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acre increased the yield of hay 11 per cent, and adding 125 pounds of sodium nitrate to the 

 manure increased the yield 15 per cent. Test of sunflov/ers for silage was not promising. 

 Alfalfa, spurry, Petrowski turnips, buckwheat, and vetch were also tested as forage crops. 

 Potatoes and some vegetables were grown, and gooseberry and currant responded well to 

 cultivation. — J. P. Anderson. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY, BIOGRAPHY .\ND HISTORY 



Neil E. Stevens, Editor 

 (See also in this issue Entries 1511, 1517, 1624, 1531, 1652, 1670, 1783, 1908, 1909, 1920, 2014) 



1527. Anonymous. [Commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the birth of Herman 

 Boerhaave (Dec. 31, 1668-Sept. 23, 1738).] Janus 23: 193-369. 9 pL, 19 fig. 1918.— The fol- 

 lowing papers, chiefly in German and French, make up the memorial: Discourse on the life 

 of Boerhaave, by E. C. van Leersum (p. 193-206); (2) Boerhaave as oculist, by W. P. C. 

 Zeeman (p. 207-214); (3) his influence on the development of medicine in Austria, by Max 

 Neuburger (p. 215-222); (4) his importance for the science of chemistry, by Ernst Cohen 

 (p. 223-290) ; (5) Boerhaave as professor-promoter, by J. E. Kroon (p. 291-315) ; (6) his clinical 

 teaching as shown in Gerard van Swieten's stenographic records, by E. C. van Leersum 

 (p. 316-346 and 8 fac-simile plates) ; (7) Boerhaave as a naturalist, by F. W. T. Hunger (p. 347- 

 357); (8) engraved portraits of Boerhaave, by J. G. de Lint (p. 358-365); (9) his portrait by 

 by Arent de Gelder, by W. Martin (p. 366-369). The last mentioned serves as frontispiece, 

 while many of the portraits discussed by de Lint, together with those of contemporaries, 

 and illustrations of places and objects of interest, are found in pages 223-290. The articles 

 by Cohen, Hunger, and Neuburger are of special importance for the history of science, and 

 many of the papers are richly documented. — M. F. Warner. 



1528. Anonymous. David Ernest Hutchins. Kew Bull. 1921: 32-33. 1921.— Sir David 

 Ernest Hutchins (1850-1921) was trained at the Ecole Nationale des Eaux et Forets, Nancy, 

 and entered the forest service of Mysore, but in 1882 was transferred to Cape Colony, where 

 he remained until 1905. He wrote several important reports on the forests of Mt. Kenia, 

 Cyprus, Australia, and New Zealand. — M. F. Warner. 



1529. Anonymous. Mulford biological exploration. Amer. Jour. Pharm. 93: 438-443. 

 1921. — A brief outline is presented of the plans of the Mulford biological exploration of the 

 Amazon Basin under the direction of H. H. Rusby. [See also Bot. Absts. 8, Entry 2133.] — 

 Anton Hogstad, Jr. 



1530. Anonymous. Presentation of medal to F. B. Power. Amer. Jour. Pharm. 93: 

 435-438. PL 1-2. 1921. — An account is given of the presentation of a gold medal by Henry 

 S. Wellcome to Dr. Frederick B. Power, in recognition of his services as Director of the Well- 

 come Research Laboratories for a period of nearly 20 years prior to 1914. — Anton Hogstad, Jr. 



1531. Anonymous. Suspension of "The Botanical Maga2ine." Card. Chron. 69: 133- 

 134. 1921. — Believing that a work so long identified with Kew Gardens ought to become an 

 official publication, the publishers offered to the government the good will and copyright 

 purchased from the Curtis family in 1844, but as the Ministry of Agriculture was unable to 

 take advantage of this offer, the journal is discontinued from Dec. 1920. — M. F. Warner. 



1532. Anonymous. The early records of sugar cane. Approximate geographical table. 

 South African Sugar Jour. 5: 183. 1921. — "It seems definitely established that sugar cane 

 was growing on the Ganges in 327 B. C. and in China in 250 B. C," but other early dates are 

 vague. It is next positively mentioned in A. D. 627, when the Byzantine emperor Heraklius 

 destroyed Dastagerd, in Persia. A chronological table is given showing the spread of sugar 

 cane to different parts of the world from A. D. 680 to 1852. — M. F. Warner. 



