No. 3, October, 1921] BIBLIOGRAPHY, BIOGRAPHY, HISTORY ISl 



1155. ZooK, L. L. Winter wheat seed-bed preparation. Nebraska Agric. Exp. Sta. 

 Bull. 178. 16 p., 1 fig. 1921. — Results are reported from the North Platte Nebraska Exp. 

 Substa. secured during 8 years, 1912-1919, from packed and unpacked soil plowed at various 

 depths. On 4 plats plowed at each of 4 depths (3, 7, 10, and 14 inches) for 8 years: (1) The 

 highest yields were secured from the intermediate depths of plowing; (2) the lowest average 

 yield was secured from plowing 3 inches deep; (3) the increase in yield from 7-inch plowing 

 over that secured from 3-inch plowing was sufficient to justify plowing at the greater depth; 

 (4) the yields from plowing 7 and 10 inches deep were practically the same, — no advantage was 

 gained from plowing at a depth greater than 7 inches; (5) the 14-inch, or very deep, plowing 

 produced the lowest yields of any except the 3-inch plowing; (6) the depth of plowing had no 

 appreciable effect upon the storage or use of soil moisture; (7) higher yields were secured from 

 early than from late fall plowing, but the differences were not great; (8) better yields followed 

 packing. Deep tillage experiments conducted by the U. S. Dept. Agric. in 12 states showed 

 the practice to be unprofitable at all stations. — T. A. Kiesselbach. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY, BIOGRAPHY, AND HISTORY 



Neil E. Stevens, Editor 

 (See also in this issue Entries 1244, 1280, 1281, 1311, 1447, 1592, 1606, 1683) 



1156. Anonymous. In commemoration of the centenary of the birth of Sir William Mac- 

 leay. Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 45: 218-219. 1920.— William Macleay (1820-1891) 

 came to Australia in 1839 with his cousin, William Sharp Macleay (1792-1865). In memory 

 of the scientific usefulness and influence of the family, exhibits of relics and portraits were 

 shown and memorials prepared. The Macleay collections are now in the possession of the 

 University of Sydney. — Eloise Gerry. 



1157. Anonymous. John Goodyer and Lobel. Card. Chron. 69: 157-158. 1921. — Manu- 

 scripts were exhibited by Dr. R. T. GtJNTHEE at a recent meeting of the Linnean Society of 

 London which were bequeathed to Magdalen College by John Goodyer with his botanical 

 library in 1664. These include his own translations of Theophrastus and Dioscorides, the 

 latter said to have never been undertaken by any other scholar. One volume contains a long 

 list of grasses with synonyms and short descriptions copied from Lobel's MSS. (now lost?) ; 

 an index of plants in Goodyer's hand, an index to Gerard's Herbal (1597) and Stonehouse's 

 Catalogue of plants in his garden at Darfield in 1640. The loose papers comprise part of the 

 MS. for Lobel's projected Stirpium Illustrationes, now bound in 3 parts, the 1st containing 

 descriptions of 223 species of grasses. Selections from this by How were printed in 1655. 

 Two other volumes contain synonyms of plants used by Goodyer, and a small fern and moss 

 collection. The miscellaneous papers include dated descriptions by Goodyer of some 90 new 

 or rare species, and lists of plants from the gardens of William Coys in Essex in 1616. Good- 

 yer's notes also show that Mr. "Coel," Lobel's son-in-law, was identical with Master James 

 Cole, London merchant, mentioned by Gerard. Lobel had another son-in-law, Ludovicus 

 Myreus, a London apothecary referred to by Clusius in his Exotica. — P. L. Richer. 



1158. Anonymous. Mr. Joseph Cheal, V. M. H. Card. Chron. 69: 170. Portrait. 1921. 

 — Cheal is specially interested in fruit growing and is a leading spirit in the National 

 Dahlia Society. — P. L. Richer. 



1159. Anonymous. Mr. Kingdon Ward. Card. Chron. 69: 122. Portrait. 1921.— A 

 brief notice is presented of Ward's work as botanical explorer in China and announcement of 

 a new expedition to Szechuan and Yunnan. — P. L. Richer. 



1160. Anonymous. Origin of the Uba cane. Noel Deerr's opinion versus local account. 

 South African Sugar Jour. 5: 187, 189. 1921.— Deerr's article (see Bot. Absts. 8, Entry 16), 

 which is here quoted entire, concludes that the Uba came to Natal, by way of Mauritius, from 



