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916. Vatjpel, Friedrich. Karl Schmidt. Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 29: 73-74. 1 fig. 

 1919. — Karl Schmidt of the firm of Haage & Schmidt was born Dec. 23, 1848, and died Feb. 

 26, 1919, at Erfurt .—A. 5. Hitchcock. 



917. Viola, Bartholomew. The history of sugar. Louisiana Planter and Sugar Manu- 

 facturer 65: 379-381, 398-399. 5 fig. 1920. — A history of sugar and of sugar manufacture 

 from very early times. The sugar cane industry is also traced from country to country. — 

 C. W. Edgerton. 



918. Warner, M. F. Bibliographical opportunities in horticulture. Bull. Amer. Library 

 Assoc. 13': 178-184. 1919. — The following are suggested as important and interesting lines 

 of work in this field: Continuation of the check list of American horticultural books; the 

 preparation of much needed indexes of horticultural periodicals; the collection of data on 

 early American journals and societies; critical bibliographical work; and biographical and 

 historical research. — Neil E. Stevens. 



919. Warner, M, F. Date of Robert Thompson's birth. Gard. Chron. Ill, 64: 116-117. 

 1918. — Mr. Bunyard's sketch, March 23, 1918, quotes Thompson's own statement from the 

 Chiswick records, that he was born in 1799, which would seem to be conclusive. But sketches 

 in Journal of Horticulture in 1869 and 1877, while admitting that there is no birth register 

 by which the precise date can be fixed, infer that it was in September, 1798, from the fact 

 that his baptism occurred on the 16th of October of that year. — M. F. Warner. 



920. Warner, M. F. Horticultural libraries in the United States. Gard. Chron. Ill, 

 65: 247. 1919. — The collection of the Library of the L^. S. Department of Agriculture in 

 its relation to horticulture, with some comment on its administration and relation to other 

 libraries. — Neil E. Stevens. 



921. White, O.E. Our common garden vegetables ; their history and their origin. Brook- 

 lyn Bot. Gard. Leaflet VI, 3: 1-19. Fig. 1-5. 1918. — Popular account with list of common 

 edible plants, their place of origin, and probable antiquity of cultivation.— iVezZ E. Stevens. 



922. WicKSON, E. J. Beginnings of agricultural education and research in California. 

 Rept. California Agric. Exp. Sta. 1917/18: 35-101. 1918.— Discusses the following: Plant 

 introduction and distribution (p. 67-69); grasses and forage plants (p. 69-72), cereals (p. 72- 

 74), forestry (p. 74-77), viticulture (p. 77-79), horticulture (p. 79-83), plant diseases (p. 86- 

 88). — Neil E.Stevens. 



923. Wildeman, Emile de. Alfred Cogniaux (1841-1916). Bull. Jard. Bot. Bruxelles 5: 

 i-xxx. Portrait. 1919. — Account of life and botanical work of Cogniaux, who in later years 

 devoted himself to the Cucurbitaceae, Melastomaceae, and Orchidaceae. A list of his works, 

 in chronological order from 1863 to 1916, comprises over 150 titles. — Neil E. Stevens. 



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 Alfred Gundersen, Assistant Editor 



(See also in this issue Entries 939, 1049, 1079, 1084, 1115) 



924. Anonymous. [Rev. of: Dymes, T. A. The nature study of plants in theory and 

 practice for the hobby-botanist, xviii + 173 p., 54 fig. Society for Promoting Christian 

 Knowledge: London, 1920.] Sci. Prog. [London] 15: 320. 1920. 



925. Anonymous. [Rev. of: Dymes, Thomas Alfred (Introduction by F. E. Weiss). 

 The nature study of plants in theory and practice for the hobby-botanist, xviii + 173 -p., 

 64 fig. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: London, 1920.] Jour. Botany 58: 277- 

 278. 1920. 



