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descriptions of the various species, an account of the introduction 
a, 
subjects ; as well as—last, but certainly not least in importance—a 
capi ital index, for which the “acl ipcheiiy is, we believe, to be thanked. 
thus be seen that, although the work is thus rac 
intended for the use of those engaged in the cultivation of Cinchon 
it yet deserves also to find a place on the shelves of the student of 
applied botany. 
It is a little disappointing to find the author saying, ‘‘ We do 
not attempt a bibliography of the su meet Cinchona’’: these 
have been glad if Mr. Jackson had seen his way to give something 
of the kind in an appendix, for which his ‘ Vaatahle Technology’ 
would have afforded material sufficient for a basis. y three 
works are recommended for consultation—a selection which seems 
ufficient. Cinchona Ledgeriana, which has been 
Trimen’s description of the plant as a species—showing that 
ve translator does not confine himself to the information given by 
an Gorkom 
The volume i is beautifully got up, zs the typographical errors 
are very few, considering that the work was printed abroad. 
eh to but a small circle, it is ae Ye be wondered at that the 
bis expensive; but its general style leaves little doubt in the 
d that those who take an active interest in Cinchona culture 
will find this ‘ Handbook’ indispensable. 
WE have received a copy of the new edition of Dr. Smiles’s 8 
‘ Life of a Scotch Naturalist, Thomas Edward, A.L.S.’ (London 
Murray, 1882), from which the ‘ Fauna of Banffshire’ is omitted: 
ay, 
the Ale reader, however, is more than compensated for the 
scare re) nee ne the addition of a new preface, containing much 
ter, ne portions of an e address 
lately dedtvered by Edward to the boys of a school near 
Liverpool. Mr. - aid’s botanical collection came to an untimely 
end. In 1845, when ‘“ oe went to overhaul the box’ which con- 
—‘* he oo that the lid had been shoved to one side, and 
that oh numerou s had entered it and made it their lair: 
plants were ject soaked and rendered utterly worthless.” 
Although he replaced them “to a certain extent,’’ he does not 
seem "i have davetel special ee = cotihsr ed after this. Not 
the least Se scikable circumstance ted with this most 
interesting volume is the fact that no nine ies Pi translations 
in a recent (December) newspaper the announcement that Mr. 
dward has resigned the eee of the Banff Museum, which 
he had held for thirty ye 
