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introduction. I have only seen specim ens from the West rane th im 
Yorkshire. H. v m var. sciaphilum (if correct y nam 
p. 123) ian also probably been only introduced by the railway. 
To bring this notice to an end, it should be mentioned that the 
All 
British botanists will congratulate the author on the admi or 
pea of his nine years’ work in the preparation of a model county 
ora. 
Freperic N, Wiis. 
Index Kewensis Plantarwn Phaner. ep tin Supplementum Secundum 
Nomina et Synonyma omnium Generum et Specierum ab initio 
Botanict Kewensis Curatores. O.vonii e Prelo Clarendoniano 
MDoecccIv. Abama—Leucocoryne. Price 12s. net. 
Tue value of Mr. B. D. Jackson’s work on the Index Kewensis 
hose w 
of errors of various kinds than in the original; in this second sup- 
plement, in which he has had no share, their juiniitbel appears to 
have increased. 
ut posterity, reading the ‘“‘monitum " to the present instalment, 
will be inclined to ask whether we are right in attributing to Mr. 
Jackson the lion’s share in this most useful erage This tells 
bs that the Index * studio virorum apud Hortum Kewensem ipsum 
rebus botanicis versatorum, necnon adiumento cl. J. D. Hooker 
ot B. D. Jackson esset confectus et in usum publicum editus.” It 
seems strange that the names of these “vires versatores”’ are not 
given; and that the ‘‘adiumentum”’ of Mr. Jackson should oldsha 
ast in acknowledgement: surely this is a case where the last should 
be first? For, the Director of Kew notwithstanding, we prefer to 
adhere to the genie account of the compilation of the work: that 
it was raids by Mr. Jackson with the aid of a staff of clerks, 
none whom were ‘“ on rebus botanicis versatorum,” under the 
peat of Sir Joseph Hooker, who revised the manuscript, read 
io 
the most satisfactory part of the book. When the Index appeared, 
we protested* against the lettering on the cover—‘t Hooker and 
Jackson "—as misleading and inaccurate; why Mr. Jackson’s shales 
in the matter should now be further minimized, we are at a loss to 
understand. We can only hope that ne heed tet intended by 
Mr. Jackson for the Index will in due perhaps with the too- 
long-delayed concluding part of ie Fint ’ Supplement—appear; 
such an introduction, as we have before remarked, is e: essential to 
is Journ. Bot. 1895, 846 
