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Two years afterwards tlie genus Meconopsis was dealt with bv 

 Dr. P. Eedde in tlie Pflanzenreich* This authoritative revision, 

 though published in 1909, does not bring our knowledge of the 

 species beyond 1906; from a footnote under the key to the species 



it seems nnssihlp tlin+ flio i^n-nr.ivi^^-n'U \^ +L« pj7,.^-v«^^^v„7, \^^a 



monograph in the Pfl, 



i 



com 



inevitable. The more important in this case may be mentioned. 

 In the Fflanzenreich it is suggested that Cathcartia, Hook, f., 

 should perhaps be included in Meconopsis; the reduction has 

 not, however, been effected. In the Fflanzenreich, too, the sec- 

 tions of the digest m the Annals of Botany are treated as sub- 

 genera, while the groups of allied species indicated in the same 

 place are treated as sections. In one case, what was considered 



'fi' 



specimen issued bv "V\ 



1 "r-^^"^^-" ii=s.ucu uy vv allien in i.QOK} wiinoui; a 



specihc name has been included in one species by Dr. Fedde, in 

 another by the writer. , 



^ During the decade 1894-1904 the interest taken by cultivators 

 m the genus Meconopsis had been mainly confined \o the Hima- 

 ayan forms. About 1903 a number of Chinese ones previously 



^.+^°''^'^.^^''^'''^^^^^^ introduced, and the old interest in 

 certain Indian species became transformed into something 



?bS •^I'^'^V''^'^ ^"^^^^^ g^^^^s ^« ^ ^-l^ole. This en- 

 t^ZT^J\}^^^^ responsible for the marked increase in our 



1907 1 r TT ^'''- ""^ ""^'/"^ ^^^^ ^""^'^'^ Pl^^ce during the decade 

 enthusiasm trtr''^' 1 ^^°? '■'^}''^^ ^^^^ first-fruits of that 

 mentTf tZvhi/^^/^ '^'''^^•>' ^«^^ ^^^^ ^ succinct state- 



field and f^,S "'^' ^^^? ^^*5^^^^^^ f^^t^e^ observation in the 



what has h^oT f P^"^r^ in the garden. Some conception of 

 wWas the Xw'^r ^""M}^^^^^ from the circumstance that 

 4 '^f thfs nZt • ^l^^«i^'!,^inown in 189G was 23 and in 1906 



necessary once more to provide 1 ^th.^^'Z^;,^:i- 



suilest?on o^Dr fV irr^^^ ',r' ''^''''''' ^' ^^"-^ ^^r to the 

 peS:;tbeL^ ;d'^'Tt tiS^ and C..7.«..-a might, 

 sun'o.e«tion an/l tl!r..„ ■ 's much to be said m favour of the 



thJr. wrL °909 °"'" *" '"' "S^-d oa its hehalf now than 



pJi:.'iS:™?';:j'/t "«-^ «- aeliuutatio„ of ,.e„era in 



office. Bentha; and HcXV jr+S T'"*' illustration „.ay 



auu noouer_ m the Genera Phmiarum, havi- 



• Tin, Pflanzenreich. 40 ^^(tAJY^V^Z^^^^T^, 



