30 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 



Sframoniuiu ; but *' Woodbine " will not suggest 'di\ Amjielopsis to 

 English students ; and what is the " Wandering Jew " ? 



The book is well jDrinted and illustrated with text-figures which 

 have necessitated the use of a heavily-claj^ed paper, so that the 

 volume weighs nearly three pounds avoirdupois ! 



Gr. S. BOULOER. 



BOOK-NOTES, NEWS, etc. 



The Annual Report of the Cambridge Botanic Garden pays a high 

 tribute to the work of Mr. R. Irwin Lynch as Curator — a post which 

 he has occupied since 1879 and from which he retired last May on 

 the ground of ill-health. It contains notes on the plants of special 

 interest that have been received or have flowered during the year : 

 under the former heading we note that Strafiofes aloides " has 

 again been introduced into Coe Fen. from Norfolk ; for many years 

 it grew on Coe Fen by introduction from the Rosh^'n Pit, Ely, where 

 the plant now appears to be extinct." We regret that Cambridge 

 should continue to countenance a practice which one would have 

 hoped was confined to one or two irresponsible individuals — Ave say 

 *' continue," because similar action was taken with regard to Lathrcea 

 cJandesfi/ia, which was planted from the Botanical Gardens in a 

 wild-looking spot, and misled an observer to think he had discovered 

 a new British plant (see Journ. Bot. 1908, 128 ; 1910, 79). Further 

 experiments on plant breeding have been carried out by Miss vSaunders 

 on Matthiola iiicana: "A compile series of intermediates has been 

 obtained between the hoary type and the glabrous (Wallflower-leaved) 

 varieties of Matthiola, and the inter-relationships of these forms 

 have been established. A distinguishing feature of all the inter- 

 mediate grades has been found to be the gradual assumption of the 

 characteristic appearance in the course of development in contrast to 

 the constant and uniform appearance exhibited at all stages by the 

 extreme forms. Hence for the identification of the intermediates it 

 is necessary to examine the plants at intervals, whereas the type 

 is recognisable as soon as the plumule is visible." 



Frederick Raine, who was born at Durham, 16 Sept., 1851, 

 died at Hyeres, 21 April, 1919, after a long illness. He went south 

 about thirty j^ears ago, on account of ill-health. He had a fine her- 

 barium of French and other flowering-plants, which he bequeathed to 

 the Natural History Museum, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Raine took 

 great pains in the selection and drying of his botanical specimens, 

 which are remarkably good ; the orchids in particular are a very fine 

 and well-preserved set — he spent much time in their study and was 

 keenly interested in hybrids. Albert and Jahandiez named a new 

 hybrid Ophrys Rainii — (O. arachnites X homhglijlora) — in his 

 honour. A reserved but kindly man, he was ever willing to help 

 English and American visitors to H3^eres with information about 

 local plants and other matters. He could rarely be persuaded to 

 publish any notes, but many of his plant-records appear in the work 

 on the flora of the Department of the Var published in 1908 by 

 Albert and Jahandiez, as well as in the charming volume on Les lies 



