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" Selaginella, 257, 266." We hope the proofs of any future edition 

 will be more carefully read, and that the page on which each species 

 is to be found will be added in the index. 



In complying with the Rev. H. G. Jameson's request to announce 

 that his Gui,h to lhiti h M -,.s is out of print, we venture to add a 

 hope that he will not allow this useful handbook to remain for any 

 length of time inaccessible. 



The Bulletin of Miscclhnv •mis Information for September contains 

 an account of the plants collected by Mr. William Lunt dari?;- Mr. 

 Bent's expedition to the Hadramant Valley, Southern Arabia. 

 Several new species and two new geneva— Strobopetalum N. E . Br. 

 (Asclepiadere Cynanchea) and Bentia Eolfe (Acanthace©), the 

 latter appropriately commemorating the leader of the expedition — 

 are described. Mr. Lunt has since been appointed Assistant Superin- 

 tendent of the Botanic Gardens, Trinidad. Mr. N. E. Brown also 

 describes a new genus of Lythraceae — Galpinia — from the Transvaal. 



The Botanical Society of America has been "organized by the 

 election of the following officers :— President, Wm. Trelease ; Vice- 

 President, N. L. Britton ; Treasurer, John Donnell Smith ; Secre- 

 tary, Chas. B. Barnes. Only American botanists engaged in 

 resenrch, who have published works of recognised merit, shall be 

 eligible to active membership." The Torrey Bulletin for September, 

 from which we quote this information, affords other evidence of the 

 reforming zeal of our transatlantic friends. A committee has been 

 appointed "to prepare a statement for the convenience of publishers, 

 in the use of capitals in nomenclature might be avoided" ; 

 and "a standing committee on pronunciation" is to be formed, 

 • • Percey Miles' essay written for Nicholson's Gardener's Dictionary " 

 (i.e., Mr. Percy Myles's "pronouncing dictionary" issued as a 

 Supplement to Mr. Nicholson's Dictionary of Gardening) having 

 been suggested as a model. 



We are always looking for some result of the work that is being 

 carried on in the investigation of the Flora of Scotland, but the 

 pretty and convenient little Pocket Flora of Edinburgh, by Mr. C. 0. 

 Sonntag (Williams & Norgate) does not materially add to our 

 knowledge. It is a descriptive handbook with localities appended, 

 but there is no attempt at anything like an exhaustive investigation 

 of the plants of the Edinburgh district, nor anything to show that 

 the author is critically acquainted with the plants he describes. 

 Seeing that the "area gone over" is "from 30 to 40 miles in 

 diameter," we fear that Mr. Sonntag is hardly justified in thinking 

 that the little book "supplies a long-felt want." Such common 

 garden trees as the laburnum and "acacia" are included; the 

 snowdrop, from its habitat,— " woods and pastures, frequent,"— 

 seems to be regarded as a native ; all the specific names have 

 capital initials: and an "English" name is supplied for each 

 species—" Damort," however, although printed as one of these (for 

 Siurthi maritima), is a misprint for "Dumort.," the authority for 

 tin name. < 'arum Bulbocastamim is evidently a slip for Conopodium 

 denudatum, The work, though well-intentioned, does not call for a 



