6 AUGUST 1864, Page 22

Notes on Wild Flowers. By a Lady. (Rivingtons.)—The first of

these volumes is in part founded on MSS. left by the late Professor Henslow of Cambridge, and is intended as introductory even to the text-books of botany. It is clear and well illustrated. For the rest the name of Professor Oliver is sufficient security. The Lady's notes are more popular in form. A chapter is given to the flowers of each month, and a deal of information about the uses of plants and the popular fancies connected with them is given in the pleasantest manner. This volume gives the taste for botany, and Mr. Oliver gives the requisite scientific instruction.