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1717. Jacob, Joseph. "The compleat gardener's practice." I-II. Garden 84: 6-7, 20-21. 

 1920.— A very rare book by "Stephen Blake, gardener," London, 1664. Nothing is known of 

 him save what may be learned from this book, which is especially interesting for its vernacular 

 names of plants, now mostly obsolete and many of them unrecognizable on account of Blake's 

 erratic spelling. [See also Bot. Absts. 8, Entries 1656, 1674.]— M. F. Warner. 



1718. Jacob, Joseph. Orange thyme. Garden 83: 111. 1919.— After an exhaustive 

 search this herb was found listed in The Modern Gardener or Universal Kalendar, published 

 from the manuscript of Thomas Hitt by James Header in 1771.— A eil E. Stevens. 



1719. Jacob, Joseph. Some tales of the tulip. Garden Mag. 32: 23-35. Illus. 1920.— 

 Reference is made to the literature of the tulip mania in Holland (1635-1637), such as 

 T'Samenspraecken tusschen Waermondt ende Gaergoedt, published by Adriaen Roman at 

 Haarlem in 1637. The tulip has made a place for itself in general literature as well, for in- 

 stance Addison's letter to the Tatler, Aug. 31, 1710, Edward Young's Universal Passion, 1725, 

 and Jean de la Bruyere's Characters, originally published in 1688 and often translated into 

 English. The Hortus Floridus of Crispin de Pas, 1614, is also mentioned, and the first tulip 

 monograph, Le Floriste Francois by La Chesnee Monstereul, which was printed at Caen in 

 1654. One of the illustrations is a reproduction of the title-page of the latter which was 

 printed at Rouen in 1658 and added to the original work. Other more modern literature is 

 mentioned, concluding with the important historical study, Weizen und Tulpe, of Solms- 

 Laubach, published in 1899.— M. F. Warner. 



1720. Jacob, Joseph. Tulip tittle-tattle.— An early reference to tulip fanciers. Garden 

 84: 525. 1920.— Sir Thomas Browne, in his Garden of Cyrus, or the Quincunciall Lozenge, 

 mentions the tulip, and gives marginal references to the works of Lauremberg and Petrus 

 Hondius, whose Dapes Inemptae (probably published about 1619), records and disapproves 

 the growing taste for tulips; while Lauremberg uses the word "Tulipomania" in 1632, 3 years 

 before the time of the mania in Holland.— M. F. Warner. 



1721. Jaggli, Mario. L'attivita scientifica di Alberto Franzoni. [The scientific activity 

 of Alberto Franzoni.] Boll. Soc. Ticinese Sci. Nat. 1919: 11-18. 1919.— An address delivered 

 at Locarno on November 19, 1916, is here reported. The speaker calls attention to the impor- 

 tant work of Alberto Franzoni as a botanical explorer in southern Switzerland and gives a 

 description of his herbarium. The latter contains about 5500 phanerogams and over 1000 

 cryptogams, themossesbeingparticularly well represented.— A. W. Evans. 



1722. Johnson, D. S. The Cinchona tropical botanical station again available. Science 

 51:235-236. 1920. 



1723. KiLLERMANN, S[ebastian]. Von einigen peruanischen Neueinfiihrungen in unseren 

 Garten um 1600. [Regarding some Peruvian introductions into our gardens about 1600.] Nat- 

 urwiss. Wochenschr. N.F., 19: 369-373. 1920.— The sun flower {Helianthus annuus L.), 

 four o'clock {Mirabilis Jalapa L.), and passion flower {Passiflora sp.)— Neil E. Stevens. 



1724. KiLLERMANN, S[ebastian]. Zur alteren Geschichte der Orchideen. [On the early 

 history of the orchids.] Naturwiss. Wochenschr. N.F., 19: 351-357. 1920— Early literature 

 on orchids is cited. The discussion deals with the classification rather than the culture or 

 introduction of these plants. — iVei7 E. Stevens. 



1725. KtJsTER, Ernst. Alhertus Magnus und Goethe. Naturwissenschaften 6: 137- 

 139. 1918.— Goethe's debt to the writings of Albertus de Bollstadt, or Albertus Magnus 

 (13th century). — Neil E. Stevens. 



1726. KusTER, Ernst. Einige alte Gallenbilder. [Some ancient illustrations of galls.] 

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 originally published in the 15th and 16th centuries, are reproduced and discussed.— iVez7 E. 

 Stevens. 



