REPORT FOR 1909. 
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PP- 45 — 132? Lewes, Cardiff, contains many very suggestive 
notes, and much general information. 
The Botany of Worcestershire ; an Account of the 
Flowering Plants, Ferns, Mosses, Hepatics, Lichens, Fungi and 
Freshwater Algae which grow or have grown spontaneously in the 
County of Worcester. With an Introduction and a Map. By 
John Amphlett, M.A., S.C.L. (of Clent), and Carleton Rea, M.A., 
B.C.L., with the assistance of many friends ; the Mosses and 
Hepatics contributed by J. E. Bagnall, A.L.S., with later additions. 
Pp. viii, 651. Cornish, Ltd., Birmingham. Price 25^. 1909. 
The authors (who have recently joined this Club) are to be con- 
gratulated on completing this portly volume, which contains such 
a complete list of the Fungi and lower cryptogams. A feature of 
the work is the popular account of the species, the derivation of the 
classical name, and other interesting details. 
Vallisiieria spiralis is recorded for a single locality. How was 
it introduced? Other hybrids included besides those already men- 
tioned in these pages, are Senecio sylvaticus X viscosus, and Mentha 
gentilis X arvensis. 
Hayward’s Botanist’s Pocket-book. Thirteenth edition, 
revised and enlarged by G. Claridge Druce. George Bell and Sons. 
Fcap. 8vo., pp. xliv, 280. Price 4s. 6d. November, 1909. Con- 
taining in a tabulated form the chief characteristics of British 
plants ; with the botanical name, common name, soil or situation, 
colour, growth, and time of flowering of every plant, arranged 
under its own order. 
Notes on Nottinghamshire Botany, by J. W. Carr, ‘ Journ. 
Bot.’ pp. 134 — 139, contains a very large number of New Records 
for that county. 
A Tourist’s Flora of the West of Ireland. Robert L 
Praeger, pp. xii, 243. Price 3^. 6d. Hodges, Figgis and Co., 
Dublin. An excellent account of the flora of an interesting dis- 
trict, with beautiful photographs of local plants in their natural 
habitats, 
