708 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



BOOKS RECEIVED. 



" The Country Day by Day." By E. Kay Robinson. 8vo., 371 pp. 

 (W. Heinemann, London.) 6s. 



A charming and altogether delightful book, which everybody who has 

 a garden or is fond of the country should own. The writer is evidently 

 a very keen observer of animal life, and has also the gift of describing 

 what he sees in such a manner as to make others picture them too. He 

 is also, in a quiet way, humorous withal. 



Anybody who knows anything about birds will find the descriptions 

 of them so absolutely lifelike that he will be able to recall their various 

 performances even if he has not seen them for years, and in many cases 

 make out unknown ones from their manners and customs. 



In fact, for combined amusement and instruction, it is one of the most 

 interesting works we have seen. 



" Organography of Plants." By Dr. K. Goebel. Authorised English 

 edition, by I. B. Balfour, F.R.S. Part I. " General Organography " ; 

 Part II. " Special Organography." Part I., royal 8vo., 270 pp., cloth, 10s. 

 net ; half morocco, 12s. net. Part II., royal 8vo., 707 pp., cloth, 21s. net ; 

 half morocco, 24s. net. (Oxford : Clarendon Press.) 



Organography differs from morphology, as it includes the develop- 

 mental history of organs, and the influences which cause differentiations 

 of structure. 



Part I. (published in 1900) contains five sections, dealing with 

 (1) the general differentiation of the plant-body ; (2) the relationships of 

 symmetry ; (3) the differences in the formation of organs at different 

 developmental stages ; (4) malformations and their significance in organo- 

 graphy ; (5) the influence of correlation and external formative stimuli 

 upon the configuration of plants. 



Part II. (published 1905) has two sections, the first dealing with 

 Bryophyta, Hejiaticce, and Musci, the second with Pteridophyta and 

 Spermophyta. After describing the vegetative and reproductive organs 

 of the former, the author deals with phenomena of adaptation of the 

 vegetative organs of Ilepaticce, and of the Musci. 



Similarly of the Pteridophyta. First is described the structure and 

 development of the sexual organs, that of the prothallus, and phenomena 

 of its adaptation. 



With regard to flowering plants or Spermophyta, the root, shoot, and 

 leaf are described from a developmental point of view, including trans- 

 formations of root into shoot ; transitions between leaf and shoot ; roots 

 adapted to special functions ; the construction of leaf, and the connexion 

 between the configuration and relationships of life. 



" Transformed Leaves " is the subject of one section ; while the work 

 concludes with a description of the sporophylls and flower of the 



