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the usage of Engler aa Prantl. ‘This combination gives, it 
is believed, the maxi of definiteness with the minimum of 
change,” We are nary that Mr. B. L. Robinson and his friends 
are thus adopting the standard which we have always advocated 
with regard to the specific name. In the specimen list of Ericacee 
given, Calluna vulgaris ‘‘ Salisb.” must give place, e, by the application 
of the rule, to Calluna Erica DC. (Fl. France. iii. 680 (1805) ), as 
eta = no specific name to the plant he took as the type 
of his 
e “botanical” portion is conspicuous its absence. The 
volume of the Kew Bulletin Sn 1898 is still unfinished; but the 
“Additional Series” has just received a weighty addition in 
the shape of a “ ee i the “hibes ary of the Royal Botanic 
Gardens.” This we hope to notice in our next issue. 
In the April number of the Bulletin Mensuel des nouvelles publi- 
cations frangaises, the essay on T'radescantia by Prof. A. Gra ei 
reviewed in our last i issue, is classed under ‘‘ poianees eg saseain 
ar ee fe The ae of Nature [we presume the 
Sesindlat so 0 called i 1s Meant] are about to issue a special Reprint 
popular. As i in the former editions, all the illustrations 
We trust this does not mean that the 
who is to edit the — a 
be Bier up to dat 
t the EEEES meeting of the Linnean Society on May 
odin, de gold medal of the Society was presented to Mr. J. G. 
Baker E.R. va + in jo eememoration of his distinguished services to 
botanical scien 
Tue first pa of vol. ii. of the Catalogue of Welwitsch’s African 
Plants has just bee n issu contains the ag a and 
Gymnosperms, whieh have og sleboraiat U y Mr. RB 
