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written in Latin. It contains a larger number of species 

 than the Monographia ; the descriptions are not so full, but 

 they are extremely concise and clear, and the arrangement, 

 gradually brought to perfection by Fries himself, is all that 

 in the present state of knowledge can be desired. With 

 that book alone the student would be able, after a little prac- 

 tice, to identify any species of the Hymeiumiycetes, and until 

 last year it was the only book that could really be recom- 

 mended. But we have now one in our own language which 

 is even more practically useful. I allude to Hymenomycetes 

 Britannici, a work in two Volumes, by the Rev. J. Stevenson 

 of Glammis. It is the one book for the British student of 

 this branch of botany. It contains everything that is valu- 

 able in the two books of Fries I have already mentioned, 

 with other matter of interest and importance, and it has the 

 advantage of including only those species which are known 

 as British. It contains furthermore a glossary of terms, and 

 is beautified as well as illustrated by the woodcuts of Worth - 

 ington Smith. It makes the study of the higher Fungi a 

 delightful and comparatively easy-pursuit. 



I ought to add a word with regard to the plates of Fungi 

 which have been published, and which are all the more valu- 

 able that they have to fill the place of a herbarium. They 

 are all expensive works, but may be consulted from time to 

 time in the larger libraries. First in order conies Sowerby's 

 "Coloured Figures of British Fungi" published in 1797; 

 then the generally excellent figures found in Greville's 

 " Scottish Cryptogamic Flora," and lastly, of our own coun- 

 try's productions, the admirable plates of the Hymenomycetes 

 now appearing from the hand of Dr. Cooke, author ot the 

 Handbook. These already number 830, and arc the only 

 complete work of the kind that has perhaps ever been at- 

 tempted in any country. They are very faithful to nature, 

 and are most useful, not so much in identifying, as in verify- 

 ing identification. The only other sets of illustrations that 

 I shall mention are Fries' Icones, and Bulliard's figures of 

 French Fungi. Fortunately coloured figures are not indis- 

 pensable, and with the two principal books I have mentioned. 



