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coloured figures are produced by the three-colour process, which, 

 apart from some excellent effect, is subject to a most fatal dis- 

 advantage, the coated paper hitherto provided and necessary for 

 the production having been estimated as of a most perishable 

 nature, and devoid of permanent durability. This is said to 

 have been overcome by a new process adopted in the production 

 of these plates, and we hope that this result may have been 

 achieved. 



British Flowering Plants. By W. F. Kibby, F.L.S., F.E.S. 

 Sidney Appleton. 



In this small but amply illustrated book, Mr. Kirby has 

 broken new ground, and left his favourite domain of entomology. 

 But it is not botanical to the exclusion of zoological matter, as, 

 in addition to making the recognition of many of our flowering 

 plants a quest of little difficulty, it refers to the larvae of Lepi- 

 doptera which may be found feeding thereon, and thus enters-- ., 

 the zoological purview. A lepidopterist without any botanical 

 knowledge is but poorly equipped, and Mr. Kirby's aim in pub- . 

 lishing this book — if that was his intention — is a good one. The 

 angler might also slip this small volume in his creel, and when 

 the fish are not feeding might seek to know a little more about 

 some of the wild flowers that add so greatly to the pleasure of a 

 day by a river. 



