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837. BuNYARD, E. A. The history of cultivated fruits, as told in the lives of great pomol- 

 ogists. Robert Thompson. Gard. Chron. Ill, 63: 121-122. Portrait. 1918.— "His work as 

 a pomologist, especially in the rectification of nomenclature, places him in the first rank." 

 The present article deals with his work on the Catalogue of fruits cultivated in the Garden 

 of the Horticultural Society of London, in the Pomological Magazine, Loudon's Encyclo- 

 paedia of gardening (new ed., 1835), in the Transactions of the Horticultural Society, and 

 especially emphasizes the value of his "Gardener's assistant," first published in 1859. Few 

 details of his life are given, save the record from Thompson's own hand in the book at Chis- 

 wick, on his admission there Oct. 21, 1824, in which he states that he was born in the parish 

 of Echt, in the County of Aberdeenshire, in the year 1799, and not 1798, which is commonly 

 accepted as the date of his birth. He died in 1869. To this article is appended a letter from 

 Brian Wynne, giving some recollections of Thompson in his later years. — M. F. Warner. 



838. BuNYARD, E. A. Some old English apples. Gard. Chron. Ill, 63: 219-220. 1918.— 

 Keddleston Pippin, known in 1830, and in high favor in 1833; Gennet Moyle, still grown in 

 Cornwall, dating back to Evelyn's day, and celebrated by Philipps in his poem on cider. 

 The word Gennet is probably derived from the French Jeannette, and as our Juneating or 

 Jenneting is probably from Gennet, the apple should therefore be spelled Genneting or Jen- 

 neting. The Old Pearmain, not identical with apple of same name in Knight's "Pomona 

 Herefordiensis;" Orange Pippin also differs from that figured by Hogg and Bull in the 

 "Herefordshire Pomona." — M. F. Warner. 



839. Cardot, Jules. [Letter to E. B. Chamberlain.] Torreya 19: 33. 1919.— Portion 

 of a letter describing the devastation of his herbarium and library at Charleville, France, 

 by the German invaders. — Neil E. Stevens 



840. Carpentier, A. L'abbe Felix-Charles Hy (1853-1918). Rev. G^n. Bot. 30: 369- 

 376. 1918. — Brief account of the life and work of M. Hy, for 40 years professor of botany at 

 the Universite Catholique of Angers. A chronological list of his publications is appended, 

 64 in number. — Neil E. Stevens, 



841. Carqueja, Bento. Barao de Soutelinho. Broteria Ser. Bot. 16: 25-28. Portrait. 

 1918. — Alfred Tait, Baron de Soutelinho, died March 16, 1917. He introduced many use- 

 ful plants into Portugal. Was primarily a floriculturist, specializing on narcissus, chrysan- 

 themums, and cactus dahlias. Rediscovered Narcissus cyclamineus in Portugal near Porto. 

 — M. F. Warner. 



842. Chodat, Robert. Richard-Emile-Augustin de Candolle. Arch. Sci. Phys. et 

 Nat. 2: 169-175. 1920.— Augustin de Candolle (1868-1920) was the fourth of a distinguished 

 line of botanists, being preceded by his father, Casimir de Candolle, his grandfather, 

 Alphonse de Candolle, and his great-grandfather, Aug.-Pyr. de Candolle. The con- 

 tributions of Augustin de Candolle to botanical science include physiology, morphology, and 

 taxonomy. This account of his life by Professor Chodat is followed by a complete list of 

 publications. — /. H. Faull. 



843. Church, A. H. Bibliographical notes, LXXIV. Baxter's 'British phaenogamous 

 botany.' Jour, Botany 57: 58-63. 1919.— Issued in monthly parts of 4 plates and text, from 

 Sept. 1832 to Mar. 1843, this issue being regarded as the first edition, and complete sets are 

 inscribed second edition only on the title of the first volume. The reprint in 1856 was in no 

 sense a third edition. The differences in title of the monthly parts and complete volumes 

 are given, with dates and inclusive plate numbers for each of the 6 volumes. Author com- 

 ments on the merits of the plates, and gives an estimate of the value of Baxter's work. — 

 M . F. Warner. 



844. Cobb, Ruth. Periodical bibliographies and abstracts for the scientific and techno- 

 logical journals of the world. Bull. Nation. Res. Council 1: 131-154. 1920.— A partial list 

 of serials regularly containing bibliographies or abstracts in various fields of science, each 



