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In dealing with the species, it would, no doubt, have again been an advantage 
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had the distinguishing features of the several kinds been more clearly brought 
out. As it is, they are all fully described on a nearly uniform plan, and hence in 
the descriptions whole sentences are identical, or nearly so, and one has to wade 
through a flood of words in order to find out the real distinctions. A synoptical 
table under each genus, or the use of a different type for the characteristic 
features, or a short specific character, would have greatly assisted the reader in 
making use of the book. 
The genera treated on, including the Tctxcicece , are 42 in number. Of these 
the number of species described is as follows :— Abies 20, Actinostrobus 2, 
Araucaria 7 , Athrotaxis 4, Biota 3, Callitris 1, Cedrus 3, Cephalotaxus 4, Chamcecy- 
paris 1, Cryptomeria 2, Cunninghamia 1, Cupressns 17, Dacrydium 9, Dammar a 9, 
Diselma 1, Fitzroya 1, Frenela 25, Glyptostrobus 1, Juniperus 41, Larix 10, Lepido- 
thamnus 1, Libocedrus 4, Microcachrys 1, Nageia 8, Pherosphcera 1, Pliyllocladus 
2, Picea 24, Pinus 92 , Podocarpus 59, Pseudo-Larix 1, Retinospora 11, Saxe- 
Gothceal,Salisburia 1, Sciadopitys 1, Sequoia 1, Taxodium 3, Taxus'7 , Thuiopsis 1, 
Thuja 6, Torreya 3, Wellingtonia 1, Widdringtonia 5. Of many of the most popular 
species, numerous varieties are noted, and the addenda considerably augments 
the number of these latter. We are, however, surprised to find Mr. Waterer’s 
now well-known Cupressus Lawsoniana erecta viridis appearing only in this adden¬ 
dum, since its merits as the premier plant of its class have now for some years 
been fully recognised ; while Wellingtonia gigantea aurea variegata , distributed 
many years ago, only finds a place in a foot-note to the index,, and the pendulous 
variety of Wellingtonia, and the new Pseudotsuga Davidiana , published some 
year or two since in the Revue Horticole , are not mentioned at all. 
It will probably be remembered by Coniferists that a few years ago the Pine 
family (Pinus) was inundated by a torrent of so-called new species, of which seeds 
were brought from Mexico, and distributed by M. Roezl. The utility of such a 
book of reference as this, in order to check this random species-maldng by the 
dissemination of more correct views as to the status of these plants, will be 
apparent when it is mentioned that, in the five-leaved section alone, no fewer than 
92 of these names are placed as synonyms. Thus we have two under Pinus 
apulcensis , four under P. Buonapartea , five under P. Devoniana , eleven under 
P. filifolia , fourteen under P. Hartwegii , nine under P. leiophylla , four under 
P. Lindleyana, two under P. Loudoniana , three under P. macropliylla , four under 
P. Montezeumce , one under P. Orizaba ?, four under P. qirotuberans , seventeen 
under P. Pseudo-Strobus, seven under P. Russelliana , and five under P. Win- 
cesteriana. We could have wished, however, in the case of the synonymy gener¬ 
ally, that along with the names, a reference to the works in which they are pub¬ 
lished had been given ; also that a record should have been made of authentic 
figures, of which a good many are now scattered through our garden literature. 
The omissions and shortcomings which we have briefly pointed out are com¬ 
paratively slight blemishes in so comprehensive a work as that under notice, in 
