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the best of specimens, and using great care in their preparation. He was a careful writer, 

 with a clear concise style, and exceedingly methodical. — K. M. Wiegand. 



920. Brittox, Elizabeth G., and others. Resolutions upon the loss of the collections 

 and library of M. Jules Cardot. Bryologist 22: 87-88. 1919. 



921. Church, A. H. Brunfels and Fuchs. Jour. Botany 57: 233-244. 1919.— Stimu- 

 lated by the proposed issue of a second volume of the Cambridge British Flora, the writer 

 queries whether the figures in the first volume were as nearly ideal as they might be. He is 

 led to consider the work of Leonard Fuchs, "De Historia Stirpium," published in 1542. 

 He pronounces this "the original standard for all subsequent volumes of illustrations of 

 plants." Fuchs was a leading physician and professor, and a wealthy man. He employed 

 several artists of note, and perhaps the best engraver of Strasburg, Vitus Rudolph Speckle. 

 The volume comprises 519 folio drawings, with associated text, of plants growing in south- 

 ern Germany. The first plates were rather crude, and some were copied. The later ones 

 show a great advance both in drawing and engraving, and are elegant examples of the engrav- 

 er's art. They compare most favorably with the best work done in modern times. The art- 

 ists were probably designers, and were not botanists. They were little impressed by fine 

 detail of structure, and were best at the artistic arrangement of large parts. The writer 

 points out that Fuchs really built upon his predecessor, Otto Brunfels, whose volume 

 stands as the first recognized work on scientific botany of the new era. Brunfels' illustra- 

 tions, though not so numerous nor so elaborate as those of Fuchs were far more accurate as 

 to detail. Brunfels was a poor man and probably made the drawings himself. Some of 

 these were very poorly copied by Fuchs' illustrators in their early drawings. Brunfels 

 was much ahead of his time in presenting detail, which he faithfully drew but did not under- 

 stand. The writer cites many illustrations from both Fuchs and Brunfels to make clear the 

 points in his argument. "The work of Brunfels and Fuchs covers the whole province of the 

 fundamentals of botanical illustration." "The addition of special botanical details, as accu- 

 rate drawings, or neat combination in a diagram of established convention, is again exemplified 

 by Fuchs; while the clearness of line-reproduction expressed in the work of Speckle puts to 

 shame modern methods of line process-work." The illustrations in Gerard and Parkinson 

 are considered to have degenerated from the standards set by Brunfels and Fuchs. — K. M. 

 Wiegand. 



922. Cook, Mel T. Byron David Halsted. Bot. Gaz. 67: 169-170. 1 fig. Feb., 1919 — 

 A biographical sketch with portrait. 



923. Demorlaine, J. La necessite d'un service forestier d'armee sous l'ancien regime. 

 [The need for an army forest service.] Rev. Eaux et Forets 57 : 229-230. 1919. — See Bot. Absts. 

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924. [Dodge, B. O.] Index to American mycological literature. Mycologia 12: 112-114. 

 1920. 



925. Doidge, Ethel M. The role of bacteria in plant diseases. [Presidential address, 

 South African Assoc. Adv. Sci. Kingwilliamstown, July, 1919.] South African Jour. Sci. 16: 

 65-92. 1919.— See Bot. Absts. 5, Entry 2031. 



926. Fitting, Hans. Zur Jahrhundertfeier der Bonner Universitat. Die Entwicklung 

 der Naturwissenschaften an der Bonner Universitat seit ihre Begrundung. Botanik. [The 

 development of botany during the past century at the University of Bonn.] Naturwissenschaften 

 7: 571-576. 1919. — This is a historical survey. Nees von Esenbeck, Sachs, Pfeffer, 

 Hansteen, and Strasburger are among those who contributed to the prestige of botany 

 at Bonn. — Orton L. Clark. 



927. Francois, L. Notice sur Achille Miintz. Rev. G6n. Bot. 32: 5-14. Portrait. 

 1920. — An account of the researches of A. Muntz (1846-1917), which included investigations 



