(1) A Tourist's Flora of the West of Ireland (2) Illustrated Guide to the Trees and Flowers of England and Wales (3) Flora Koreana. Pars Prima (4) The Botany of Worcestershire An Account of the Flowering Plants, Ferns, Mosses, Hepatics, Lichens, Fungi, and Fresh-water Algae, which grow or have grown spontaneously in the County of Worcester

Abstract

(1) MR. R. L. PRAEGER'S book is a solid contribution to the subject of phytogeography, and is increased in value by the many beautiful, mostly full-page, photographs of striking species of plants, some of which appear for the first time, as here illustrated. Coloured and uncoloured maps of the districts described or of the distribution of species add to the usefulness of the book, which is well indexed and singularly free from typographical errors. The introduction contains a short account of the physical features of the west of Ireland, of its, mainly edaphic, plant formations, and of the more remarkable features of its flora. The topographical section which follows contains valuable information on the character of the flora of the numerous regions selected for description. This section will appeal to the touring botanist, more especially as the information given is not purely botanical. The author might have expanded this section, with advahtage to the inquiring tourist to whom the west is unknown.

(1) A Tourist's Flora of the West of Ireland.

By R. L. Praeger. Pp. xii + 243; with 5 coloured maps, 27 plates, and 17 figures. (Dublin: Hodges, Figgis and Co., Ltd., 1909.) Price 3s. 6d. net.

(2) Illustrated Guide to the Trees and Flowers of England and Wales.

By H. G. Jameson. Pp. xi + 136. (London: Simpkin, Marshall and Co., Ltd., 1909.) Price 2s. 6d. net.

(3) Flora Koreana. Pars Prima.

By T. Makai. (Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo, Japan, vol. xxvi., article i., 1909.)

(4) The Botany of Worcestershire. An Account of the Flowering Plants, Ferns, Mosses, Hepatics, Lichens, Fungi, and Fresh-water Algae, which grow or have grown spontaneously in the County of Worcester.

By J. Amphlett Carleton Rea. Pp. xxxiii + 654. (Birmingham: Cornish Bros., Ltd., 1909.) Price 25s. net.