and Pseudolarix, and sinks Pseudotsuga in Tsuga and 

 Prumnopitys in Podocarpus. 



In 1891 L. Beissner published a Handbuch der Nadel- 

 holzkunde. This was preceded by a Handbuch der 

 Coniferen-Benennung (1887), followed by two supple- 

 ments (1891-2) on Einheitliche Coniferen-Benennung. 

 Beissner deals critically with the numerous natural and 

 garden varieties and hybrids. He has also paid much 

 attention to nomenclature, though he accepts familiar 

 names rather than revive obscure ones on the rule of 

 priority. 



In 1892 the Royal Horticultural Society held a 

 " Conifer Conference," and the papers read thereat form 

 the fourteenth volume of the Journal of the Society 

 This is one of the most interesting volumes issued by the 

 Society, containing a great variety of valuable informa- 

 tion concerning Coniferae, including a general intro- 

 duction and a list of the species cultivated in Great 

 Britain and Ireland, by Dr. M. T. Masters, F.R.S. 



In 1894 H. Baillon (Histoire des Plantes, xii. pp. 1-45) 

 published an account of the order, with a synopsis of, 

 the genera, which he reduced to twenty-four, including 

 Casuarina. He divides the order into eight " series," 

 namely : Taxees, Cupressees, Juniperees, Athrotaxees, 

 Nagelees, Araucariees, Pinees, and Casuarinees. The 

 inclusion of the last is inexplicable, and some changes 

 in nomenclature will not meet with general approval. 

 Belts, Salisb. is revived for Cunninghamia, R. Br. ; 

 Podocarpus, Labill. for Phyllocladus, Rich. ; Agathis, 

 Salisb. for Dammara, Laink., and Nageia, Gaertn. for 

 Podocarpus, L'Herit." 



