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Reviews. 
It is interesting to note that Dr. Rendle, like Messrs. Coulter 
and Chamberlain, is not of those who think it necessary to inter¬ 
pret nearly all cases of simplicity in floral structure as examples of 
reduction. 
The illustrations are not very numerous, but have been selected 
with considerable skill. There are quite a number representing 
germination-stages (mostly from Lubbock’s “ Seedlings ”) and 
these are very welcome. 
We congratulate Dr. Rendle on helping to remove the reproach 
that our advanced students have to learn their botany from foreign 
text-books and we look forward for his second part. We could 
have wished that it might have been found possible to publish the 
book at a lower price. The high prices of text-books, now that it 
is absolutely essential for students to have a number of different 
books dealing with different parts of the subject, is a serious barrier 
to the wide diffusion of new works, though the publications of the 
Cambridge Press are by no means the worst examples. We feel 
sure that the experiment of publication at lower prices would find 
its justification in greatly increased sales. 
R. HADLEY, PRINTER, WHITFIELD STREET, LONDON, W. 
