892 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
Die : mga dey Gesneriaceen, by Dr. Karl Fritsch (8vo, 
pp. iv, 188, with 88 figs. in text) contains a description of the 
seedlings of a number of species from fourteen genera, including 
Ramondia, Saintpaulia, Streptocarpus, Achimenes, Cor ytholoma, and 
as course of the vascular bundles, &c. The special descriptions are 
followed by a general part, which includes three sections. the 
first the author makes a comparative study of the seedling and the 
adult plant. Section ii. deals with a few points of interest in the 
- anatomy of the order, mainly hair-structures and the distribution of 
the colouring matter, anthocyan. ae peace section is a review 0 
the m orphology of Str eptocarpus, an arison with the other 
1 lhepanes Whe ore a rgeaees of ee 3 tea subdivision 
of the The price of the book is 44 marks. i like the 
two prea is Sablished by Messrs. Fischer, of Jena 
ourth edition of igi? Engler’s _—— der bflanzen- 
lautees (Bo mtraeger, Berlin) is, except for a few corrections, 
alterations, and additions, similar to the third edition eb last 
year, and noticed in this Journal for 1903, p. the 
alterations, which are concerned almost entirely ethos the dowat 
plants, we note the inclusion of the Dictyotales under the section 
Phaophycee—in the previ vious edition they were regarded as forming 
a distinct section. The general pen of arrangement is identical 
bei that followed i in the last edition 
HE Quarterly Record of the Royal Botanic Society of London 
se cot s the papers read at the Conference held in connection with 
e Horticultural Exhibition held in June last. The ‘“ Botanical 
Gardens and saw the flowers and tents, and the entertainments in 
progress: What would be the impressions of the hypothetical in- 
habitant of Mars if he could look down and see how things went 
on in the world below him? He thought that he voll be both 
surprised and pleased if he looked at ‘the Gardens, and saw ee 
admirably scientific pursuits and popular amusements were com- 
bined and carried on. And then at night, the constantly illuminated 
We regret that pressure on our atin ace compels us to hold over 
reviews of Mr. Townsend’s Flora of a Mr. a. s Flora 
of Dublin, and oii reviews and articles. We hope next year to 
issue as a supplement Mr. Arthur Bennett’s additions to ths second 
edition of Topographical Botany. 
