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their history, and with notes and illustrations of many individual specimens: (3) Painter's 

 arboretum, near I>ima, Delaware co\inty, a farm settled by Jacob Minshall in 1701, planted in 

 trees from about 1S25 by the brothers Minshall and Jacob Painter; (4) Peirce arboretum at 

 Longwood, Chester county, where planting was begun about 1800 by Joshua and Samuel 

 Peirce, on a tract patented by George Peirce or Pearce in 1700 or 1701; (5) Fairmount park in 

 Philadelphia, which includes several historic places, among them the Lemon Kill estate of 

 Robert Morris, and Belmont, the home of Judge Peters, where trees were planted by both 

 Washington and Lafayette when guests; the black walnut planted by the latter is still stand- 

 ing, and there are many choice trees on Lansdowne Plateau, where the Michaux grove, which 

 was to contain 2 specimens of every oak suited to the climate, was started in 1825 with money 

 left by Francois Andr(5 Michaux to the American Philosophical Society; (6) Woodlands Ceme- 

 tery in Philadelphia, formerly the estate of William Hamilton, who had a fine collection of trees 

 and shrubs as early as 1785; when Frederick Pursh was gardener there in 1802-1805, it was 

 exceedingly rich in American species, with an immense collection of exotics, of which there 

 remain 2 Ginkgos planted in 1785, probably the first in this country; (7) John Evans' ar- 

 boretum in Radnor township, Delaware county, begun somewhat after 1828, when Evans first 

 became interested in botany; he obtained rare and interesting plants by exchange from all 

 over the world, and made several journeys in search of additions to his collection; (8) Aw- 

 bury arboretum in Germantown, a plantation of trees begun about CO years ago by Thomas 

 P. Cope, and recently endowed as a public park by members of the Cope family; (9) Aldie, 

 near Doylestown, where flower gardens and arboretum were begun about 1870 by the present 

 owner's father, William Robert Mercer, Sr.; (10) Compton, near Philadelphia, less notable 

 for age than for successful introduction of a great number of new Chinese and Japanese shrub& 

 and plants, as well as those native to this country. — H . C. Thompson. 



929. Linton, A. W. Pharmacy and medicine of George Eliot. Western Druggist 43: 

 78-80. 1921. — George Eliot was most thorough and painstaking in portraying her characters 

 and spent an enormous amount of time in reading medical literature in preparation for her 

 work, as is shown by several examples. The bitter rivalry between physicians and surgeons 

 in Florence in the loth century is illustrated by the conversation between the doctor and 

 Nello the barber in Romola. The character of Dr. Lydgate in Middlemarch shows that she 

 spared no pains to secure accuracy in every reference to professional matters, and was really 

 in advance of her time. Sir James Paget declared that the insight of the author into med- 

 ical life was so deep and accurate that he could hardly believe there was no biographical foun- 

 dation for this character. — C. M. Sterling. 



930. Lyman, G. R. Report of the twelfth annual meeting of the American Phytopathologi- 

 cal Society. Phytopathology 11: 194-201. 1921. — The report contains the history of the 

 meeting, together with the reports of the treasurer,of the business manager of Phytopathology, 

 of the Advisory Board, of the committee on the Phytopathological Institute, of the committee 

 on resolutions, and of the council. — B. B. Higgins. 



931. Mangin, Louis. Emile Boudier (1828-1920). Bull. Trimest. Soc. IMycol. France 

 36: 181-188. Portrait. 1920. — A short biographical sketch of the great mycologist is given, 

 followed by a list of his works, numbering 97. — D. S. Welch. 



932. Mattirolo, Oreste. Commemorazione del Corrisp. P. A. Saccardo. [Commemora- 

 tion of P. A. Saccardo.] Atti R. Accad. Lincei Roma Rendiconti (CI. Sci. Fis. Mat. e Nat.) 

 30*: 149-lGO. 1921. — An appreciation of the life and work of P. A. Saccardo is presented. — 

 F. M. Blodgett. 



933. Morse, W. J. A new Canadian agricultural journal. Science 53: 182-183. 1921. — 

 Scientific Agriculture and La Revue Agronomique Canadienne, the official organ of the Cana- 

 dian Society of Technical Agriculturists, is published monthly by the Industrial and Educa- 

 tional Publishing Co., Ltd., Gardenvale, Quebec. The 1st issue was dated Jan. 1, 1921. 

 Articles are printed in both English and French. — C. J. Lyon. 



