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288 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
working under the guidance of a Be hoyerge teacher will find it a 
helpful | book of Pgs = requirin as in the case of most re 
text-books) some supplementing he and there, as well as 
occasional ese “of the critical faculty. The numerous apart 
are not beautiful, but serve to indicate the points of structure and 
arrangement whiel the student must make out for himself in his 
practical studi 
e plan or arrangement i is one which is to some extent necessi- 
tated by the lines of present-day examinations, embodying the study 
of a series of plant-types, dy from typical seed-plants down- 
wards to the Alge and Fungi (Part I.). Part II. deals with the 
special morphology and classification of Angiosperms ; in the sys- 
tematic study of the families of Dicotyledons the authors cling to 
the old subdivision into two classes, Dichlamydew and Incomplete. 
Part III., Physiology, is perhaps somewhat short. The eget are 
wise in introducing Sauk Ge proofs of some of the more im- 
portant facts. Part IV. _ gies with the technical een iplaont 
of plants and definition of A.B. R. 
BOOK-NOTES, NEWS, de. 
Critica botanists will be equally surprised and pleased to know 
that the publication of the beautifully illustrated Icones ad Floram 
Europe of Messrs. Alexis Jordan and E. Fourreau, has been 
resumed. It will be remembered that the latter author was killed 
during the siege of Paris in 1870; Jordan, however, continued to 
work steadily upon the work, and had intended to resume the pub- 
lication ; but death again intervened, not only in his case but in 
that of Hilarion Borel, to whom Jordan bequeathed the production 
of the work. The present instalment, superintended by M. Camille 
ordan, comprises the completion of the second rors (plates 
281-854) and a third volume (plates 355-500); the text is by 
Jordan. A large amount of matter and a hu ndred plates exist un- 
published, but these will not be issued, as it is thought nothing 
should appear under Jordan’s name which does not contain “ l’ex- 
or reference. he plates include critical species of Sazifraga, 
Ornithogalum, a Peonia, Ramondia, Scilla, Romulea, Aster, 
Narcissus, Pyrus, Brassica, be ome Dianthus, Vitis, Iberis, Quercus, 
and Smilax, and are of great bea 
Tae first number of nm aay Masse Records, which fp tseahon 
in April, contains papers by Dr. Schénland on some South Afri 
species oy Aloe, a list of South African species of Orissa Aaosibed 
during recent years, and menor ne of a large number of new 
Species of Crassulacea, Anacampseros, &e. 
We learn from the Gardmsars” Chr onicle that Prof. Penzig is 
herbarium of Gherardo es which has been found 
Angelica | as made before 1540, 
u : —— & good state of pebctviGae 
