124 SHORT NOTICES. 
assume the normal foliage of the species . Fort ago, 
in the ‘ Phytologist’ for Feb., 1845, ii. 85, 1 ‘described and Edoured the 
way Herberta adunca Dicks. . . . . puts forth minute panonne 
Frullania. 
In lain. we would call attention to the fact that a limited 
ber of copies have been assigned to the author. These oan. 
been bound in cloth, and may be obtained from Messrs. Triibne 
B. Cipameroe 
Tue results of the eeabaseh Forestry Exhibition of 1884 have 
been published in a handsome volume of nearly 600 pages, entitled 
‘ Forestry and Pevect Prcieets: (Edinburgh, Dongle ), and edited 
by Messrs. John Rattray and H.R. Mill. As is to be expected, the 
essays bear rather on the economical than on the botanical aspect 
of the subject; some seem of especial valne, such as the one on 
* Lacquer,” by Hikorokuro Yoshida, Chemist to the Imperial 
and of branches, and other ae of forest- produce, with the 
view = shing waste,” is suggestive and practical. 
. Boyavia has published an teres little book on 
‘fhe Future of the Date Palm in Indi ’ (Caleutta, Thacker & Co. 
8vo, pp. 118), which is well — the attention of ntl a a8 
anxious to develop the resources o Indian Em 
long been convinced that ‘of all Ae trees which ite been ee 
in India, either for fuel or as a help in times of famine, the date 
offered the most advantage,” and having superintended its culti- 
vation in the Lucknow Horticultural Gardens, the author considers 
it advisable to bring together the results of his own observations, 
supplemented by others from different and trustworthy sources 
- The little work is full of interesting and often out-of-the-way matter, 
and deserves the attention of practical men. 
New Booxs.—Sm Joun Lussoox, Pag tmas sors and Leaves’ 
Macmillan, 4s. 6d.: 8vo, pp. xv. 147: 95¢ uts). — W. Banpey 
‘Epilobinm genus a cl. Ch. Cuisin illustratum auspice William 
Barbey’ (Lausanne, Bridel: 4to, tt. 24).--G. Bouver, ‘ Cata- 
logue Raisonné des plantes utiles - soe sed de la Flore de 
Maine-et-Loire’ (Angers, Germain: pp. xvi. 240). — W. 
Miter, ‘Worterbuch der Bacterien “Kunde (Stuttgart, Hnke; 
microrganismi’ (Florence, Loescher : ‘ato. pp. xxx. 374, tt. cel — 
K. D. pet Castix10, ‘ Ilustrationes Flore Insularum Maris Pac 
(Paris, Masson: 4to, fasc. i. pp. 32, tt. x.).—R. Kinston, ‘ataogne 
of the a Plants in the British Museum’ (London: 
