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it? THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
Mr. Cuartes Baiey prints, in the Memoirs of the Manchester 
Literary and lag iis rae veciee ety (vol. xlvii. part I.), the inte- 
resting paper the adventitious vegetation of the ee at 
t. Ann ne’s-on- poe Sea, of which we gave an abstract on p. 429 of 
our last year’s s volume. The — is illustrated by figures of 
Ambrosia artemisiefolia and Vicia vilios 
Tue latest attempt to make a citi classification of the 
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p. 888-430, tabb. xiii., xiv.). He gives a summary of the schemes 
put forward by Sanio, Renauld, Ringers ff, and Limpricht, dis- 
cusses the general anatomy of the plants, and sets out his own 
views as to their classification. He prefers Drepanociadus 0.M. as 
the generic — Harpidium haying been employed to denote a 
genus of lichens. He has drawn up a detailed key to the twenty 
European rare arranged in several sections, and after describing 
in full some of the less known species with their varieties an 
forms, he concludes with some critical remarks. 
WE note that Dr. Andrew Wilson, apparently not for the first 
time, has been attacking the Natural History Museum, on the 
ground that it is a close res erve for specialists, and that no oral 
explanations are given ‘‘ to those utterly ignorant of science.” It 
may be doubted whether any iatecetiies that could be given in the 
Museum would benefit those whose ignorance is so complete as Dr. 
n suggests; but it does not seem that he himself is at all 
well informed as to what the Museum does or does not do. This is 
shown by a letter from Mr. EH. A. Martin in the Daily Chronicle, the 
paper in which Dr. bore brought his accusation r. Martin 
writes, under date Feb. :—* Dr. Andrew Wilson's scarcely does 
justice to the authorities the Natural History Museum at South 
Kensington. We have always found them most willing to provide 
a member of the an to conduct our Society over the various gal- 
leries bac the Mus During the last four years, many visits have 
been arranged én "Sa aturday afternoons, and amongst those who 
have aitteiudoa their courtesy to us I would mention Dr. H. Wood- 
ward, Mr. W. Carruthers, Dr. A. Smith Woodward, Mr. Pyecraft, 
Dr. Rendle, and others. On Saturday last, Dr. Rendle eee 
the Selborne Society over the Botanical Gallery, and at the 
contrasted with the prohibition of any attempt at oral explanation 
on the occasion of ther visits to Kew Gar dens. 
