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and geological and botanical features of the eight districts into 

 which the area has been divided ; and an account of the more 

 interesting plant associations, with chapters on meteorology and 

 climate and the distribution of species as affected by altitude, and 

 the physical and chemical characters of rocks and soils. The price 

 to subscribers, who should communicate with Mr. Wheldon at 

 60 Hornby Road, Walton, Liverpool, will be 10s. 6d. 



We learn with regret of the death of Professor Ernest Pfitzer, 

 of Heidelberg University. Professor Pfitzer was with us a few 

 months ago at the "Hybrid Conference, " in the proceedings of 

 which he showed much interest, and subsequently at the British 

 Association meeting. His philosophical work on the morphology 

 and classification of the orchids is well known ; he elaborated the 

 order for the Pflanzenfamilien, and his account is remarkable for 

 the system of arrangement of genera, in which he abandons the 

 supreme position given by Lindley to the character of the andrce- 

 cium, and takes into account the vegetative development of the 

 plant. Prof. Pfitzer was engaged at the time of his death on a 

 group of orchids for the Pflanzenreich, and in connection with this 

 work had paid several visits to the great collections at Kew and the 

 British Museum. 



By the death, on Nov. 20, of Mr. Frederick Justen, proprietor 

 of the firm known as Dulau & Co., a familiar figure to botanical 

 book -lovers and to frequenters of the meetings of the Linuean 

 Society has been removed from among us. We shall say more 

 about him later. 



Mr. G. C. Churchill, who died on Nov. 11 at his residence, Clifton, 

 Bristol, aged 84, was for many years the distributor in this country 

 of the sets of plants collected by Rupert Huter (with whom he was 

 on terms of intimacy) and other Swiss botanists. Although he 

 published but little, he had a good critical knowledge of the plants 

 of the Dolomite region, which he frequented for many years, espe- 

 cially of Primulas ; he contributed a note on Woodsia glabella to 

 this Journal for 1864, p. 56. His herbarium has been sent to Kew. 



The illustrated Haandbog i Norges Flora, by the late Axel Blytt, 



which, under the editorship of Dr. Ove Dahl of the Christiania 

 Museum, has been appearing in parts since 1902, is now published 

 complete in a handy volume of 800 pages, by A. Caminermeyer of 

 Christiania. We hope to be able to notice it later, meanwhile our 

 readers may like to have their attention called to it. 



The Report for 1905 of the General (Fielding) Herbarium at 

 Oxford announces that in connection with the investigation of the 

 plants figured in Dillenius's Horttis Elthamensis, some of the speci- 

 mens have been examined by Messrs. C. B. Clarke and J. G. Baker. 

 These plants have hitherto been incorporated in the Sherardian 

 Herbarium ; they have now been sorted out, and will be preserved 

 as a distinct collection. The Herbarium has acquired a collection 

 of British plants (400) made by the late Mr. Johnson, and a small 

 but interesting set of Persian plants, collected and presented by the 

 Rev. Napier Malcolm. 





