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China. At one time it was considered such an invaluable remedy against the plague that a 

 triumphal column was erected in its honor in Verona. — M. F. Warner. 



1553. G^ROME, Joseph. Au sujet de la Courge de Siam; valeur economique, origine, 

 nomenclature. [On the "Siamese gourd," its economic value, origin, and nomenclature.] 

 Jour. Soc. Nation. Hort. France 22: 100-102. 1921.— The "Courge de Siam" was introduced 

 to cultivation in 1824 under the name Cucurbita melanosperma, without any intimation of its 

 place of origin. In 1854 it was found that it was extensively grown in China, where it was 

 used as a fodder plant; this and certain other considerations led to the conclusion that it was 

 a native of eastern Asia. In 1883, however, de Candolle threw doubt upon this theory, as 

 all the wild species of Cucurbita known are from Mexico or California, and in 1899 J. N. Rose 

 included this plant, under the name C. ficifolia, among the useful plants of Mexico, where it 

 is known as "Chilacayote." In 1911 the Boletin de Fomento of Costa Rica noted the same 

 plant as one known and used by the inhabitants of Mexico before the European discovery of 

 America, and the name "Chilacayote" is given in the Diccionario de Atzequismos of Robelo, 

 together with a description of the plant taken from Hernandez. The name is formed from two 

 Nahuatl words: Ayotli or gourd, and Tzilac, smooth or polished; it has also been applied to 

 the water melon, but improperly, as the characters of the latter do not correspond to 

 those of the "Chilacayote." The horticultural names "Melon de Malabar" and "Courge 

 de Siam" should be abandoned in favor of one suggesting the true native locality of this plant, 

 while the Latin name Cucurbita melanosperma A. Braun, under which it was listed in 1824, 

 without any description, by the Botanical Garden of Carlsruhe, should give place to C. fici- 

 folia, under which it was first described in 1837 by P. C. Bouch6. — M. F. Warner. 



1554. GuENTHER, Fritz. Friedrich Lucas. Gartenwelt 25: 180. 1921. — He was the son 

 of Eduard Lucas, founder of the Pomologisches Institut in Reutlingen and was born Oct. 30, 

 1842. Following his education as a gardener, which included training in the Baltet nurseries 

 in Troyes, France, he assisted his father in the Institut, succeeding him as its head in 1882, 

 and continuing in active service there until his death, Apr. 21, 1921. He wrote a number of 

 books on pomology, and a revision of the Christ-Lucas Gartenbuch. — M. F. Warner. 



1555. Jackson, B. D., and Spencer Moore. JEneas Maclntyre. Jour. Botany 59: 

 204-205. 1921. — These notes refer to James Britten's bibliographical notes on the Compen- 

 dium of Smith's 'English Flora.' — S. H. Burnham. 



1556. Jacob, Joseph. Lambert, knight of the golden tulip. Gard. Chron. 69: 174-175. 

 Fig. 75. 1921. — This presents evidence in support of the theory that John Lambert, one of 

 Cromwell's generals, was the first person to flower the Guernsey lily in England. — P. L. 

 Richer. 



1557. Jacob, Joseph. William Turner, divine and herbalist. "It's an ill wind" — The 

 father of British botany — His private gardens — His influence on horticulture. Garden 85: 

 12. Illus. 1921. — His Libellus de re Herbaria Novus (1538) is famous as the 1st English 

 botanical work ever printed; his Herbal was issued in 1551, the 2nd part in 1562 and 3rd in 

 1568; while the most complete edition was brought out after his death, by his son, Peter 

 Turner. — M. F. Warner. 



1558. Keller, C. Gartenbaulehrer Dr. Alexander Bode. [Dr. Alexander Bode, instruc- 

 tor in horticulture.] Mollers Deutsch. Gartner Zeitg. 35: 76. 1920.— Bode died Feb. 13, 1920, 

 in his 60th year. He was at one time employed by Sander of St. Albans as an orchid-col- 

 lector, was later at the head of a nursery, but since 1899 had been a teacher, and had been 

 chief instructor in agriculture in the Stadtische Oberrealschule of Chemnitz since 1912. — 

 M. F. Warner. 



1559. Kern, F. D. The J. Roberts Lowrie herbarium. Torreya 21: 79-81. 1921.— The 

 Lowrie herbarium was presented in August 1920 to the Pennsylvania State College. Mr. 

 Lowrie took up his residence at Warriorsmark, Pennsylvania, in 1853, as legal adviser and 



