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the Treaty of Picolata. On this trip he discovered Franklinia, 

 Pinckneya, Nyssa ogeche, Canna flaccida, and other noteworthy 

 plants. He was accompanied and assisted by his talented son, 

 "Billy," who was destined to become the author of the immortal 

 Travels (1791). 



The record of these achievements appears in the simple, un- 

 varnished diary of 1765-66, preserved at the Historical Society 

 of Pennsylvania and hitherto largely unpublished. The full editorial 

 comments and annotations provide a historical background, identify 

 Bartram's plants and animals, and show his routes in detail by 

 means of both colonial and modern maps. Photographs and draw- 

 ings bring into vivid focus, after a span of nearly two centuries, 

 many of the points of particular interest that were visited by John 

 Bartram. 



Much new light on William Bartram's celebrated Travels 

 (1791) will be forthcoming with the publication, in part 2, of 

 his lengthy manuscript report to his London patron. Dr. John 

 Fothergill. This important document, which has long remained in 

 obscurity in the British Museum, will be a distinct boon to all 

 students of Bartram and of early American natural history. While 

 it covers the same ground as the first part of the book of 1791, it 

 is not a duplicate of that work, but contains much additional 

 information on Bartram's itinerary, his chronology, his scientific 

 and literary qualifications, and the identification of his plants and 

 animals. The work is thoroughly annotated and indexed. The 

 illustrations include the most significant collection of Bartram 

 drawings ever brought together in a single publication. 



Hunter College Harold H. Clum 



New York, N. Y. 



Carnivorous Plants 



The Carnivorous Plants. By Francis Ernest Lloyd, xv -|- 352 pages, 38 

 plates. Waltham, Mass., The Chronica Botanica Co., New York City, E. G. 

 Stechert and Co. 1942. $6.00. 



"For the present moment, I care more about Drosera than the 

 origin of all the species in the world," wrote Charles Darwin, in 

 1860, to his friend Sir Charles Lyell. It is fortunate that he found 

 time to consider both, for his investigations on Dionea, Drosera, 

 and physiologically related plants resulted in the publication of the 



