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several bulbs and ornamentals as noted by Clusius; North American plants introduced into 

 Europe in the 17th century as noted by Barrelier; Vicia faba in Switzerland and South 

 Gennany; notes on cultivated plants and their vernacular names from Zermatt; with other 

 items supplementary to his previous papers. — M. F. Warner. 



77. Gee, Wilson. South Carolina botanists: biography and bibliography. Bull. Univ. 

 South Carolina 72. 52 p., portraits. 1918. — John Lawson (died 1712), Mark Catesby (about 

 1679-1749), Alexander Garden (about 1728-1791), William Bartram (1739-1823), Thomas 

 Walter (about 1728-about 1788), John Drayton (1766-1822), John L. E. W. Shecut (1770-1836), 

 James Macbride (1784-1817), Stephen Elliott (1771-1830), Henry W. Ravenel (1814-1887), 

 Lewis R. Gibbes (1810-1894), Francis Peyre Porcher (born 1825), Joseph Hinson Mellichamp 

 (1829-1903).— A' a7 E. Stevejis. 



78. Hay, T. A rare work on alpines. Gard. Chron. Ill, 68: 285. 1920.— Practical Hints 

 on the Culture and General Management of Alpine or Rock Plants, by James Lothian (Edin- 

 burgh, W. H. Lizars, 1845), is probably the first book on this subject published in Great 

 Britain, and contains an extensive and interesting catalogue of 17 pages of plants suitable for 

 rock gardens.- — M. F, Warner. 



79. H[ewitt], J. William Tyson. South African Jour. Nat. Hist. 2: 288-290. Portrait. 

 1920. — Tyson died at Grahamstown, April 14, 1920, in his 71st year. He collected the flora of 

 South Africa for nearly 45 years, his material from East Griqualand, Pondoland, and Mur- 

 raysburg being specially important. The most complete set of his plants is in the Cape 

 Government herbarium. Tysonia, a genus of Boraginaceae, was dedicated to him by Dr. 

 Bolus.— 71/. F. Warner. 



80. Johnson, D. S. The Cinchona Station. Bot. Gaz. 69: 347-348. 1920.— This Jamai- 

 can Station will be available for American botanists this year. Located at 5000-feet elevation 

 on the southern slope of the Blue Mountains, its dry, sunny slope offers epiphytic and xerophy- 

 tic varieties, while the moist northern slope produces liverworts, mosses, and ferns. — Botan- 

 ists studying lowland plants have use of Hope Gardens and the seacoast produces vegetation 

 of ecological interest. — E. A. Fenner. 



81. LiNNE, Carl von. Caroli Linnaei Adonis stenbrohultensis, utgiven af Felix Bryk. 

 12 mo, 13-\-[28] p. Bjorck & Borjesson: Stockhohn, 1920.— See Bot. Absts. 6, Entry 1434. 



82. McCuBBiN, W. A. Abstracts of Canadian plant disease literature. Ann. Rept., 

 Quebec Soc. Protection of Plants 11: 72-83. 1919. — A list, in alphabetical order by authors, 

 of 220 articles on plant diseases published in Canadian bulletins or periodicals up to the end 

 of 1918. A short explanatory note of the contents is given with each entry. — J. H. Fault. 



83. Marquart, U. Jagdliche und forstliche Zustande in Wiirttemberg Lm 18. Jahrhun- 

 dert. [Forest conditions in Wiirtemberg in the 18th century.] Allg. Forst- u. Jagdzeitg. 95: 

 263-206. 1919. — A brief sketch of the development of game propagation and forestry in Wiir- 

 temberg during the ISth century. — Joseph S. Illick. 



84. Paynk, C. H. Old French gardening books. Gard. Chron. Ill, 63: 215-216. 1918.— 

 Many English books, usual!}' known only under the name of their translators, are actually 

 of French origin; among others the following are identified: The Grete Herball with Le 

 Grant Herbier en Francoys (1520?); Mascall, A Booke of the Arte and Maner how to Plant 

 and Graffe all Sortes of Trees with Brossard, L'Art et Maniere de Semer P6pins et de Faire 

 P6pinieres (1552); Surfict's Maison Rustique (1600) with that of Estienne; Evelyn's The 

 French Gardiner with Le Jardinier Francois by Nicolas de Bonnefons; The Art of Pruning 

 Fruit Trees (1685) with L'Art de Tailler les Arbres Fruitiers (1678) by Nicolas Venette; The 

 Theory and Practice of Gardening (1712) by John James, with Dezallier d'Argenville, La 



