THE HISTORY OF THE BOTANICAL MAGAZINE lvii 
longer given. From pl. 1 to pl. 5877 the Latin names 
were translated into English, or an English name was 
coined; thus, Solanum venustum is called the “ graceful 
Solanum;” Erythrochiton hypophyllanthus, “ Linden’s 
Erythrochiton ;’’ Arenaria purpurascens, “ Purple Alpine 
Sandwort;” and Dracena cylindrica, ‘Cylindric-spiked 
Draczena.” 
As it is doubtful whether any one of these 5877 English 
names has been generally adopted (or, at least, one of those 
coined in the Magazine, for a few of the plants figured 
possess genuine English names), it was certainly not worth 
while encumbering the text with them. Where they are 
translations or explanations of the meanings of the Latin 
and Greek names, they serve a useful purpose; but from 
the examples cited it will be seen that they are often quite 
arbitrary, and therefore misleading to persons not under- 
standing the botanical names. 
Passing to the hundredth volume (1874) we find it is 
dedicated to Mr. George Maw, who has long been well 
known in the horticultural world as the personal intro- 
ucer of numerous hardy plants, and more recently as the 
author of a descriptive, historical and handsomely illustrated 
monograph of the genus Crocus. Xanthorrhea quadrangu- 
lata (pl. 6075), one of the Grass Gum trees, a type of vegeta- 
tion peculiar to Australia, and Fuchsia procumbens (pl. 
6139), anative of New Zealand, offering one of the problems 
of plant distribution, are plants of special interest in this 
volume. 
Volume 102 is dedicated to Mr. William Thompson, of 
Ipswich, the successful raiser of numerous hardy and half- 
hardy herbaceous plants, many of which embellish the 
pages of the Botanical Magazine ; and the next is devoted 
to Mr. H. J. Elwes, whose magnificent monograph of the 
genus Lilium, illustrated by Fitch, is alone sufficient to give 
him a high place in contemporary horticulture. 
The 104th volume is dedicated to Dr. R. Hogg, and the 
year of its publication, 1878, was an eventful one for the 
Magazine, for W. H. Fitch, severed his connection there- 
with, and the Editor, Sir Joseph Hooker, must have expe- 
rienced something bordering on despair, as it is no easy 
matter to replace a botanical artist, even if you are prepared 
to pay handsomely. A clever painter of flowers may never 
make a good botanical draughtsman, and the botanist has to 
train his artist. I have related to what straits the Editor of 
the Magazine was reduced after Sydenham Edwards left him 
in 1815, and the loss of so eminent a botanical artist as 
