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maintain "close canopy" until the crop lias completed its chief 

 growth in height, and then to adopt partial clearances and under- 

 in order to maintain the productive capacity of the soil. 

 These are, however, matters of purely practical interest, and there 

 is little botanical matter in the work that calls for special notice. 

 It is pre-eminently a book that land-owners, estate-agents, and 

 foresters should not only read, but consider with care. 



G. S. Boulger. 



ARTICLES IN JOURNALS. 



Annals of Scottish Nat. Hist. (Oct.).— P. Ewing, 1 Some forms of 

 Ranunculus Flammula: — E. F. Linton, 'Origin of Salix Graham i.' 

 — J. Eoy & J. P. Bisset, ' Scottish Desmidiece ' (concl. : 1 pi.). 



Bot. Centralblatt. (No. 39). — (Oct. 11). G. von Istvanffi, 

 ' ' Steerbeck's ' Theatrum Fungorum.' ' — (No. 40 : Sept. 18). R. 

 Meissner, « Zur Frage nach den Orientirungsbewegungen zypo- 

 morpher Bliiten.'— (Nos. 41, 42 : Oct. 3). A. Meyer & A. Dewere, 

 ■ir'nn: — P. Kunth, 'Nach untersuchung der 

 Bluteneinrichtung von Lonicera Perielymenum.' — (No. 48: Oct. 11). 

 J. B. Jack & F. Stephani, 'Hepaticae in ins. Vitiensibus & Samoanis 

 a Graeffe lectsB ' (1 plate). 



Bot. Mag. (Tokio). — (Aug. 20). Mitsutaro Shirai, ' Japanese 

 species of Betula' (B. globispica, sp.n.). 



Bot. Zeitumj (Oct. 16).— H. Molisch, ' Das Phycoerythrin, seine 

 Krystallisirbarkeit uud chemische Natur ' (1 pi.). 



Bull, de Vllerb. Boisuer (No. 9 : Sept.). C. DeCandolle, « Me- 

 liacea? novas ' (Entandrophragma, gen. nov. : 1 plate). — R. Chodat, 

 « Matenaux pour servir a l'histoire des Protococcoidees ' (8 plates). 



Bull. Soc. Bot. Belgigue (xxxiii. : Oct. 19). — F. Cretin, 4 Rosae 

 hybndsB.'— Id., ' Rosa Fischeriana & R. gormkensis .'—Id., ' Les Roses 

 de l'Angleterre.'* — J. Massart, * Embryologie vegetale' (3 plates). 

 — E. de Wildeman, * Trmtepohlia polymorpha.' — Id., « La Flore de 

 Bulgarie.' — E. Laurent, 'Le Bas-Congo.' 



Bull. Soc. Bot. France (xli, 6, 7 : Sept.). — L. Guignard, 'Pro- 

 prates cbimiques de la myrosine.' — E. Gain, ' Plantule anormale 

 de Quercus pedunculata.' — Id., ' Sur la variation du pouvoir ab- 

 sorbant des graines.' — M. Molliard, « Bromus secalinus infeste par 

 lubius: — P. Vuillemin, 'Association parasitaire de 

 Whci'iaim punctatum et du Plasmopara pygmaa chez VAncmime 

 ranunculoides.' — X. Gillot, • Notes teratologiques.' — E. Rose, ' Re- 

 cherches sur les Ruppia' (1 pi.). — P. van Tieghem, Aciella, ' hi- 



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phylum, gen. nov. (Loranthacea). — J . A. Battandier, ' Sur quelques 

 plantes d'Algerie.' 



