BRAITH WAITE’S BRITISH MOSS FLORA. 
We are happy to announce the appearance of the ninth part of 
this excellent work, and, in common with the majority of sub- 
scribers, can only hope that succeeding parts will be accelerated as 
much as possible. Having every sympathy with a business man 
who finds his leisure far too little for such a project, we neverthe- 
less cannot conceal our anxiety for the more rapid progress of the 
work. The present part continues the Tortulacece, with four 
plates ; the total number of which are now 36, and the letter- 
press reaches to page 244. The acknowledged merit of this Flora 
disarms criticism, and it is, in fact, just because it is so good, and 
so much wanted, that we cannot help regretting its slow progress. 
The next part is announced to contain eight plates, which will 
complete the first volume, u including one-half of our Acrocarpous 
Mosses.” It would greatly increase the confidence of subscribers 
if the announcement could be made that this volume will reach its 
completion within the current year. 
Fungi Moricol,® (A. N. Berlese ). — Part 2 is fully as merito- 
rious in execution as the first part, and contains 10 plates, of 
which seven belong to the Pyrenomycetes. We can add nothing 
to our previous estimate. 
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Herts Nat. Hist. Soc.,” Sept., 1885. 
Macchiati, L. Contribuzione alia Flora briologica di Cuneo, 
in “ Giorn. Bot. Ital.,” Oct., 1885. 
Trelease, W. The grape rot, in “ Trans. Wisconsin State 
Horticultural Society,” 1885. 
Arthur, J. C. Report of Botanist to N. Y. Agricultural 
Experiment Station for 1884. 
Farlow, W. G. Notes on some injurious Fungi of California, 
in “ Bot. Gazette,” Sept., 1885. 
Braithwaite, Dr. R. British Moss Flora, part ix., containing 
Tortulacece , sect. ii. 
Mitten, W. On European and North American species of the 
genus Fissidens, in “ Journ. Linn. Society,” Aug. 1885. 
Stevenson, J., and Trail, J. H. W. Mycologia scotica, sup- 
plement in “ Scottish Naturalist,” Oct., 1885. 
