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The latter part gives, in addition to a botanical classification, 

 lists arranged according to colour, height, growth forms and the like, 

 of great value to the horticulturist. 



Dealing as it does with the Conifers which prove hardy in Central 

 Europe, practically all the plants referred to are hardy in Great 

 Britain, and this increases the value of the book to British readers. 



The excellent illustrations, of which at least one appears on every 

 page, are a feature of the book, and the examples chosen for illustra- 

 tion are as a rule from Continental gardens or native habitats, and 

 will be for the most part new to British readers. The six folding 

 plates of cones are particularly valuable, bringing together as they 

 do one of the most reliable classificatory characters. 



It is a pity no index is provided, especially as the plates and 

 illustrations are not infrequently considerably removed from the 

 letterpress in which reference is made to them. 



" Wild Flowers as they Grow." By H. Essenhigh Corke and 

 G. Clarke Nuttall. 8vo., viii + 200 pp. (Cassell, London, 1914.) 

 5s. net. 



We have already referred to earlier volumes of this series, and 

 what was said in those earlier notices applies to the present volume, 

 the sixth. The coloured plates are, as a rule, faithful representations 

 of the plants they portray ; the letterpress is readable, informative, 

 and usually accurate. 



" Flowering Plants of the Riviera." By H. Stuart Thompson, 

 F.L.S. 8vo., xxix + 249 pp. (Longmans, Green, London, 1914.) 

 ICS. 6d. net. 



To this useful book Mr. A. G. Tansley, M.A., contributes an intro- 

 duction on the types of vegetation characteristic of the Riviera, and 

 then follow descriptions of the principal plants met with in the district, 

 1800 species in all being described. Small coloured figures illustrate 

 112 of them, and there are also sixteen photographs of vegetation. 

 The descriptions appear to be complete enough to enable one to 

 identify plants met with on rambles in the district, and the book will 

 prove a valuable companion to those who seek to know the plants 

 they meet with on their visits to the Riviera. 



" A Flora of Norfolk." Ed. by W. A. Nicholson. 8vo., vii -f 

 214 pp. (West, Newman, London, 1914.) 6s. net. 



The past few years have seen a recrudescence of the activities 

 of botanists in producing local floras, somewhat similar in intensity 

 to those of fifty years ago. 1866 saw the pubhcation of Trimmer's 

 " Flora of Norfolk," and since that date many new facts have been 

 recorded, especially in the " Transactions of the Norfolk and Norwich 

 NaturaHsts' Society," and they, together with old records, have been 

 collected in the present volume. Except to say that the lists appear 



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