100 BIBLIOGRAPHY, BIOGRAPHY, HISTORY [BoT. Absts., Vol. IX, 



BIBLIOGRAPHY, BIOGRAPHY AND HISTORY 



Neil E. Stevens, Editor 



(See also in this issue Entries 606, 646, 680, 703, 799, 1073, 1076, 1078, 1080) 



648. Anonymous. Augustin de CandoUe. Roy. Bot. Gard. Kew. Bull. Misc. Inform. 

 1920: 219-220. 1920.— Richard Emile Augustin de Candolle (1868-1920), younger son of 

 Casimir de Candolle, was born and received part of his education in England. Though trained 

 for the law, he devoted himself largely to scientific pursuits and had a wide range of scientific 

 interests. For the period 1912-1918, he served as British consul for the Canton of Geneva, 

 relinquishing this post on the death of his father, to take up the custodianship of the famous 

 CandoUean library and herbarium and to resume his interrupted scientific occupations. — 

 M. F. Warner. 



649. ANONYMotrs. Biography and portrait of Dr. F. Kolpin Ravn made available. Phyto- 

 pathology 11: 101-102. 1921. 



650. Baccarini, Pasquale. [Piero Bargagli, 1844^1918.] Bull. Soc. Bot. Ital. 1918: 

 68. 1918 [1919]. — Bargagli was one of the founders of the Italian Botanical Society and 

 author of a number of botanical papers. — M. F. Warner. 



651. Britten, James. London Pride. Garden 84: 528. 1920. — The author discusses 

 the question whether this name for Saxifraga umbrosa is derived from the city, or, as has been 

 asserted, from George London (died 1713), who founded the Brompton Park Nursery in 1681, 

 and was gardener to Henry Compton, Bishop of London, to William and Mary, and to Queen 

 Anne. The name "London Pride" was given to Sweet William as far back as 1633, being found 

 in Johnson's edition of Gerard, and while it was applied to Saxifraga umbrosa by Molyneux 

 (Phil. Trans. 19: 570) in 1697, it seems unlikely that it originated with George London, as 

 it had so long been used for another familiar plant. Other plants to which the name has been 

 applied are mentioned, as well as other names referring to the same plant. — M. F. Warner. 



652. BuNYARD, E. A. John Tradescant, senior. Jour. Pomol. 1: 188-196. / fig (por- 

 trait). 1920. — Tradescant has been identified by Dr. J. Hamel as author of the MS. in the 

 Record Office, entitled "A Voiag of Ambussad undertaken by the Right Honourable Sir 

 Dudlie Diggs in the year 1618," which took him to Archangel. In 1611 he visited the Low 

 Countries in search of new plants and fruits for Lord Salisbury's gardens at Hatfield; in 1620- 

 21 he joined Mansell's expedition against the Algerian pirates, and succeeded in bringing home 

 plants and flowers; and in 1627 he accompanied the Duke of Buckingham on his ill-fated ex- 

 pedition to La Rochelle. The rare Musaeum Tradescantianum is the list of curiosities in 

 "Tradescant's Ark" at Lambeth, published by the younger John Tradescant in 1656. — M. 

 F. Warner. 



653. Butler, E. J. The imperial (British) Bureau of Mycology. Phytopathology 11: 

 100. 1921. — The purpose of the Bureau, now established at Kew, and the scope of the work 

 to be carried on are given. — B. B. Higgins. 



654. C, H. Ancient mulberry trees and their history. Country Life [London] 43: 145. 

 Illus. 1918. — Many specimens have been planted by famous personages. One still standing 

 and bearing excellent fruit at Christ Church College, Cambridge, is reputed to have been 

 planted by Milton, but is probably the last of 300 trees set out in 1608-09, the year of his birth. 

 Those at Syon House are of especial interest, including one said to be the oldest in England, 

 introduced from Persia in 1548. Another, planted at Buckingham Palace at the time of the 

 edict of James I for the introduction of silk culture into England, is still bearing fruit. Al- 

 though the mulberry was made fashionable by this edict about 1C05, it is an interesting fact 

 that the trees then planted were mostly of the black sort, the leaves of which are not valuable 

 for silkworms. — M. F. Warner. 



