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botanists it would have been impossible to find two so well fitted 
fm the task of editing the work as those whose names are attached 
o the short preface with which it opens. United to Mr. Watson 
by strong ties of personal friendship, Mr. Baker aby the Rev. W. 
W. Newbould are otherwise singularly well adapted to carry on his 
work, possessing, as they do respectively, the faculty of generalisa- 
tion and the critical a which were combined in Mr. Watson with 
such happy results. 
Only a hundred Sipibs of the ao tal edition of ‘ Topographical 
Botany’ were dasa La those were privately distributed, so that 
to very many the nt will be a new book. To the possessors of 
additions, made for the most part by Mr. Watson himself in an 
interleaved copy, being very considerable :—*« The few additions 
which we have made on our own authority,” say the editors, “‘ may 
be eemnevadied by having the name of the personal authority 
in parentheses.” It seems to be implied, therefore, that 
wtias other addition and'alteration is Mr. Watson’s own. Some of 
these alterations are a little puzzling. For example, in ed. 1, 
Adonis —— is recorded as ae goa he eo being the 
meaning attached by Mr. Watso curved brackets—from 
counties ‘ . 6 713814171819 21 re 29 88 84 40 55 57 58 59 62 
64 66 68 75 77 83’’: in the new edition it is recorded as a 
“supposed error”—for this is the signification of the square 
_brackets—from ‘‘ 25 26 27 28 29 88 34 40 55 57 58 59 62 68 66 68 
76 77 80 83.” Apart from the alteration in the estimate of the 
position of the species, we cannot help wondering what has become 
of the previously-given records for the counties between 5 and 24. 
Have gis mete ed out unnoticed ? 
zzles of this kind are scarce; not_so the evidences of 
care and pone work, which may be traced on every page. e 
segregates have redaived much attention,—Ranunculus aquatilis, 
for instance, represented by only 8 in the 1st edition, has oo 
10 placed under it. We are surprised, by the way, to 
R. oe ar (pseudofluitans) credited to Sily 6 counties, 40d 
suspect that some of those placed under fluitans should be trans- 
ferred here. Prof. Babington contributes the distribution of the 
fruticose Rubi; the Roses remain much as before. Detailed distri 
bution of the Callitriches is given, 6 species being enumerated, 
The #Hieracia have received much attention, no fewer than 20 
segregates being added. tress parviflora is inserted as 
naturalised in alte and Middles 
A comparison between the two pation is fall of interest, and 
Suggests many points for enquiry, the reasons for certain changes 
not being always apparent on the surface. But space will not 
permit us-to enter at further length upon the investigation of the 
herd nor indeed is it neces ssary to do so. To all who are 
sted in County Floras, or in the general subject of plant 
distribution j in Britain, < Topographical Botany’ is indispensable. 
* We have since learned from Mr. Baker that this is the case. 
