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of the most accomplished botanists of that time,” was not 
contemporary opinion. That he was, “indeed, the real editor of 
Pursh’s work” is, we presume, a statement destitute of any foun- 
dation in fact. Good old Lambert used to say that he had great 
Pp 
the purpose, during which Pursh “ drank a whole barrel of beer.” 
So that Pursh may properly, in his dedication, declare that the 
public has to thank his patron, Lambert, for the work, but surely 
not for editing it. A. G. 
2. Botany for High Schools and Colleges; by Cuarves E. 
Brssry, M.Se., Ph.D., Professor of Botany in the Iowa Agri- 
cultural College, etc. New York: Henry Holt & Co. 1880. 
a 12mo.—It speaks well for the progress of science in the 
nited St 
ates, when a professor in a colle so new a State as 
Iowa, situated mid-way between the Mississippi and the Missouri, 
rod so creditable a book is. ork concerns 
for it; and the systematic part, so far as it goes, is an improve- 
ment upon the model. But that of itself would not be high 
praise, as this is the least valuable portion of the Lehrbuch. The 
figures from Sachs’ blocks are good; but most of them were 
rather too large for his royal octavo page, and are out of propor- 
tion to the 12mo page in which they now appear. So, indeed, 
are some of the original ones. Some of the transfers from Maout 
and Decaisne have suffered in the process, although the paper 
and typography are excellent. Prof. Bessey’s volume is a timely 
gift to American students of a good manual of vegetable anatomy 
and of the structure and classification of the lower eryptogamia, 
which was very much needed. Here at least is a commendable 
beginning. A. @. 
3. Manual of Swedish Pomology. Handbok i Svensk Pom- 
ologt af Otor Enentn. Stockholm. Vols. I, IL 8vo. 1864, 
1866.—We notice this for its admirable figures, both the wood- 
entitle 
Bidrag till Europas Pomona vid dess Nordgriéus.—This is an 
account of the trial of various European and North American 
varieties of apples and other fruits, with the object of determining 
Am. Jour. ee ees pa, Vou. XX, No. 118.—Ocr., 1880, 
