No. 3, July, 1921J BIBLIOGRAPHY, BIOGRAPHY, HISTORY 237 



BIBLIOGRAPHY, BIOGRAPHY AND HISTORY 



Neil E. Stevens, Editor 

 (See also in this issue Entries 1608, 1819, 1822, 1837, 1858, 1863, 2020, 2066, 2101) 



1626. Anonymous. A journal of ecology. Science 51: 161. 1920.— The Plant World has 

 been transferred to the Ecological Society of America, and will be continued as the official 

 organ of that society, under the title of Ecology. — A'ei7 E. Stevens, 



1627. Anonymous. An unsere Leser. [To our readers.] Wiener Allg. Forst- u. Jagd- 

 Zeitg. 38: 174. 1920.— Announcement under date of July 2, 1920, of the addition of the word 

 "Wiener" (Vienna) to the title of the journal in order to distinguish it from the German 

 periodical of the same name (Allgemeine Forst- und Jagd-Zeitung), under which it was issued 

 from March 5 to June 25, 1920 (v. 38, no. 10-26), having been previously published under the 

 title: Oesterreichische Forst- und Jagd-Zeitung. — F. S. Baker. 



1028. Anonymous. The botanical survey of the Union of South Africa. Jour. Dept. 

 Agric. South Africa 1: 180-182. 1920.— See Bot. Absts. 8, Entry 1629. 



1029. Anonymous. Botanical survey of the Union of South Africa. Roy. Bot. Gard. 

 Kew Bull. Misc. Inform. 1919: 399-403. 1919.— The Advisory Committee was announced 

 Oct. 5, 1918, with Dr. I. B. Pole-Evans as head and acting director of the survey. Miss 

 A. G. CoRBisHLEY was appointed Oct. 15, 1919, as botanical assistant at Kew on work con- 

 nected with the survey. The scope of the survey is outlined. — M. F. Warner. 



1630. Anonymous. Edward John Woodhouse. Roy. Bot. Gard. Kew Bull. Misc. Inform. 

 1918: 32. 1918. — Lieut. E. J. Woodhouse, Economic Botanist and Principal of the Agri- 

 cultural College of Bihar and Orissa, died in France December 18, 1917, at the age of 33. — 

 M. F. Warner. 



1631. Anonymous. John Gilbert Baker. Gard. Chron. Ill, 68: 102. 1920.— Brief sketch 

 of the life and work of J. G. Baker (1834-1920).— il/. F. Warner. 



1632. Anonymous. Major S. M. Toppin's bequest to the Royal botanic gardens. Roy. 

 Bot. Gard. Kew Bull. Misc. Inform. 1918: 156-157. 1918. — Important collections made on 

 northwestern frontier of India and in northern Burma, by Sidney Miles Toppin, born June 12, 

 1878, and killed near Ypres, Sept. 24, 1917.— A' ei7 E. Stevens. 



1633. Anonymous. Maurice L. de Vilmorin. Roy. Bot. Gard. Kew Bull. Misc. Inform. 

 1918: 190. 1918.— Obituary of M. L. de Vilmorin (1849-1918), senior member of the firm of 

 Vilmorin-Andrieux & Cie., who was specially interested in the introduction of Chinese plants, 

 and who had at his estate of Les Barres a collection of shrubs which was probably the most 

 comprehensive in Europe. — M. F. Warner. 



1634. Anonymous. Polozheniye opytnogo otdela v sisteme organov Komissariata Zemle- 

 deliya. [The status of the experimental division in the system of organization of the commis- 

 sariat of agriculture.] Vestnik Narodnogo Kom. Zeml. 1: 55-59. 1919. — An independent 

 division of the Russian Commissariat of Agriculture, designated as the Experimen^-al Di- 

 vision, has been created in the system of the present government of Russia, with the task 

 of uniting, promoting, and directing agricultural experimental work. A higher degree of 

 efficiency and greater coordination of activities in agricultural research is expected through 

 this consolidation. The new office covers climatological, geobotanical, and soil investiga- 

 tions; administrative and financial direction of experiment stations, botanical gardens, and 

 like institutions; meteorology; horticulture; fiber plants; tea; tobacco; oil plants; mineral 

 fertilizers; breeding and selection; agricultural engineering; entomology and phytopathology. 

 The Experimental Division undertakes also to prepare specialists in various lines of agri- 

 cultural experimentation and to popularize the results of scientific achievements. The 

 Division expects to v/ork in consultation with an advisory board of representatives of various 

 experimental institutions.- — Michael Shapovalov. 



