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Death has been very busy among the botanists : the names of 

 Henri Baillon, William Crawford Williamson, Frederick Kitton, 

 Daniel G. Eaton, Julien Deby, and Jules Vesque have lately been 

 added to the great roll of the departed. We hope to give details 

 regarding some, at any rate, iu future numbers. 



The third part of Dr. Trimen's Flora of Ceijlun has just ap- 

 peared, bringing the enumeration of species down to the end of 

 BiilcmopJwmcecB. We shall have more to say of it later. 



The exhibition of the British Flora in the Natural History 

 Museum has lately received a considerable addition, another stand 

 with swinging frames, containing about half of the smaller forms of' 

 Fungi, having been added to those already in position. The Fungi 

 now mounted and exhibited continue the series begun by Mr. 

 Worthington G. Smith in his drawings of the larger, more eva- 

 nescent forms, and include the UredinetB, Ustila[/inea, Discomycetes, 

 and Phi/cu)iti/cetes. These groups are of especial interest to agri- 

 culturists, as many of the species described are very troublesome 

 forms of plant-disease. Each genus and subgenus is illustrated by 

 a drawing of some typical species in its natural size, or slightly 

 enlarged where it has been found desirable to show the structure 

 and habit of the plant more clearly. The fruit, spores, &c., are 

 represented very much enlarged, and each species is accompanied 

 by a short account of its form, colour, habits, &c. The other 

 groups of Fungi are in course of preparation. 



A NOTE on Kniphof's Bolmiica in Originall in the Bulletin of 

 Miscellaneous Infuniiation is somewhat misleading, and as the same 

 account appears in the Gardeners' Chronicle for Aug. 24th, it may 

 be well to correct it. The writer states that " the Kew copy is 

 probably unique in being coloured" and that " there is no mention 

 of coloured copies by any of the bibliographers." The copy in the 

 Botanical Department of the British Museum is coloured, and it 

 seems extremely doubtful whether any uncoloured ones exist — at 

 any rate Pritzel describes the plates as " tab. fuligine impr. pict."' 

 Briikmann's letter to Kniphof, which, it is stated, is not in the Kew 

 library, is in the Botanical Department. In view of the erratic 

 issue of the Bulletin, it may be well to point out that even the 

 Stationery Office date, to which we referred in this Journal for 

 1894 (p. 180) as affording an accurate statement of the time of 

 publication, is not always to be depended upon. The number 

 bearing at its head "June and July" has the Stationery Office date 

 " 6/95," but did not appear until late in the latter month. Now 

 that so many new African plants are being published almost simul- 

 taneously in several periodicals, it is to be regretted that care is not 

 taken to avoid the confusion which must certainly arise if the 

 various journals are not accurately dated. 



