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Eoraptopsts srevirouia Balf.f. Socotra. Proc. R. §. Edinb. xii. 
.-— HK. vonusius Balf. f. ‘ 
*Hieagersia Buxirouia Hook f. (Nyctaginee Pisonie). St. Thomas, 
W. Indies.- Ic. Pl. 1401. 
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NOTICES OF BOOKS. 
Flowers and Flower Lore. By the Rev. Hiprrtc Frrenp, F.L.S. 
London: W..S. Sonnenschein & Co. 1884. 2 vols. 8vo., 
pp. xvi. 704. 1s. 
_ Tas is a book which has long been looked forward to with 
interest by folklorists and other students of popular mythology, 
especially those who were acquainted with the author’s ‘ Glossary 
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has in consequence at once attained to a level very muc 
that hitherto reached by works of the kind, which are usually mere 
compilations, often carelessly executed and abounding in in- 
accurate citations. ‘ 
Our notice must perforce be a short one ; and if we seem onl 
to point out matters open to criticism, it must not be inferred that 
the value of the book is in any way impugned. But we cannot 
help feeling that Mr. Friend has been badly treated by his 
publishers, who, by the insertion of a large number of cuts— 
excellent in themselves, but quite out of place here—have spread 
think, be responsible for the inconvenient plan of separating the 
“critical and bibliographical notes” from the chapters to which 
they belong. 
There is an index to the illustrations, which is as unnecessary 
as the illustrations themselves, and a very good “‘ index of names,” 
after which come “additional corrections "—somewhat out of 
Place, as they are not included in the index. The ‘ Brief Biblio- 
