No. 2, September, 1920] TAXONOMY, VASC. PLANTS 305 



2333. Powers, W. L., a\d\V. \V. Johnston. The improvement and irrigation requirement 

 of wild meadow and tule land. Oregon Agric. Exp. Sta. Bull. 167. 44 P-, %& fi(f- 1920.— See 

 Bot. Absts. 5, Entry 1198. 



2334. Wherry, Edgar T. Soil tests of Ericaceae and other reaction-sensitive families 

 in northern Vermont and New Hampshire. Rhodora 22: 33-49. 1920. 



2335. Wittmack, L. Die Bonitierung des Bodens nach der Unkrautpflanzen. [The rating 

 of soils according to the weeds growing on them.] lllustrierte Landw. Zeitg. 39:391-392. 1919. 



TAXONOMY OF VASCULAR PLANTS 



J. M. Greenman, Editor 

 E. B. Payson, Assistant Editor 



GENERAL 



2336. Anonymous. [Rev. of: William Mansfield. Squibb's atlas of the official drugs. 

 686 p., illustrated. 1919.] Druggists Circ. 63 : 243. 1919.— See Bot. Absts. 3, Entry 1691. 



2337. B. D. Quelques plantes nouvelles. [Some new plants.] Rev. Hortic. [Paris] 91: 

 260-262. Fig. 84-85. Apr., 1919. 



2338. Bolus, Harriet M. L. Elementary lessons in systematic botany. Based on famil- 

 iar species of the South African Flora, with an introduction and eight summaries. Illus- 

 trated by Mary M. Page. 96 p., H fig. 1919. 



2339. Brown, William H., and Arthur F. Fischer. Philippine mangrove swamps. 

 Bur. Forestry Dept. Agric. and Nat. Resources [Manila] Bull. 17. 132 p. PI. 1, 47. 1918.— 

 About 30 species are listed as mangrove-swamp plants in the Philippine Islands; these belong 

 to 17 families. A key to the genera is given, the species are described and their local names 

 recorded. The paper is copiously illustrated by reproductions from photographs. — J. M. 

 Greenman. 



2340. Buswell, W. M. Familiar wildflowers of Florida. Amer. Bot. 25: 90-93. 1919. 



2341. CnEVALiER, Aug. Catalogue des plantes du jardin botanique de Saigon. [Cata- 

 logue of plants in the Botanical Garden of Saigon.] 68 p. 1919. — The introductory matter 

 includes an interesting historical sketch of the Botanical Garden. In appendix II is included 

 a number of changes in nomenclature, the new binomials proposed being necessitated by the 

 determination of the exact status of some of Loureiro's hitherto imperfectly known species. 

 — E. D. Merrill. 



2342. Cremata, Merlino. Cercas, alambradas y setos en Cuba. [Fences and hedges 

 in Cuba.] Revist. Agric. Com. y Trab. 2: 259-272. 29 fig. 1919.— See Bot. Absts. 3, Entry 

 527. 



2343. Ewart, A. J. Contributions to the flora of Australia. No. 26. Proc. Roy. Soc. 

 Victoria (N. S.) 30: 173-177. 1918. 



2344. Gertz, Otto. Christopher Rostii herbarium vivum. Ein deutsches herbar vom 

 jahre 1610. [The herbarium of Christopher Rostius. A German herbarium of the year 1610.] 

 Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschr. 67: 369-382. 1918.— This collection consists of 363 specimens of plants, 

 chiefly of central Europe and the Mediterranean region, mounted in a bound volume 20x16.5 

 cm. in size. The original author is unknown , but a history of the herbarium is in part recorded. 

 A list of the original names accompanying the specimens is given with their present binomial 

 equivalents. — J. M. Greenman. 



