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60. Reed, Howard S. Volney Morgan Spalding. Plant World 22: 14 -IS. Portrait. 

 1919. — This is a sympathetic appreciation of the life and work of Yoi.m.v M. Spalding, 

 from 1876 to 190-4 connected with the botanical department of the University of Michigan. In 

 the latter year, he resigned because of ill-health. After a year spent in California, he took 

 up his residence at (lie Desert Laboratory at Tucson, Arizona, where he carried on investiga- 

 tions for the next four years. Alter 1909, lie was obliged to give up active work, on account 

 of declining health, which finally resulted in his death on November 12, 1918. — L. W. Riddle. 



61. Sciiw ii\i i i; in, ( ;. Pflanzenbilder im Tempel von Karnak (Theben). [Plant pictures 

 in the Karnak temple (Thebes).] Bot. Jahrb. 55: 464-480. 1919. — This is an attempt to iden- 

 tify the 275 representations of plants in the 27 photographs taken by II. S chafer in the "botan- 

 ical room" of the Ammon Temple, Karnak. Most of these are small figures interspersed 

 in vacant places among branches and large plants. Only six or seven plants could be identi- 

 fied with reasonable surety as follows: Nymphaea coerulea, Punica granatum, Arum italicum, 

 Dracunculis vulgaris, Calenchoe deficiens (?), Iris sp. and Vitis vinifera. The artist seems to 

 have delineated many species not native of Egypt, sometimes from memory. The sparing 

 use of trees is astonishing as they were much used by Egyptians in decorative work. They 

 are here mostly in winter condition, and represent such genera as Morus, Pyrus, Prunus, and 

 some other genera found in Egypt. Many pictures combine different plants as the centaurs 

 did different animals. Some are diagrammatic and represent no particular plant. Nymphaea 

 occurs at least 45 times, and Punica 20 times. This is the earliest illustration of Punica 

 granatum in Egypt, where it was probably introduced about 1475 B. C. The form illustrated 

 was fastigiate, and is now rare in those countries. Allium is represented by a leaf and several 

 fruits in a row. It is probably A. italicum. Dracunculus is represented seven times. The 

 Calenchoe is most closely related to a species of Abyssinia. The three Iris flowers in the room 

 may represent three different species as they are all different. In most Egyptian bas-reliefs 

 only /. pallida was represented, a plant not now found in Egypt. The figure may possibly 

 have been made from Iris germanica, the "orris root" which was an old Egyptian plant later 

 introduced into other countries because of its fragrant root-stock. — K. M. Wiegand. 



62. Smith, Annie Lorrain. Worthington G. Smith as mycologist. Trans. British Mycol. 

 Soc. 6: 65-67. 1918. — A short appreciation including mention of his more important myco- 

 logical papers. His ability as a botanical artist is emphasized and some of his better known 

 sets of illustrations are cited. — H. M. Fitzpatrick. 



63. Spoehr, H. A. The development of conceptions of photosynthesis since Ingen-Houss. 

 Sci. Monthly 9: 32-46. 1919. 



64. Viardin, L. L 'organisation forestiere, avant 1789, dans la Lorraine reconquise. 

 [Forest organization in reconquered Lorraine prior to 1789.] Rev. Eaux et Forets 57: 80-85. 

 1919. 



65. Wakefield, E. M. Charles Ogilvie Farquarson. Trans. British Mycol. Soc. 6: 

 236-237. 1919.— An obituary notice and expression of appreciation of this British mycologist 

 who was lost at sea in October, 1918. For six years preceding his death, he was Mycologist 

 in South Nigeria, West Africa. He published in conjunction with Miss Lister an account 

 of the South Nigerian Mycetozoa, and collected a number of interesting fungi which were 

 later listed in Kew Bull. Misc. Inf. — H. M. Fitzpatrick. 



66. Woodruff, L. L. Hooke's Micrographia. Amer. Nat. 53: 247-264. 1919. — Quota- 

 tions from Waller's biography of Robert Hooke; summary of objects microscopically sur- 

 veyed in Micrographia; facsimile reproduction of portions of text referring to "little boxes 

 or cells" in cork. — J. P. Kelly. 



