BOTANY OF THE F:ROES 277 
on a visits of. _— to some of the flowers described was 
erful. So, too, do I remember the good humour and fun she 
would. exhibit BI a some lumbering bumble-bee would fail to do 
as he was wanted. And er was the secret of Mr. ightwen’s 
she always saw the humorous side of things, and never failed to 
get, if not information, some fun out of the work in hand.” 
JAMES BRITTEN. 
Botany of the Feroes, rate upon Danish Investigations. Part iii. 
vo, pp. 683, xxviii. 12 plates, 51 figures in text. Copen- 
Wan an Gyldendalske Boghandel London, Wheldon. 1908. 
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account of the close relationship of the flora to that of Britain ; 
ae she to them more especially in that it is written in 
nglis 
Isles.” A more tho Saab knowledge of the marine alge of Shet- 
land is however to be desired. 
Dr. Ostenfeld’s paper is an important contribution to ecology, 
based upon careful investigation during various visits, with notes 
from other botanists who have visited the islands at’ seasons of 
the year when he himself was absent. Beginning with a review 
of the published literature bearing on the subject, the author pro- 
ceeds to discuss the acprmaee “a external factors on the vegetation 
—‘‘the character and feat of the vegetation outside the 
enclosures - the re er zones a in a high degree due to the 
clea of sheep’’—the biological features and the plant-forma- 
ns: Giiorors ifiusisati¢ns add to the usefulness and attractive- 
cal s of this part of the work. Dr. Ostenfeld’s additions and 
corrections to the list of phanerogams and pteridophyta published 
