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ual for the classification of the common English trees, based upon 

 their flowers and inflorescences. The willows are treated separately 

 in an appendix. Tables are there given for the classification of wil- 

 lows when pistillate or staniinate catkins are alone available. 



The book is concluded with a coj>ious glossary which defines the 



H. S. R. 



Notes.— ] )r. Scott's Wilde lec-ture on the " Plarly History of Seed- 

 bearing Plants as Recorded in the Carboniferous Flora" is published, 

 uiih ilhi.tn.tion., in \<)1. 4!). part 3, of the Mrumh:^ and Pwrerdings 



The rln^^ificalionof M-mor-ni visions i. \^^yx\^vv <\\M-u.^vi\ l.v Dcli.ino 

 in scri<-s .->, vol. 1(1. of ihc Mnm,ru dr/h, R. Arra</nuia drik Srinne of 

 Bologna. 



A short illustniicd note on tiic bark characters of trees, by IVet, 



