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acteristic regional plants. It isa real treat to look over a book 
so entertaining in itself and so sumptuously prepared. The in- 
dices, those all-important adjuncts of any scientific work, not only 
include the names of plants, but of the insects visiting them, and 
of localities. We most heartily commend the volume to our fel- 
low- workers. 
We might add that we know from experience that Dr. Christ 
is an excellent collector. He is now especially interested in the 
genus Carex and in Conifere, and desires to exchange with 
American botanists. Those who are fortunate enough to effect 
an exchange with him will get more than an equivalent for what 
they send in varieties from the Alps superbly prepared.— W. W. 
Bailey. 
KLEY’S WINNERS IN LiFe’s Race! —We may say without 
qualification that this is the most successful attempt at a popular 
Sketch of modern zoology with which we are acquainted. The 
authoress has been fortunate in her sources of information and in 
er artists. She wields an easy and graceful pen, has the art of 
! The Winners in Life’s Race, or the Great Back-boned Family. By ARABELLA B. 
BuckLey. New York, D. Appleton & Co., 1883. 12mo, pp. 367. $1.50. 
