THE ILLUSTRATION HORTICOLE. 



in the midst of those grand collections which make this 

 ,' 'tnblishinent. rendered'famous by Galileo and Micheli, the 

 first of its kind in Italy. Upon this occasion the Congress 

 will solemnly inaugurate the monument erected in one of 

 the halls of the Museum in memory of P. B. Webb, the 

 learned illustrator of the Canary Islands, who so generously 

 contributed to the enrichment of the botanical collections 

 by the legacy of his herbarium and library and the esta- 

 blishment of a fund for enlarging and keeping the said 

 collections. This ceremony will be all the more interesting 

 as Sabin Berthelot, the father of French Botanists and the 

 active companion and fellow-labourer of the departed Webb, 

 will, although upwards of fourscore years of age, leave his 

 peaceful home in Teneriffe and brave the discomforts and 

 fatigue of the sea-voyage in order to be present. Already 

 a great number of the most distinguished botanists of 

 Europe have signified their intention of taking part in the 

 Congress, and everything tends to strengthen the belief 

 that this gathering, favoured by special circumstances, will 

 be really fruitful in beneficial results. 



By the desire of several i< 

 Committee have consented t 

 tion of demands for space t 

 theless, seeing the large in 

 Committee strongly urge U] 

 of space who have not yet ma 

 delay. 



All countries, including tl 

 sented at the Exhibition, i 

 already been announced froi 

 other parts of America, ae 

 Sweden, etc., etc. Belgium i 

 of Horticulture, have worthi 

 large number of exhibitors 

 competition in the principal 



The Dutch Government pi 



exhibitors, the Executive 

 id the time for the recep- 



end of February. Never? 



already registered, the 

 1 those persons desirous 

 lication, to do so without 



. Ib-a/il and 

 sia, Greece, 



i^ie ground 



the 





Schimmelpenninck ofN 

 the interests of the Ex 



call a very 

 enter for 



the Count 

 furthering 



CULTURE OF AMARYLLIS PIloCKi; 



As recently observed by M. Andre, ever since this plant 

 was first introduced into Europe, the imported plants have 

 rarely flowered a second time. They have been sent principally 

 from Brazil in an adult stage, with the inflorescence already 

 formed, which, from the suffering caused by the voyage, was 

 soon put forth. Afterward be plants bare- 



ly making a few leaves each year, not to speak of showing 

 their beautiful lilac flowers again. In this way the numerous 

 plants we have had at La Muette have behaved up till this 



Remembering this disadvantage, we altered our course 



of treatment, and 

 following manner. 



We wintered the 1 

 perate house. On tl 

 the open air, placing 

 garden. Particular c 

 to let them face in 

 the house, in order 

 vature, which the 



llowe 



ill,: 



BIBLIOGRAPHY 



De Candolle, of whic 



The necessity of general works of descriptive Botany has always 

 been recognized from Theophrastus to the present day. Early botanists 

 published Encyclopaedias comprising all that was known at their 

 respective periods of plants and their properties. But it soon became 

 necessary to study special subjects and divide the work. 



'ere the learned treatises of Dodonaaus, 



Ray and others. Then came the great 



artificial system of classification, and 



nenclature. The Species 



~~~. .-■ i— » i.uoj contains fewer than 6000 briefly described 



specs. Wildenow, Roemer and Schultes, Sprengel, Dietrich and Pet 



abbreviated style. Matters went on thus until 



t Augustin-Pyramus De Candolle conceived the 



svhich should contain detailed descrip- 



s everlasting method of binominal i 

 n(hw 



i followed i 



nighty project of a Systema, 



period from twei 

 wagave 





