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little or no botanical interest. Its only interest to the botanist is in connection w it h an essay 

 headed "Botanical Diversions 1" followed by a large title "Amoenitates Querneae." Here 

 is included a comprehensive account of the oak in literature, history, poetry and commerce. 

 The author of this essay was probably a more competent man than Burgess. Gilbert 

 Burnett is often cited as the probable author. [See also next following Entry, 1241.] — K. 

 M. Wiegand. 



1241. Britten, James. Bibliographical notes, LXXVII. John Ellis's directions for col- 

 lectors. Jour. Botany 57 : 521 . 1919. — This is an analysis of a damaged copy of this work pub- 

 lished in 1771, which has lately been presented to the Department of Botany of the British 

 Museum. It is entitled "Directions for bringing over Seeds and Plants from the East-Indies 

 and other distant Countries in a State of Vegetation" and is anonymous. It proves to be a 

 reissue of the first portion of the pamphlet published in 1770 by John Ellis, with some addi- 

 tional matter included. [See also next preceding Entry, 1240.] — K. M. Wiegand. 



1242. Cockayne, L. Presidential address. New Zealand Jour. Sci. Technol. 2: 241- 

 251. July, 1919. — Address delivered before the New Zealand Institute Science Congress, 

 at Christchurch, 1919. Traces briefly the history of the New Zealand Institute, its activities, 

 publications, equipment, influence, and aims. Urges the public support, financial and other- 

 wise, of research in "pure" science, whether or not the given investigation has "an evident 

 practical bearing." Notes the need of research in New Zealand in plant physiology and plant 

 diseases. — C. S. Gager. 



1213. Farr, Bertrand H. The peony and its people — from amateur to professional. 

 Flower Grower 6: 102. 1919. — References to the modern varieties of the peony and personal 

 glimpses of those who produced them. — W. N. Clute. 



1214. Gagnepain, F. Edouard Bureau. Sa vie et son oeuvre. [Life and work of Edouard 

 Bureau.] Rev. Gen. Bot. 31 : 209-218. Portrait. 1919.— Edouard Bureau (1830-1918), ento- 

 mologist, geologist and botanist, had a part in founding La Societe Botanique de France. In 

 1874 A. de Jussieu's chair of .plant classification at the Paris Museum was reestablished, and 

 Bureau was selected to occupy it. In this position he worked for more than 30 years in aug- 

 menting the great herbarium, developing the colonial floras, establishing a permanent ex- 

 hibition of vegetable products, studying the palaeobotanical collections of Brongniart, and 

 presenting courses in the Museum. A list of Bureau's 158 botanical contributions is ap- 

 pended. — L. W. Sharp. 



1245. Guinet, A. Auguste Schmidely. Sa biographie. [The biography of August Schmid- 

 ely.] Bull. Soc. Bot. Geneve 10: 377-379. 1918.— Schmidely is known for his study of the 

 genera Rosa and Rubus. The results of his study from plants collected in the Swiss Alps are 

 published mostly in the bulletin cited. He was born Jan. 26, 1838, and died Oct. 28, 1918.— 

 W. H. Emig. 



1246. Holm, Theo. The history of the popular name "Flower De Luce" or "Fleur De Lis" 

 of the Iris. Rhodora 21 : 180-1S1. 1919. — A short discussion of the derivation of this name. 

 It appears to have been first applied to the yellow iris growing on the shores of the river Lys 

 in Flanders. The derivation dates back to the year 468 when the Franks left Flanders to 

 invade and conquer Gaul, establishing the kingdom of France. In commemoration of their 

 birthplace they selected this flower for their emblem. The name "Fleur deLys" is therefore 

 an abbreviation of "Fleur de la Lys." — James P. Poole. 



1247. Lee, A. Atherton. Plant pathology in Japan. Phytopath. 9: 17S-179. 1919. — 

 The development of plant pathology in Japan commenced with Dr. Shirai's lectures at the 

 Agricultural College, Tokyo, in 1886. Eighty pathologists now have a thriving society w hich 

 publishes a journal with articles in English, German and Japanese. The latter are abstracted 

 in English. — R. E. Vaughan. 



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