19211 TUCKER, BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES. II 237 



in each lieferung have been ascertained, with the exception of lieferungen 

 6 and 16, in which cases, though actual dates are not found, there is very 

 little doubt of the correctness of the dates attributed to them in the fol- 

 lowing note: 



Abth. 1 



Lief. 1 pp. 1-32 1889 



a n (( 



2 " 33-56 1889 



<( O Ci 



3 " 57-80 1890 



(( J c< 



4 " 81-96 1890 



(( ^ a 



<< 



5 " 97-128 1891 



6 " 129-152 1892 (possibly 1891) 



<( rv << 



7 " 153-176 1892 



<< n a 



8 " 177-200 1893 



Abth. 2 



Lief. 9 pp. 1-16 1893 



" 10 " 17-40 1894 



" 11 " 41-64 1895 



^'12 " 65-88 1895 



" 13 " 89-112 1896 



" 14-15 " 113-148 1897 



Abth. 3 



Lief. 16 pp. 1-24 1898 (probably) 



" 17 " 25-48 1898 



' 18 " 49-72 1899 



" 19 " 73-96 1899 



" 20 " 97-140 1899 



The work is illustrated by 342 figures in the text and 60 beautiful 

 colored plates from original paintings by W. Liepoldt, the whole forming 

 one of the best books on the trees and shrubs of central Europe in their 

 relation to culture and forestry. 



Siebold, P. F. von. Flora japonica. 



In the Gardeners^ Chronicle for 1867 is a sketch of the life of Philipp 

 Franz von Siebold written by his friend, Professor Oudemanns, of Am- 

 sterdam, which forms an interesting introduction to his "Flora Japonica,'* 

 and to this, chiefly, we are indebted for the following note: 



In 1823 Siebold accompanied the Dutch embassy to Japan as physician 

 and naturalist. Upon his arrival there he was compelled, like all other 



foreigners, to confine his explorations to the vicinity of Dezima, to which 

 he refers in his "Flora Japonica" as the "Eldorado of the Hollanders." 

 Soon, however, in consequence of his reputation as a man of science, he 

 acquired more freedom, the Japanese flocked to learn of him and from 

 them in turn he obtained the best and most reliable information respecting 

 the political, historical and geological features of a countr^^ then com- 



