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say that he had read Mr. Druce's article, whereas he had only read 

 part of it, and it is of course only to that part that his answer 

 applies : while his note, as it stands, is stultified by the addition 

 made by Mr. Druce. I am in no way blaming Mr. Druce, who 

 was of course at liberty to correct his proof; but it is obvious that 

 Mr. Beeby is entitled to this explanation, and to an expression of 

 regret for the oversight on my part. — Ed. Journ. Bot. 



Dr. Boswell's Herbarium. — Our readers will be glad to know 

 that Dr. Boswell's Herbarium has been purchased by Mr. F. J. 

 Hanbury, who generously proposes to arrange the plants and to 

 place it at the disposal of botanists who may wish to consult it. 

 The collection is a very large one, containing many critical notes 

 and some unique specimens. The collection will be kept intact, 

 and entirely distinct from Mr. Hanbury's own herbarium. 



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The Native Flowers of Neiv Zealand illustrated in Colours. By 



Mrs. Charles Hetley. Part. I. London : Sampson Low. 

 Imp. 4to. 12 plates. £1 Is. 



For this handsome work we are indebted to the pen and pencil 

 of a lady who, " believing that few people are aware of the number 

 and great beauty of the flowers indigenous to New Zealand," has 

 determined to do her part towards enlightening their ignorance. 

 She has succeeded in producing extremely good plates of Clematis 



tndii'tea, Olearia semidentata, Epacris microphylla, Senecio perdicioides, 

 ( ntisia Monroi, Metrosideros lucida, Pimelea longifolia y Arecawpida, 

 Dysoxylon spectabi/e, Geranium Traeersii, Ranunculus Lxjallii, and 

 Loranthus Adamsii. This last is said to be a new species, but there 

 is no diagnosis, nor does the plate contain any dissections. 



It always seems to us unfortunate that, when so much pains 

 has been bestowed upon a book as is the case in the present 

 instance, the author should not secure that botanical aid which is 

 necessary to establish the scientific value of the work. A few 

 dissections might have been so arranged as to interfere very little 

 ^ith the artistic appearance of Mrs. Hetley's plates; and the 

 descriptions, which are very meagre, could easily have been 

 amplified. As it is, the scientific importance of the work is 

 comparatively slight, and this is the more to be regretted on 

 account of the manifest care and accuracy with which the plates 

 have been prepared. 



Articles in Journals. 



Bot. Centralhlatt. (No. 14). — V. F. Brotherus, 'Musci novi 

 transcaspici ' iTortula drsertoruw, T. tran aspiea, T. lladdn, Bartmla 



^mtrrens, spp. nn.). . Hartig, Htrj trirhia nigm, n. sp.— 



W* 15, 18). E. Godlewski, ' Eioige Beinerkungeii zur Aufla- ong 

 <fer Ikiztrscheimiui^en an den wachscnden Pflanzentlieiieii. — 



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