it 
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least possibility of error.” With such qualifications, the price of 
the volume—25s. net—can hardly be considered extravagant, 
although it is considerably in excess of that usually demanded for 
books of that kind. “The Flora and Ferns” are “arranged and 
named according to the Tenth Edition of the London Catalogue.” 
Tue fifth part of Mr. F. N. Williams’s: Prodromus Flore 
tannice is now ready. It includes eight of the sympetalous 
families—Adoxacee, Caprifoliacee, Rubiaceae, Apocynacee, Gen- 
tianacea, Oleacee, Solanaceae, and Asperifoliacee. The edition is 
strictly limited, therefore former subscribers and those who desire 
to obtain the new part are requested to notify the publisher, 
C. Stutter, 110 High Street, Brentford, Middlesex, enclosing 2s. 8d. 
for the book and postage. 
WE are glad to note that at the recent election to the Royal 
Society Dr. Rendle was selected for the fellowship of that body. 
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