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member of numerous scientific societies and one of the founders of the Watford, afterwards 

 Hertfordshire, Natural History Society, of which he was an active officer until his death. — 

 M. F. Warner. 



11S5. [Jackson, B. D.] Methods of botanical illustration during four centuries. Proc. 

 Linn. Soc. London 132: 7-9. 1921. — A lecture on illustration, covering: (1) Surface design, 

 including the "block books" and the fine woodcuts of early herbals; (2) copper plate — etch- 

 ing and engraving; (3) reproduction by chemical agency such as photography, lithography, 

 and the like. — M. F. Warner. 



1186. J[ackson], B. D. Prof. George Stephen West. Proc. Linn. Soc. London 132: 

 52-53. 1921. — Prof. West (1S7G-191S) of Birmingham, the leading authority upon freshwater 

 algae of the United Kingdom, was the son of the prominent algologist William West, with whom 

 he jointly published many works, also writing independently many papers and 2 books in 

 his special subject: British P'reshwater Algae (1904), and Algae (1916). — M. F. Warner. 



1187. J[ackson], B. D, Rev. Edward Shearburn Marshall. Proc. Linn. Soc. London 

 132: 45-46. 1921. — A brief sketch is given of the life and botanical work of E. S. Marshall 

 (1858-1918).—.!/. F. Warner. 



1188. J[acksox], B. D. William James Tutcher. Proc. Linn. Soc. London 132: 51-52. 

 1921. — Tutcher was born 1SG7 and died in March, 1920. He was Superintendent of the Botani- 

 cal and Forestry Department of Hongkong, where he had spent nearly 30 years, giving much 

 time to botanical exploration. In 1912 he collaborated with S. T. Dunn in the publication of 

 the Flora of Kwantung and Hongkong. — M. F. Warner. 



1189. Kronfeld, E. M. Sagenpflanzen und Pflanzensagen. [Legendary plants and plant 

 lore.] 96 p., 23 fig. Theod. Thomas: Leipzig, [1919.]— The book includes popular legends 

 and literary associations of plants in connection with wars and deeds of heroism. — Neil E. 

 Stevens. 



1190. Malte, M. O. James Melville Macoun, C. M. G. Canadian Field Nat. 34: 38- 

 40. Portrait. 1920. — Macoun was born in Belleville, Ontario, in 1862, the son of Professor 

 John Macoun; he died January S, 1920. The present article brings out especially Macoun's 

 work as a field naturalist and explorer. — M. F. Warner. 



1191. Mariboe, Carl. Leopold Helweg. Tidsskr. Land0konomi 1920: 388-393. For' 

 trait. 1920. — Leopold Hans Andreas Helweg was born in Copenhagen March 2, 1851, and 

 died August 6, 1920. In 1886 he became director of the investigations on root crops of 

 the Danish society for the improvement of cultivated plants; when the experimental 

 work was taken over by the government in 1893, Helweg continued as director until his death. 

 He wrote many articles for agricultural papers, and a monograph of the varieties of carrot. 

 From 1886 to 1901 he was editor of Gartner-Tidende; he edited the Nordisk lUustreret 

 Havebrugsleksikon (Scandinavian illustrated gardners' dictionary), and in 1895 published a 

 work on plant forcing. — M. F. Warner. 



1192. R[endle], a. B. William Robert Carver. Jour. Botany 56: 334-335. 1918.— 

 Carver (1860-1918) was for many years departmental clerk in the cryptogamic section of the 

 Department of Botany of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.), and had an extensive knowledge 

 of seaweeds. — Neil E. Stevens. 



1193. RiCALTOX, James. Famous and interesting trees. Amer. Forestry 27: 216-224. 

 10 fig. 1920. — Banyan trees (Ficus religiosa or Ficus indica), the olive, rubber trees, and 

 others are described. — Chas. H, Otis. 



1194. Salmon, C. E. Anthony Wallis. Jour. Botany 57: 347-348. 1919.— Wallis (1879- 

 1919) was inspector in the Education Department. While at Cambridge he compiled The 



