352 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
Mr. W. Percrvan Wesrert’s Country Rambles (H. J. Drane; 
10s. 6d.) is equally remarkable for the beauty of its ‘iinbtentione 
(from photographs by Mr. J. T. Newman) and for the inanity of its 
letterpress. Mr. F. G. Aflalo, in his preface, likens Mr. Westell’s 
observations to those of Gilbert White; but had the ristOFENd of 
ould never have attained immortality. or is triviality Mr. 
Wostell’s only fault, as the following extracts will show: ‘‘ Meadow 
Barley out. How comes this to be reckoned as a wild flower? Is 
the gin-bright (!) water very noticeable” (p. 191). ‘Ash forging 
ahead (the Bullrash like flowers (!) are well worth observing) ” 
(p. 1 “Our concluding note to-day is to the effect that, have 
(sic) caressed some horses to- day when traversing across some par 
land, we feel ny cannot do better than write as in schoolboy’s 
days :—‘ The Horse is a noble animal’” (p. 804). These extracts, 
taken literally at Sas en some notion of the contents of the 
e should like t n edition containing the pictures 
only, — have little or ‘ti + apiinsetabA with the Pate at 
400 pages, and contains the orders Rununculacea to Cornacea, each 
species being fully described. A map, a glossary, and a synopsis 
of the natural orders add to the sar re of the book, which costs 
10 a (15 shillings). 
We note with some surprise that “Kew Bulletin, ined.” is still 
being fisted (Bot. mn otF ead as the place of publication of & 
new species. It is n re two years since a number (then six 
months overdue) of that eccentric little work appeared ; in were 
then told that the publication Pion be resumed, ‘nat hat the 
volume for 1900 was in preparation, but so far these promises 
remain unfulfilled. Meanwhile the pmer of quoting from volumes 
which seem likely to remain “ined.” is to be deprecated. 
Tue Rev. W. R. Linton’s Flora o Dinka will be published 
immediately. It forms an octavo erica Ns tek of 400 pages, 
and is illustrated ae two maps and a Copies (price 10s. 6d. 
post free, to be raised to 12s. 6d. after PFiblicalion may be ordered 
from the author, Shirley Vicarage, Derby. 
Unper the title L’ Anatomie joes des Carex Suisses, Henri 
Spinner, of Zurich University, presents, as an inaugural disserta- 
. tion, Jeter: Seas account of the eat analy of the Swiss Carices. He 
comes to the conclusion that the present system of classification of 
Dies, established on floral characters, meets with only 
su; on smintindinal grounds. He does not agree with Duval-J ah 
that a centimetre of a leaf of a sedge is sufficient for determination, 
but looks forward to the time when a knowledge of the details of me 
anatomy of all the vegetative organs will be xvid ble. 
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