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1679. Cardiff [Wales] Public Library. Catalogue of early works on botany, agricul- 

 ture, and horticulture. Exhibited in connection with the Royal Agricultural Show. 23 p. 

 Printed for the Library Committee of the Cardiff Corporation by the Western Mail Ltd.: 

 Cardiff, 1919. — A brief list, but with rather full titles and full imprints. Annotated and 

 arranged under date of 1st edition. — Neil E. Stevens. 



1680. Cavara, Fridiano. In memoria di tre botanici napoletani. [In memory of three 

 Neapolitan botanists.] Bull. Orto Bot. Napoli 4: 317-327. Portraits. 1918.— Fortunato 

 Pasquale (1856-1917), whose interest was in the local flora of southern Italy. Orazio 

 Comes (1848-1917), was specially known for his work in phytopathology, wrote many myco- 

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1681. Christensen, H. R. Frederik K01pin Ravn. Tidsskr. Land0konomi 1920: 261- 

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1682. Clinton, G. P. William Gilson Farlow. Phytopathology 10: 1-8. Portrait. 

 1920.— An appreciation of the work of W. G. Farlow (1844-1919) with personal notes and 

 anecdotes, written by a former student and close personal friend. [See also Bot. Absts. 6, 

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1683. C[otton], a. D. Worthington G. Smith. Roy. Bot. Gard. Kew Bull. Misc. Inform. 

 1918: 30-31. 1918.— Obituary notice of W. G. Smith (1835-1917), best known to readers of 

 the Gardeners' Chronicle for his illustrations made for that journal for more than 40 years, 

 but who was also an antiquarian and a well-known mycologist. — M. F. Warner. 



1684. Coulter, J. M. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum. Bot. Gaz. 69: 95-96. 1920.— 

 A notice of the appearance of the first number (July, 1919) of this new quarterly journal.— 

 H. C. Cowles. 



1685. D. The lettuce. Gard. Chron. Ill, 67: 192-193, 201. Figs. 1920.— Chiefly cul- 

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 (1597), and 15 in Miller's Gardeners' Dictionary (1757). There are differences of opinion in 

 regard to the origin of the Cabbage and Cos lettuces, but both are probably from one species, 

 Lactuca scariola, a native of central Europe and Asia. Crescentius (13th century) mentions 

 Lactuca romana, which probably gave name to the French Laitue romaine or Romaine. — 

 M. F. Warner. 



1086. Demarest, S. A. A sketch of the life of Coe Finch Austin. Mem. Torrey Bot. 

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1687. Detmer, Wilhelm. Ernst Stahl, seine Bedeutung als Botaniker und seine Stel- 

 lung zu einigen Grundproblemen der Biologie. [Ernst Stahl, his importance as a botanist and 

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 The introduction deals briefly with the education and personality of Christian Ernst Stahl, 

 but the bulk of the paper is devoted to a detailed review of his work, including both the results 

 of his invest'gations in various fields, and his opinions on such questions as vitalism and 

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1688. Dixon, H. N. Robert Braithwaite (1824-1917). Jour. Botany 56: 23-25. 1918.— 

 An appreciation of the scientific work of Dr. Braithwaite, especially in bryology. His herba- 

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