624 Agriciiltur, Horticultur, Forstbotanik. — Personalnachrichten. 



of the natural order Anacardiaceae. The author reviews the 

 existing literature on the subject in considerable detail. The mode 

 of collection of the sap, from which the varnish is prepared, is 

 described, and also the elaborate treatment of successive coats of 

 the varnish and polishings which the articles coated with it undergo. 



The follovving types of lacquer wäre are prepared with this 

 product: 



1. Paqan basket wäre, 2. Prome gold lacquer boxes and basket, 

 3. Mandalay boxes etc., 4. Burmese mosaic wäre and 5. Manipur 

 varnished wares. An account is given of the mode of manufacture 

 of each. W. G. Freeman. 



Ernannt: Prof. Eugen Warming (Kopenhagen) und Prof. 

 Jakob Eriksson (Stockholm) zu auswärtigen Mitgliedern der Reale 

 Accademia dei Lincei in Rom. 



The University of California has received by donation the 

 herbarium and botanical library of Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Brandegee, of 

 San Diego. The herbarium is one of the most important in the 

 West since contains something over 100000 sheets of carefully 

 selected plants, mostly representative of the Mexican flora, which 

 for many years has been Mr. Brandegee's chosen field, and of the 

 flora of California and neighboring states, which has received 

 careful treatment at the hands of Mrs. Brandegee. It contains the 

 sole remaining duplicate types oi many species the Originals of which 

 were lost in the recent fire that destroyed so large a portion of the 

 California Academy of Sciences Herbarium, as well as the types 

 of practically all the new species described by Mr. and Mrs. Brandegee 

 themselves. It is probable that no other herbarium contains so 

 nearly complete a representation of the North American Borra- 

 ginaceae. 



The whole collection is available for study and occupies fire- 

 proof quarters in one of the buildings recently erected on the Uni- 

 versity Campus. Here visiting botanists desiring to study the West 

 American and Mexican flora, will be welcome and given every 

 opportunity for research work. Mr. and Mrs. Brandegee will continue 

 their studies at the University, where Mr. Brandegee has been 

 appointed Honorary Curator of the Herbarium. Mail matter may 

 hereafter be addressed to them at the University. 



Ausgegeben: 11. Dezember 1906. 



Verlag von Gustav Fischer in Jena. 

 Druck von Gebrüder Gotthelft, Kgl. Hofbuchdrucker in Cassel. 



