THIS little book is not altogether devoid of use; but the author has often sacrificed clearness at the shrine of ambition, in endeavouring to compress about three times too much matter into his pages.

FROM the author's experience at the Pharmaceutical Society, together with that gained during the time he held the lectureship at Westminster Hospital, he is likely to know pretty well the requirements ...

A new combination is made and two new species described from the malvaceous flora of Chiapas, Mexico: Malvaviscus achanioides (Turcz.) Fryx., Anoda pristina Fryx., and Sida anomalocalyx Fryx.

The many environmental issues facing our society are prevalent in the media lately. Our ecosystem is composed of a very delicate network of interactions among all species and the non-living ...

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This collection consists of the field notes of Lyman B. Smith, from field work conducted mainly in Brazil, but also in Argentina, Venezuela, Uruguay, Costa Rica, Wales, Cuba, Barbados, and the United ...

Julius Caesar might have said he was as constant as the northern star, but it wasn't much of a boast. Over the last two millennia, the star Polaris has brightened by 250 percent, astronomers announced ...