NATURE STUDIES—PLANT LIFE 107 
England, Scotland, and Ireland ; 12 in England and Scotland, but 
not in Ireland; 9 in England, but not in Scotland or Ireland; 5in 
Scotland and Ireland, but not in England; 4 in England and Tre: 
land but not in Scotland; and none are peculiar to Ireland. I 
thus follows that 62 species occur in Scotland, 40 in England, and 
24 in Ireland. 
So far as Sema tal is available, 83 species may be considered 
endemic in ” Britis 
In a gen sesh such formidable difficulties as does 
Hieracium, it will take the skill of a specialist to form a just opinion 
anent value of this work; but botanists generally, who 
may not bax iven prolonged study to these plants, cannot fail to 
appreciate the great benefit of the thorough revision, the complete 
synopsis, and the detailed descriptions, which are now placed at 
their disposal. 
W. P. Hiern. 
Nature “rs vias uw): By G. F. Scorr Exxior, M.A., &e. 
Blackie & Co. Price 8s. 6d. 
In ge a i at treatment this volume, though consider- 
ably smaller in size, reminds us of Kerner’s Pflanzenleben. The 
author has had much experience in field botany, both at home and 
in the tropics, nas is thus well qualified by his own observations to 
mn the subject. He lays down as a primary axiom that 
The volume is amc intended for members of natural 
history sodibtiel in the country, and for those en as teachers 
in our elementary and higher schools. Only such technical terms 
as are absolutely necessary are used; it can however be recom- 
d 
of plant-life will here find matter both interesting and suggestive. 
The work eovers so wide a field we can only refer to one or two 
points. In the first chapter the author, who has paid much atten- 
tion to insect visiting and fertilization, arranges flowers in twelve 
classes according to the character of their visitors. The chapter 
on Fruits and Colonization by Seed contains an interesting table 
showing how very varied are the parts of the fruits or seeds utilized 
for transport. 
Cha stencis contains a table showing the pressure which seeds 
are able to apport without breaking. The most interesting of the 
ed by ea 
