BOTANICON SINICUM. 123 
nov resided in Peking from 1840 to 1850 as physician to the 
Russian Ecclesiastical Mission. During his long sojourn there 
he zealously applied himself to the study of the Flora of North- 
China. He forwarded large botanical collections to the Academy 
and the Botanical Gardens of St. Petersburg. The Chinese names 
of the plants are frequently given on the labels attached to 
his specimens. The Catalogus contains the Chinese names in 
Chinese characters, with their sounds expressed both in Russian 
and Latin spelling, of 480 drugs, for the greater part collected by 
Tatarinov in the Peking apothecaries’ shops, and subsequently 
examined and determined by Prof. Horarinov of St. Petersburg. 
The scientific names of the Peking plants yielding these drugs were 
determined from direct examination of the plants collected by 
Tatarinov, As to the rest the authors seem to rely upon Loureiro 
and Grosier (Description de la Chine, 1819). All the drugs pre- 
viously described by Gauger appear also in Tatarinov’s list. 
Besides these collections Tatarinov presented to the Academy 
a beautiful set of botanical drawings representing 452 wild plants 
of the Peking Flora. These carefully coloured drawings, showing 
also the botanical details of: each specimen, were executed from 
nature by a Chinese artist under the direction of Tatarinov, who 
also added the Chinese names in Chinese characters. Dried speci- 
mens of the same plants are to be found in the St. Petersburg 
herbaria. 
Tn 1859 Tatarinov accompanied General Ignatiev as interpreter 
to Peking. He retired from service a long time ago, and now 
lives in Penza, his native city. 
I have seen a series of illustrations of Chinese plants similar 
to those in Tatarinov’s collection in the possession of Mr. C. A. 
de Scatchkoff, who was Director of the Russian Meteorological 
Observatory in Peking from 1850 to 1857, and subsequently 
Russian Consul in Kuldja and Consul-General in Shanghai. 
Mr. Scatchkoff, who devoted himself to the investigation of Chinese 
Agriculture, and who has published many interesting papers on 
the subject, has also transmitted valuable botanical collections — 
(comprising many cultivated plants) to St. Petersburg, where they 
have been determined. In the memoranda accompanying his 
specimens the Chinese names are generally given. He had 
