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BOOK-NOTES, NEWS, ¢c. 
the preceding volume of “Some Common Flowering Plants 
(Angiosperms), along with a special section on the “ Scots Pine” 
more commonly known as the Scotch Fir—to represent the 
Gymnosperms, and a useful arrangement of the plants described, 
in their families or natural orders. Next are treated the more 
vegetation of commons, heaths, and moors, in which students 
should find ample material to stimulate their powers of observa- 
tion and suggest food for reflection. The illustrations are, as 
convey a ri 
larly indicate that of the potato (p. 6) and pear (p. 48) as failing 
in this respect. A word of special praise is due to the reproduc- 
ir bayk. 
Cosmo Melvill has recently been elected President. Leighton’s 
admirable Flora of the county appeared in 1841, so there must be 
room for a new one. 
Messrs. Swan SonnenscHetn & Co. have in preparation the 
publication of a life of Sir Joseph Banks, on which Mr. Edward 
. 
Smith has been for some time engaged. It would appear as if the 
T ixth part r. F. N. Williams’s Prodromus Flore 
tannice, including the families of Convolvulacee, Scrophu- 
lariace@, chacea, &e ill issued early in October. 
the numbe 
probable subscribers with a small margin. 
