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5. On the Popular Names of British Plants ; being an Ex- 



planation of the Origin and Meaning of the Names 

 of our Indigenous and most commonly cultivated 

 Species. By E,. C. Alexander Prior, M.D., F.L.S., 

 Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London. 

 8vo. London : Williams and Norgate, 1863, . 134 



6. The Pines and Firs of Japan; illustrated by upwards 



of 200 woodcuts. By Andrew Murray, F.L.S., 

 Assistant Secretary to the Royal Horticultural So- 

 ciety. 8vo. Pp. 124. London : Bradbury and 

 Evans, 1863, . . . . .135 



7. Flora Australiensis : a Description of the Plants of the 



Australian Territory. By George Bentham, F.R.S., 

 F.L.S., assisted by Ferdinand Mueller, M.D., 

 F.R.S. and L.S., Government Botanist, Melbourne, 

 Victoria. Vol. I., Ranunculacese to Anacardiaceae. 

 Published under the authority of the several Govern- 

 ments of the Australian Colonies. 8vo. Pp. 508. 

 London ; Lovell Reeve and Co., 1863, . . 136 



8. Air-Breathers of the Coal Period : a Descriptive Ac- 



count of the Remains of Land Animals found in the 

 Coal Formation of Nova Scotia, with Remarks on 

 their bearing on Theories of the Formation of Coal 

 and of the Origin of Species. By J. W. Dawson, 

 LL.D., F.R.S,, F.G.S., Principal of M'Gill University. 

 8vo. Pp.81. Montreal: Dawson Brothers, 1863, 137 



9. The First Principles of Natural Philosophy. By W. T. 



Lynn. London: Van Voorst, 1863, . . 141 



10. The Philosophy of Geology : a brief Review of the Aim, 

 Scope, and Character of Geological Inquiry. By 

 David Page, F.R.S.E., F.G.S. 12mo. Pp. 155. 

 William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and Lon- 

 don, 1863, . . . . .142 



