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The next volume of the series is one in preparation by Prof. 
Farlow on Cryptogamic Botany, both structural and systematic ; 
and a fourth is promised, dealing with the Natural Orders of Phe- 
_ nogams, their special morphology, and useful products. G.M 
Handbook of Mosses. By J. E. Bacnatz. Swan Sonnenschein & Co. 
1886. 8vo, pp. 96, 87 cuts. 1s. 
Few things are more noteworthy of progress in our day than the 
Manner in which the more recondite branches of natural science 
are made plain and easy to the learner, and at a price which would 
have astonished the last generation. 
Jne of the most recent bijou manuals, and quite up to the 
standard of any of them, is Mr. Bagnall’s little book on the 
mosses, which is thoroughly imbued with a genuine love for these 
elegant little plants, and will no doubt add largely to the roll o 
young bryologists. 
The wo 
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umella, but only to the outer wall of the spore-sac ; ss 
habitats : s an account of the various situations in whic 
mosses grow, and is one of the best in the book, b witness to 
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the author’s frequent rambles in search of his favourites. IV. Classi- 
fication: an outline of the tribes, after Berkeley’s 5 ange 
i i. s. 
information on all the modes by which mosses and their various 
parts may be most satisfactory displayed, either for the herbarium 
Or as microscopic objects. 
The little book is very clearly printed, singularly free from 
graphical errors, and a credit both to author and publisher. 
R. Brairawalte. 
List of Seeds of Hardy Annual and Perennial Plants grown in the 
Royal Gardens, Kew. 1885. 8vo, pp. 58. H.M. Stationery 
Office. Price 6d. 
‘Was issued at Kew: if so, it was hig . 
We fear, however, it is intended to take the place of the 
