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determined to recast the work and to supply certain deficiencies, especially in 
dates of publication and in Scandinavian literature, bringing the work down to 
the beginning of the twentieth century as a point of departure for future investi- 
gations. 
The original was unfortunate in usually omitting the dates of publication of 
species; the prospectus announces that in the second edition this lack will be sup- 
plied. Y et the second fascicle (which alone has just reached us) shows many 
failures to carry out this laudable intention. Nomina nuda (admitted in the first 
edition in hope of proper publication!) will be rigorously excluded, it is said, but 
the Index will include besides described species and those issued in numbered 
exsiccati, species ‘‘existant dans les grands herbiers publiques (Kew, British 
Museum, Paris, etc.) ott on peut les consulter.” The latter have no place in such 
a work and should be as rigorously excluded as other nomina nuda. 
The author of so important a bibliographical work should have adopted a 
consistent system of citation and adhered to it rigidly. Much space might have 
been saved and greater clearness attained by attention to such details. Refer- 
ences “Joc. et op. cit.’ are maddening because they compel the users to hunt back 
for the last.citation often some lines back and not prominent enough to catch the 
eye readily. Even with its faults the revision of this indispensable Jndex will be 
greatly appreciated. We trust the publisher will take due pains to make its dress 
accurate and worthy of this valuable work. It is to be issued in monthly fascicles 
of which about 25 will be needed.—C. R. B. 
Wiesner and his school. 
THE PERSONALITY of a great investigator is very properly recognized upon 
festal days by his associates and pupils. Hofrat Professor Dr. WIESNER founded 
in 1873 the institute for plant physiology in University of Vienna, and upon the 
occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of his professorship his many pupils have 
united in congratulations, and a F estschrijt® has been prepared by three of them, 
which takes the form of a contribution to the history of botany. After a congratu- 
latory introduction by Dr. Hans Motisc# it consists of two parts. In the first is 
a bibliography of WresNER’s writings, which number 213 titles extending over 
fifty years (1854-1903), and a running summary of his contributions to various 
subjects, classified so as to facilitate ready reference. As a second part there isa 
bibliography of 157 titles and a similar résumé of the work by his pupils which 
has issued from this institute. The first part was prepared by Dr. Lupwic 
LinsBaver of the Imperial Gymnasium and Dr. Kar LiysBaveEr of the Insti- 
tute (Professor Wiesner’s assistant), and the second by Count LEOPOLD VON 
PortHeErM, of the Biologische Versuchsanstalt recently established in the Prater. 
o LinsBaver, K., LinsBaver, L., and PortHEIM, LEOPOLD R. von, Wiesner 
und seine Schule; ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Botanik. Festsc : pp 
dreissigjahrigen Bestandes des pflanzenphysiologischen Institutes der Wiener Univer- 
sitét. Mit einem Vorwort von Prof. Dr. Hans Mouiscu. 8vo. pp. xviii +260. Wien: 
Alfred Hélder. 1903. 
