British Grasses. By Margaret Pines. (Reeve and Co.)—This is a
very full account of the various kinds of grasses, and it is illustrated by sixteen coloured plates, which will be useful to those who are not suffi- ciently versed in the lore of the graminew to follow the descriptions. However, these descriptions are generally of a kind to make themselves easily understood, and even if some persons do not appreciate scientific terms, such as panicles, glumes, filaments, and ligules, they will not find any difficulty in the more popular sketches which accompany. We must only protest against the flad brod of Norway being ranked with the oat cake of Scotland as equally pleasant. Miss Pines cannot her- self know flad brod when she makes the comparison, for it is exactly like brown paper, both in colour and consistency, and is hardly more lalatable.
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