LA FLORE DE LA SUISSE ET SES ORIGINES 29 
does the ~ supply it, as Teetines sig ct ma. 
added that Mr. Irving’s pocwodeerne, on a somewhat larger scale 
than the limits of a quarto page will allow, form an attractive 
feature of the cases ifstrting British trees in the hall of the 
Natural History Muse 
La Flore de la Suisse et ses Origines. Par H. Curist. Edition 
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velle édition augmentée d’un apergu des récents travaux 
géobotaniques. ae Georg & Cie. 8vo, cl. pp. xvi, 572, 
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- Tose who expect to fad in this volume a new edition of that 
published in 1883, as the title-page might seem to imply, will be 
disappointed. The book is a re-issue, with the addition of a 
upplement containing a summary of the observations that have 
ia eamy summary of the additions made during recent years to 
” The work me is so well aye: and its merits are so gene- 
see pbpraaciente at there is n pass it in revi The 
entral posit: seo Bwiteand: ates the author to trace the 
heen Sor “within its limits of elements priate 0 the floras 
of eastern and southern Europe, to suggest how these, as well as 
the indigenous species, have given rise to new ide mic forms ; and 
he traces the influence, direct and indirect, of alison: upon the 
vegetation of Switzerland. . Christ has the advantage, not 
always found among generalizers, of an intimate and critical 
acquaintance with the plants of the country, and this gives a 
ue to his work which would otherwise be 
‘The concluding paragraph of the sathor s preface to the Sup- 
literature, may be worth quoting :—‘ En terminant, je m 
sens poussé 4 rendre le tém oe énergique que, oy ja baie 
en age et plus les merveilles de Dieu se dévoilent devant mes 
yeux, plus aussi je me livre sans réserve 4 ses saints étonnements 
qui sont la jouissance la plus élevée que l'homme puisse éprouver 
- présence de l’ceuvre du Créateur sur cette terre. Pour moi, ce 
est pas la lutte brutale pour esinbeliake c'est au contraire l’aide 
mutuelle, la symbiose harmonique des étres qui domine, et qui est 
une des révélations les plus manifestes de ee de Dieu.” 
