284 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
re glad to note the issue from the Paris Herbarium of a 
new sa a to. be devoted to the pene tate of plants, entitled 
rst 
consisting of 32 pa es, contains a searing tere by Sir Joseph 
Hooker, who describes te a species of Impatiens from Indo- 
China, and papers from MM. Gagnepain (Cratoxylon and Sida), 
Guillaumin (Biophytum), and the editor (Podostemacee). We note 
that the titlepage for the volume bearing date 1909 is issued with 
his first nu ; this mi 
seldom if ever represents that of its whole contents. In the latter 
case, indeed, the inconvenience is aggravated by the fact that the 
date on the wrappers of the numbers issued for the volume are 
not issued until May of this year. In such cases a new title- 
page for the volume, on the back of which the correct dates of 
issue a he pre, shiowld. be issued we the last number of 
each yolum: 
ield The definition and ani of terms are very 
good, several a clearer (e.g. in the — of ‘ peri- 
nous” among others) n the glossaries of long- 
OEE aS man siese fio, enact of the ‘tasesiba tint of the 
ary—‘ t the hardest eee says the author 
ready sa 
THE i. Marshall Ward’s ole on Trees is brought to a con- 
clusion by the issue of the fifth volume (pp. x, 308, price 4s. 6d. 
net ; Cambridge teas io cy Press) which is savcaal to form and 
habit, with an appendix on seedlings. In noticing former instal- 
ments we have tei the characteristics of the undertaking, 
the conclusion of which has been seen through the Bross by Prof.. 
Percy Groom. A feature of the work is its wealth of miscellaneous: 
illustrations, derived from various sources; some of them are 
the work and the issue of the parts separat ely perhaps justifies a 
certain amount of repetition, but we think this is overdone wh 
the same figure appears in three consecutive parts, as is the case 
with the beech, hazel, chestnut, ash, mulberry, and probably 
others. The appendix on seedlings, with numerous good original 
figures by Miss E. — is peel: 
