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to the present day. A brief account of the paintings and of the 

 artists has been printed and is in the room. From it we learn that 

 Yarelst, a native of Antwerp, essayed the portrayal of human beings, 

 but failed signal ty. It would, however, be difficult to surpass the 

 beauty and accuracy of his blue Ocntiana acaulis in this series. 

 Most of the artists here represented are known only for flower- 

 painting, although Thomas Stothard is a noteworthy exception. It 

 is interesting to see the high degree of artistic merit achieved by men 

 who began with a botanical knowledge of their subjects, whether 

 gardeners at Kew, such as George Bond and Thomas Duneanson, or 

 botanists such as Sir William Hooker and Sir Joseph Hooker. The 

 superb work of Redoutte [sic], Avho has been termed the Raphael of 

 flowers, and of Ehret, who drew for Linnaeus and for Sloane, is 

 no doubt better represented elsewhere ; but it would be difficult to 

 excel the accuracy of John Traherne Moggridge's Riviera orchids or 

 the graceful charm of Marie [Maria Sibilla] Merian's polyanthuses. 

 Nothing in the collection surpasses, in our opinion, the three little 

 drawings of our British butterworts painted by Susan Lecky in 

 1860." 



The Transactions of the British Mycological Society for 1920 

 (published 15 July) contains an account of the Minehead Foray by 

 Mr. John Ramsbottoin, who also contributes a note on the organism 

 known as " Californian Bees " : the Mycetozoa and Lichens of the 

 Minehead district are dealt with by Miss Lister and Mr. H. H. 

 Knight respectively : a new genus — Cytotriplospofa — of " Fungi 

 Imperfecti," based on specimens on fir trees from Oxshott Woods, 

 Surrey, is described by Dr. Bayliss Elliott and Helena C. Chance : 

 other new or interesting species are described by Dr. Malcolm Wilson 

 and Messrs. Carleton Rea, A. A. Pearson, and H. Bourdot. Mr. Paul- 

 son writes on "The Sporulation of Gronidia in the Thallus of JEvernia 

 prunastri (with plates) ; Mr. T. Whitehead " On the Life History 

 and Morphology of Urocystis Cepirfce," also with plate ; Mr. T. 

 Petch has a long paper on " Fungi parasitic on Scale Insects " 

 camouflaged under the title " Presidential Address," and the first 

 portion of " Studies in Entomogenous Fungi." Mr. Reginald Buller, 

 of the University of Manitoba, contributes a short but remarkable 

 paper " Upon the Ocellus Function of the Subsporangial Swelling of 

 Piloholus " which formed the subject of an address delivered at the 

 Linnean Society on June 1G to which reference is made on p. 20G of 

 our July number. 



The Observer for some weeks published notes on the occurrence 

 of the Lizard Orchis in Kent, which is evidently more frecpient than 

 is usually supposed. In the issue for August 21, Mr. A. D. Webster 

 states that it " grows wild in some quantity in private grounds not 

 far from Dover," and Mr. C. B. Tabourdin writes from 86 Manor 

 Road, Wallington : " There is no doubt of the existence of the Lizard 

 Orchid in East Kent during this and recent years. Three specimens 

 from that district have been sent to me this year, and I have heard 

 of others. It may interest your readers to know that it has occurred 

 in recent years in southern Sussex from east to west. I have also 

 heard of a specimen in Essex during the last few years. I will only 



