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882. Marzell, Heinrich. Zur Kulturgeschichte des Schellkrautes. [On the history 

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883. MoBius, Martin. Die Begriindung der Pflanzengeographie durch Alexander von 

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 his birth. — B. O. Dodge. 



884. Morris, Daniel. Botany and the Empire. Gard. Chron. Ill, 66: 156, 163-164, 

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885. MuRRiLL, W. A. The lotus of ancient Egypt. Jour. New York Bot. Gard. 20: 231. 

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886. Neumann, Felix. Leonhard Fuchs, physician and botanist, 1501-1566. Ann. 

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887. Nuttall, Zelia. The flower lovers and gardeners of ancient Mexico. Jour. Inter- 

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 Mexicans from time immemorial, and a unique and ingenious botanical nomenclature is 

 exhibited in the Nahuatl or Mexican tongue, in which certain words used as prefixes or suffixes 

 to plant names convey information as to their qualities or habitats; this seems to be a legacy 

 from a very old civilization. An episode of the reign of Montezuma is given showing high 

 value placed on rare plants. Horticulturists and florists were of great importance. Sahagun's 

 Historia general de la Nueva Espaiia is quoted, and drawings of Sahagun reproduced showing 

 gardeners at work in sowing and transplanting, picking flowers and making floral designs. 

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888. Nuttall, Zelia. The gardens of ancient Mexico. II. Jour. Internat. Gard. Club 

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 garden given by Cortes in his second letter to the Emperor Charles V in 1520, and from 

 accounts of the gardens of Montezuma and those of Nezahualcoyotl at Texocco. Plants 

 observed by Hernandez in the gardens of Huaxtepec between 1570 and 1577 are mentioned. 

 Description of the famous "Chinampas" or floating gardens, which are actually mud beds 

 raised above the surface of the lagoon, on which vegetables and flowers for the markets of 

 the city of Mexico are still grown at the present day, just as they were in the most remote 

 times. There is, however, record of veritable floating gardens in the period about 1350- 

 1400, when the Nahuas or Mexicans were required to deliver annually by way of tribute to 

 the king of Atzcapotzalco, a raft planted with all the native trees and vegetables. [See pre- 

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889. Payne, C. H. A bibliographical curiosity. Gard. Chron. Ill, 64: 7-8. 1918.— A 

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890. Payne, C. H. Captain Bernet. Garden 83: 15. 1919.— Bernet, born 1775, died 

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 1827. Before that time there had been little effort to obtain new varieties; Bernet in the 

 first two years raised nearly 60, and from that time the improvement of the chrysanthemum 

 was undertaken by many growers. — M. F. Warner. 



