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plenty of patience, and a good grasp of detail. He was essentially a 

 countrynian in his sympathies and, at any rate when I first knew 

 him, like Ironbeard, * hated the narrow town and all its fashions ' ; 

 but his acquaintance with other countries and peoples, combined with 

 natural good sense, counteracted any tendency towards insularity of 

 view. Personally, he was a modest, genial, kindly man, and won the 

 respect and affection of all who knew him." 



SHOET NOTES. 



Page-heading of Periodicals. I have read with much interest 

 your recent article on page-headings of periodicals ( Journ. Bot. 1917, 

 28S), and am glad to note that the matter is attracting some atten- 

 tion. It sometimes happens that good ideas are put into effect in 

 out-of-the-way parts of the world before they are generally accepted 

 in more advanced communities. The question of topography, arrange- 

 ment of data, etc., in printed matter has long claimed my attention, 

 and if you will take the trouble to examine the recent volumes of the 

 Philippiiie Journal of Science, you will find that it is at least 

 abreast of the times, if not in advance of most botanical publications 

 in the matters you discuss. We give on alternate pages the title of 

 the publication and title of article with name of the author, supple- 

 mented by the volume, number, and year ; I should add actual date 

 of issue, but the actual work of printing is subject to so many inter- 

 ruptions on account of the amount of work necessary for other 

 Departments, that it is impracticable to add this to each number, and 

 so the actual dates of issue are indicated on the back of the title-page 

 of each volume. Further, the name of the publication, volume, year, 

 and number is indicated in the upper right-hand corner of each new 

 article, as I'eprint-covers are frequently removed by their recipients. 

 Since Mr. Burkill has been in Singapore, I note that he has insti- 

 tuted a similar innovation in the ^journal of the Straits Branch, 

 Royal Asiatic Society. 



Your criticism of the indices to the numbers of the Pflanzenreich 

 is well taken ; but won't somebody write a criticism of the methods 

 of citing this publication ? There is absolutely no uniformity in 

 this, and the Grerman authors themselves do not appear to under- 

 stand what is intended for the volume number ; I do not know what 

 is intended myself, but the only thing that is uniform for the series 

 is the serial number which is printed only on the covers. The 

 references to the Pflanzenfamilien might be interpreted as volume 

 numbers, but this would be a most cumbersome proceeding, and it 

 fails in Warnstorf's treatment of the Sphaynacece. On the whole, 

 this is one of the most horrible examples from the standpoint of 

 bibliographic citation that I am acquainted with ! — E. D. Merrill, 

 Bureau of Science, Manila. 



Alopecurus ^qualis Sobolewski, Fl. Petropol. p. 16 (1799), 

 In Bull. Herb. Boiss. 1907, p. 396, Schinz & Thellung propose this 

 name, to displace A.fulvus Smith, Enylish Botany, t. 1467 (June 

 1805), current in all floras for over a century ; and the name has 

 been actually adopted in the last edition of the London Catalogue, 



