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C. anemonoides, Clusii, lUtorale, and Peakeanum) ; 4. C. hederafolium 

 (probably including C. gracmii), this is the so-called British species; 

 5. C. vermtm (including C. repandum). 



Selections of species suitable for different horticultural purposes are 

 given in an appendix, and an excellent index concludes the book; 

 there is also a well-written account of a short tour in the Swiss Alps, 

 undertaken to collect the flowers of which the author is so great a 

 lover. We congratulate him on having produced a very satisfactory 

 volume about them. 



The CMivalion of the Chinchonas, or Peruvian Baric Trees in Java. By 

 K. W. VAN GoRKOM, Superintendent of the Plantations (with 

 Notes by C. Hasskakl). Translated from the German. Printed 

 for Her Majesty's Stationery Office. London: 1870. Pp. (53. 



As early as 1829 Reinwardt, De Vriese, Blume, and others called 

 the attention of the Dutch Government to the desirability of cultivat- 

 ing the Chinchonm in Java, in order to counteract the anticipated failure 

 of the supplies of South Anurican Barks through the reckless destruc- 

 tion practised by the caHcarilleros (bark gatherers), — a destruction 

 amply confirmed by AVcddell and Delondre. Mulder suggested even 

 an expedition to South America, and Textor was actually engaged 

 for the purpose but in consequence of his unexpected death the matter 

 fell through. In 1851 De Vricsci, who took a lively interest in econo- 



