316 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
in the mrss of the leaf-bud, the stem, leaf, inflorescence, 
flower, fruit, and seed. Details of development, especially in the 
case of the feat. bud and inflorescence, are also given; and the 
pollination of the flower and other points of interest are mentioned. 
he arrangement of the plants studied is at first sight somewhat 
puzzling. The rst six, for instance, are Magnolia Vrilan, Ornitho- 
galum sera Primula elatior, Asarum europeum, Populus nigra, and 
Prunus avium. But, as will be — from the introduction, the 
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arrangement therefore follows no s ead in the detailed ac- 
counts of the individual plants, ay in the earlier course, 
there is but little information of a pure systematic character; the 
plant itself is studied, its relations to ge plants are rarely 8 
cussed, and the author scarcely refers to its place in a system 
arrangement. His aim is rather to ee an help that detailed 
examination of the plant which must form the basis of the bes 
ue ee work. The latter will follow in due course. ve 
of the book the author gives directions for such work, com 
sketches Pee principles uaeiey the preparation of “monographs 
an 
The ‘book will be of Be value to teachers and students who 
are interes in adya botanical work, forming an admirable 
introduction Hee those pete inclination tends towards on syste- 
matic study of the Sahat plants. Our review would be incomplete 
without a reference to the numerous clear and helpful ‘Iinstrations, 
most of which ti — expressly for the work of. 
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Die Europiischen Sk ie oS und gererchnet. Von GrorG 
Ror Lei 904. Lief. 4-8. 
Five more pat “af aie ibinacen have lately been received. 
The eine, plan of the work and a sketch of the introductory 
chapters were cere in this Ki ournal for 1908 (p. 819). The parts 
have succeeded one another as rapidly as was pi ofliied, eight having 
appeared in fourteen months. The first five parts go to form vol.1., 
which che xiv-+598 pages and 52 plates, and stops just short 
of the Bryacee. The subsequent three parts carry the work on as 
far as Phatiig ition: a genus of Cylindrotheciacea, and considerably 
in advance of the figures on the Stated: In the former notice atten- 
tion was drawn to the overcrowding of the plates, and to the extent 
to which the figures have suffered by the process of photographic 
reproduction. The lines have lost their sharpness, and are woo. y. 
mes and Babi or are so minute that they are read with 
difficulty. The capsules and other parts a8 bet plant are often 
superposed on the ag teme s. This is a measure of economy which 
destroys all artistic effect, though it does be necessarily detract 
