NOTICES OF BOOKS. “— 
purpurea, Tilletia caries, Ustilago carbo, Erys iphe ceo Isaria 
Juciformis, the author’s three new species of Fusisporium (I. cul- 
rum, F. hordei, and "ed loi W. Sm.), and he ear- pnneee 
Tylenchus tritici; of clover, Peronospora trifoliorum and P. ewigua 
.Sm., and Cuseuta trifolié 3 of potatoes, Phytophthora inode, 
F- usisporium solani, Tuburcinia scabies and Periza postuma; of onions, 
Puccinia mixta, Peronospéra Schleideniana, Urocystis cepula, and 
“chaax subtilissimus ; of turnips, Otdium balsamii, Plasmodiophora 
@; and 
hands of those who have the we lf fare of crops under their special 
d, th 
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satire, &e., the or has eadlered a valuable se yee towards 
the discovery of their eal nature. Mr. Smith makes a strenuous 
effort to dispose of the evidence in favour of the hetercecism of the 
Uredinee, but such an effort is hardly likely to sueceed now. It 
was necessary that a book with the practical aim of this one should 
be written attractively and with simplicity, and this part of his 
object Mr. Smith has done his best and sealant to attain. Not 
only to those interest in the crops, but also to the increasing 
class interested in their diseases, Mr. Smith’s book will prove a 
handy, easily obtained, and excellent guide. G. M. 
Traité de Botanique Médicale phanerogamique. Par H. Batuuon 
Paris: Hatchette. 1884. 8vo, pp. 1500, with 8487 figures. 
As might be expected from the size of the work and the 
a of its author, we have in the volume before us perhaps 
the remainder is occu with fetes s i inal ee 
their properties, uses, e do not Fest whether the two parts 
are i AEN ed! rately ; ~ there would, howev: uch advantage 
9 Song Nor, indeed, is this necessary. Prof. Baillon’s work is 
too well known to nee ed commendation from us; and this volume 
is worthy of his reputation. We feel only one regret—that the 
learned author should have i hi? attention diverted, even by so 
useful a book, from his great work, the ‘ ae - pense 
the progress of which is accionaty desired by botan 
