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Thomas Cantipratanus, and the results of the comparison he has 

 made of the portions concerning plants in both works leave little 



The £mc7a 



9 and 



The 



doubt in the matter as to the accuracy of this view 

 der Natur is divided into 12 chapters, of which 9 and 10, 

 comprising 55 leaves, deal with trees, shrubs and herbs, 

 recto of two of these leaves bears woodcuts of plants, which, 

 though very rude, are in several instances sufficiently true 

 to nature to admit of their identification. Amongst 



Ranunculus acris, 



the 



herbs delineated are Convallaria majalis, „„ r . 



Gentaurea Gyanus and Viola odorata. It is of interest to draw 

 attention to the fact that the Buck der Natur is the first printed 

 book which contains figures of plants, apart from those which 

 appear in landscapes and arabesques in other works. The dis- 

 tinction of being the first book printed in Germany with figures 

 of plants has been claimed for the extremely rare Herbarius, 

 which was printed at Mainz in 1484, and of which a fine copy, 

 presented by the Bentham Trustees in 1900, is in the Kew Library. 

 1 he farst edition of the Buck der Natur as shown above antedates 

 the Herbarius bv 9 ™ar« 



^.. u „uix i u B uwsiiii\e aiso presented two copies oi nm 



ireesofhreat Britain and Ireland, by H. J. Elwes, F.R.S., and 

 A Henry of which three volumes have so far been issued. 

 Ibis sumptuous work, which will include a full account of all the 



trees indigenous or „ 



dedicated to the King and 

 Sir Will* - ~ 



cultivated in Great Britain and Ireland, is 



preface by 



is provided with 



_ , - -- Thiselton-Dyer. It will consist of six quarto 



Tn * £ ie t f • \ a f om P anied by about sixty plates in collotype. 

 ±0 the botanist, forester and gardener it is a work of the utmost 

 importance. 



W7W?r £?' J ' P V has P rese «ted a copv of the latest edition 

 translated SL v & fa J%** * ses origines, bv H. Christ, 

 edhion t£ t( > French h ? E - Tieche. It is a re-issue of the 1883 



bullion Willi a Rrmr>l*v*vi/^± ~£ tr\m , . , . , £ _ 



consists or a 



with a supplement of 107 



Riiuimiro «t~*wl L~*TT" , ? i " Ui XVI P a ges which consists or a 

 mSe^rin* * g 1 e °; botamcal observations concerning Switzerland 

 of the 2 ll f 8t qUa l er ° f a centur y- Through the kindness 

 Hi^cT^r^!^ *i ^-y * received g a copy of Die 



It 



Bd. xl. 



if ten 



of the Netie 

 Gesellschaft, 



d^ V Ji£ttt^^T VlAOrB » S ° nS ^ MaXlm SeUt a 



with Mr Boodle's renS m JaQUary la8t ; their letter > to ^ ether 

 publication P n ' Seem t0 be of sufficient interest for 







Extract from letter of M *>***«, it- i 



oj Messrs Vtckers, Sons and Maxim to the 



Director of Kew. 

 We are sending you to-dav k» 

 Which has been 8 prepared [ill n °V^ Carriers un 0ak S ^ oke 

 observe that the timC h fn.l % Gn ? 0arria * e Wheel - You wiU 

 and we have never seen ™ wi-« ^, a PPeara to be small buds, 

 the billets of woo<l f P L t * h K ng hke ifc before in oak. We buy 



timber merchants in sections of about 



