A BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF BRITISH AND IRISH BOTANISTS. 285 
vated in New Granada at that period. As Virginia was the last 
place touched at before reaching England, a confusion as to the 
natives of Tropical or Kastern Asia, but brought home by vessels 
which called at the Cape. The record of Ralei eigh’ s second venture 
was drawn up by. Thoms Hariot, as sa — his name on the 
title-page of his account; but his pelled ‘‘ Haryot,” 
eriot,”’ “‘ Herriott,” and other a diese ‘s seich M. Roze adds 
the impossible “ Hériot.”” In this little volume, one of the ‘‘roots”’ 
found edible was that of the —— ” which some authors have 
unjustifiably identified with the pot 
t is quite possible that aa aid his tubers from this 
expedition, and that James Garret, who was well known to him— 
‘‘ my brother apothecarie,” a ‘‘cur rious searcher of simples’’—should 
have sent a sketch of Gerard’s plant to Clusius amongst his corre- . 
spondence. It is probable that Clusius replied to this, as otherwise 
of Venta Belgarum, the we Winchester. Garret is eprariew: 
by ae in his Historia no less than nine times, always in term 
of commendation and esteem; had he been a fellow- consis, 
n 
he would: doubtless have given a strong hint 
There Sopxooe one ge perhaps ego noticing, that of os 
0 mes use. Potato is well known to have firs 
designated the Sweet t Potato but the Italian name given by Clusiua, 
“ Taratouffli” [= Tartuffol i] became converted into ‘ Tarteuffel ” 
by the Swiss, " ee ” old French, and survives to this day as 
eG ‘°" 
Here we mus siahane the volume before us invites ampler dis- 
oo but our space is exhausted. With this gine to 
B. Daypon 5 ACKSON, 
ames Brirren, F.L.S., and G. 8. Bouncer, 
L.S. London: West, Newman & Co. line pp. 34. Price 
1s. 6d. net. 
Tue size of this work bears no proportion to its usefulness, as 
will be sn when it is stated that it contains more than two hundred 
—223, to be precise—brief biographies of deceased pete ts, in- 
cluding ‘ak only those who died in 1893-97, but a ponanranle 
ber who were someday omitted from the original un 
A Biographical Index of British and Irish Botanists. First Supplement 
(1893-97). E 
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