BOTANY. 
A Contribution to Our Knowledge of Seedlings. 
By Sir Joun Luszock, Bart. 684 illustrations. 2 vols. 
8vo. Cloth, $10 00. 
The germination of plants is certainly not the least interesting 
portion of their life history, but it has not as yet attracted the attention 
it deserves. It seems surperfluous to say that the subject has received a 
thorough and careful treatment by Mr. Lubbock, who has contributed a 
most valuable work to the world of science. 
The Origin of Cultivated Plants. 
By ALPHONSE DE CANDOLLE. 12mo0. Cloth, $2.00. 
The knowledge of the origin of cultivated plants is interesting to 
agriculturists, to botanists, and even to historians and philosophers con- 
cerned with the dawnings of civilization. This book treats of the origin 
of almost double the number of species belonging to the tropics and the 
temperate zones that were treated of in the author’s first work on 
geographical botany. It includes almost all plants that are cultivated, 
either on a large scale for economic purposes or in orchards and kitchen 
gardens. 
“ Though a fact familiar to botanists, it is not generally known how 
great is the uncertainty as to the origin of many of the most important 
cultivated plants... .. In endeavoring to unravel the matter a knowl- 
edge of botany, of geography, of geology, of history, and of philosophy 
is required. By a combination of testimony derived from these sources 
M. de Candolle has been enabled to determine the botanical origin 
and geographical source of the large proportion of species he deals 
with.”— The Atheneum. 
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, NEW YORK. 
