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verses dealing with the properties of various foods, many of 
which are of vegetable origin. The work is dedicated to Cardinal 
Rearius, and the recto of the first printed leaf bears 16 lines 
by Pomponius Laetus (1425-1498), the Italian humanist, 
celebrated in his day as a teacher, and regarded as the first 
head of a philological school. 
Dr. N. L. Britton has sent the four parts issued during the 
year of the North American Flora; and an interesting collection 
of 26 photographic postcards of views in the New York Botanical 
Garden has been received from Mrs. Britton 
Mr. aiden has continued to present the parts as 
issued of his great work: A critical revision of the genus 
Eucalyptus; no less than 6 parts (44-49) were received from 
him in 1921, in addition to pamphlets. Parts 65-68 of Mr. 
Maiden’s Forest Flora of New South Wales have been presented 
by the Honourable the Secretary of Agriculture, Sydney 
Prof. Hans Schinz has sent 3 more dissertations. They are ; 
Pflanzengeographische Beobachtungen auf einigen schweizerischen 
Hochmooren, etc., by G. Josephy; Pflanzengeographische Studien 
am Obertoggenburg, by M. Vogt; and De l’existence de variéiés 
hétéroploides de UHyacinthus orientalis L. dans les cultures 
hollandaises, by W. E. De Mol. 
From the Secretary of State for India have been received 
The Silviculture of Indian Trees, by R. 8. Troup, a fine workin 
3 volumes, The English Factories in India, 1655-1660, by W. Foster, 
Report of the Indian Cotton Committee, 1919, The Botany of Bihar 
and Orissa, by H. H. Haines, part 2, and The Flora of the 
Presidency of Madras, by J. 8S. Gamble, part 4. A second copy 
of the last named has been presented by Mr. Gamble. 
The Delegates of the Press, Oxford, have presented 11 bound 
copies of the fifth supplement to the Index Kewensis, published 
in August last, and a copy of supplements 1—5, bound together, 
forming vol. iii. of the work 
Lieut.-Col. Sir David Prain’s presentations include Travaux 
du Laboratoire de Matiére médicale de la Faculté de Pharmacie de 
Paris, tome xii., and the continuation of the Berichte der Deutschen 
Botanischen Gesellschaft and of the Bulletin de la Société de 
Botanique de France. Mr. W. J. Bean has presented gardening 
books by S. Mottet, W. Robinson and J. Weathers. A copy of 
Mr. Robinson’s Home landscapes, ed. 2, was presented by the 
author. 
Prof. A. Engler has sent wight zur Flora von Afrika, 
xxxvii-xlviii., reprinted from his Botanische Jahrbiicher, and 
Prot; 3, Fedde vols. iii-xiii. of his Cenarion Specierum 
novarum 
The Sticicey has received as in other years numerous publica- 
tions from botanical, agricultural and other public institutions 
in the British Colonies and Dominions, in India, and in foreign . 
countries, not already mentioned in this note. The Department 
