ty ee ee Le Ne eee Pee es ee OES eee eee tae yee 
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scarcely mature, agree well with some of the figures. According 
to Milde, this species is very variable in the form of the stem. The 
Bisley plant has both barren and fertile stems nearly or quite 
simple when growing on the enrié e a few plants occur on the 
adjoining peat, and these show uch stronger Neivtiod to 
branch. The occurrence of essthio’s prmmiern in this country is 
quite in accord te te continental distribution as given 
Nyman.—W. H,. Brz 
NOTICES OF BOOKS. 
The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening ; a Practical and Scientific 
Encyclopedia of Horticulture for Gardeners and Botanists. 
Edited by ae NicHoLson, of the Royal Botanic Gardens, 
Kew. Vol. ii. F—O. London: L. Upcott Gill, 170, Strand. 
1886. Ato, ea. 544, 811 cuts. 
Ir this work were only to be regarded as a “ Dictionary of 
Gardening,” we might content ourselves with repeating of the 
second volume what we said of the first (Journ. Bot. 1884, p. 254). 
It is useful and comprehensive; Mr. Nicholson continues to exercise 
a careful supervision of the contents; and the abbreviated titles of 
the works quoted are as irritating and unintelligible as they were 
when we previously took exception to eae 
bo 
u which is in dange 
being overlooked, for, although stile ‘for petunia” aa it does 
a directly appeal to them. We are accustomed to recognise 
: 
same Platform with eres Nor can it be considered of like im- 
portance: for, so far as we know, no new plants are described in it. 
But a little search will show that many species are here for the 
first time ae to their proper genera according to the ‘ Genera 
Plantarum d this book must therefore be cited by future authors 
for these er for which Mr. Nicholson must stand sponsor. 
looking through the volume we were convinced that this was the 
— and Mr. Nicholson, in answer to our enquiry, kindly wrote as 
ollo 
notice is Isoloma bogotens . This ent oa on Achimenes picta 
Bot. Mag, 4126—is refacréd to Tsoloma by ‘ Genera Plantarum’ ; 
