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known as the father of the neo-American school of nomenclature": 

 **a learned botanist of Turin, Italy, wrote sorrowfully after death had 

 claimed this master that the last great American scholar was gone 

 and no others would reach his heights, since no others, in the breatli- 

 less haste of the age, would perpetuate his methods." The following 

 paragraph, which we transcribe textually, will we think justify our 

 contention that the writers zeal for Greene's memory is hardly 

 according to (botanical) knowledge :— 



"His stern and uncompromising attitude in seeking good Latin 

 names for new species, at least had the effect of discouraging the 

 prevalent American habit, characterized by calling a beautiful llower 

 discovered in the great Nation.il Park, Yellowst^niensis. It is his 

 distinct triumph, and throws a clear light on his phenomenal talents, 

 that he discovered and published more than live thousand new species 

 to which he gave sonorous classic Latin names. L.itin, such as Cicero 

 and Horace used, yet luminously descriptive in ev.'ry essential of the 

 ]dant named. No one can look upon a bed of those sprightly blossoms 

 which he discovered and called viola Icete virens without a reverent 

 iippreciation of the master's genius. Other names given in the viola 

 family, equally felicitous, are latiuscula, prionosepala septentrionaJis 

 and nephrophijlla. There are scores of others given to the delphi- 

 nium, ranunculus^ senecio, rosa and aniennaria which he discovered, 

 which have compelled the admiration of the scientific world [!]. A 

 plant made known by him in his early years in the far West is thi 

 eschscholtzia, the Californian poppy. It lifts a golden cup in millions 

 A)i gardens today, and for those who know it is one of the enduring 

 monuments to the memory of this gentle naturalist." 



The Kew Bulletin issued in October (nos. 4-5) is manily occupied 

 h\ a monograph of the Indian and Eastern species of Strt/chnos, by 

 Mr. A. W. Hill. Seventy-seven species, many of which are new, are 

 described, to which are added '' species non satis notae," bringing the 

 number up to ninety-two. The history of the Linnean S. colubriiia 

 and S. Nux-voniica is elaborated at much length; with the latter an 

 allied species, which Mr. Hill describes as S. JS^ux-hlanda^ has been 

 generally confused. The jjaper, which includes a number of useful 

 iigures from drawings by Miss M. Smith, is an important contribution 

 to our knowledge of the genus. 



At the meeting of the Linnean Society on Nov. 1, a paper on 

 " The Germination of Iris Bseudacorus in Normal and Abnormal 

 Conditions " was read by Lieut.-Col. J. H. TuU. He criticized the 

 remarks on the subject made b^'^ Mr. T. A. Dymes at tlie meeting of 

 the Society on Nov. 80, 1916, of which a summary will be found on 

 ]). JiO of our present volume, pointing out that the conditions under 

 which the seeds used by Mr. l3ymes were expected to germinate were 

 not normal, although his results were correct. The writer's experi- 

 ments tend to show tliat the Iris ])roduces in mud and shallow water 

 seedlings which are normal and healthy. 



In addition to the })aper summarized on p. 334 the last Report 

 of the Winchester Scbool Natural History Society includes a list of 

 additions to the local tlora which contains more misprints than we have 

 ever seen in so small a contribution (" Galium nicome " baffles us), 

 and a long jKinigrapli recording aliens -" C^uite a new discovery for 



