234 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
BOOK-NOTES, NEWS, ¢e. 
species of Sempervivum, n y> arachnoideum a - 
tanum ; he pointed out rmation of primitive soil by three 
methods : (1) from crustaceous lichens, (2) mosses, and (3) decay 
coniferous needles is primitive soil these Semperviva 
WE note with much satisfaction that British botany is receiving 
its full share of attention in con emporary magazines. é 
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[Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire] and its relations to evaporation 
and temperature,” by R. H. Yapp. 
Messrs. Swan Sonnenscuemn & Co. send us two odd little 
eight-page pamphlets, ee each, by Francis Ram—one in 
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“‘ Bright diamonds and s arkling stones, white silver, yellow gold, 
And many other clinkant things the teeming earth doth hold as 
and proceeds to show that knowledge is more valuable than these. 
“ Vulgar Ostentation”’ is the god that rules the millionaires : 
‘‘Remarkable it is her beneficiaries oft 
Are very common people till she raises them aloft.”’ 
Having described a millionaire and millionairess, the author con- 
cludes :— 
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nd phrases very forcible I'll use to let her know 
That she on men who aid Researcu her bounty should bestow.” 
THE newspapers have noted among the surroundings of the 
body of the late George Meredith ‘‘sprigs” or “branches” of 
