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correspond with those in his Lzst, and the return to Silene inflata 
Sm. (for S. latifolia of the three recent Catalogues) will delight 
those who object to the disturbance of names long in use. W 
regret that the opportunity was not taken to devote to more useful 
purposes the space occupie y the Ue germ at names”; these, 
however, formed part of the original plan of the book, and Mr, 
ruce has not added to the peg soe involved by manu- 
facturing such names for the 
As we began by saying, the Bolas? s Pocket-Book has stood 
the test of experience; in its new form it cannot fail to extend its 
usefulness, which would we think be further increased if, in its 
next issue, Mr. Druce would add a brief rp in containing 
the names of the principal British and local floras 
venska Staten, ane af Upsala peter ‘Forsta 
china Del iii. Bref till och fran Svenska enskilda 
personer: A—B, utom Bick. Utgifna och med uppl 
noter forsedda af To. M. Fries. Stockholm: Aktiebolaget 
Ljus 1909. 8vo, pp. ii. x 342. 
HE first two volumes of this important work were noticed in 
this Journal for May last (pp. 190, 191). Since then the plan has 
been modified by compressing the four proposed sections into two, 
which ae A be stated as—Sect. I. Letters to and from Swedes, 
account of the many letters written to persons connected with 
the Swedish sietaciasra or to the secretaries of the Swedish 
Academy of 
Many of the letters in the volume now before us are from the 
large collection of Linnean letters in the possession of the Linnean 
Society of London, which are bound in re aman ng order a oad 
names, and still more will follow ond s is 
entered upon. That, however, must ie pis tng a alates pane 
pect, as the volume now under review takes in only the letters 
A and B, excepting, and it is a large exception, those of Linné’s 
close and intimate friend, Archiater Bick. te understand that 
Biick’s letters will well-nigh fill the next volum 
ere are many most interesting details re be learned from 
these newly issued letters. In many cases the epee of oe 
is between old pupils and their setavd teacher, or from othe 
ne in other countries and sen: news home. To wre 
Britain we find delightful little sidelights on eighteenth-century 
sires Betke and Solander are frequently mentioned, Miller 
Lee of Hammersmith scarcely less so. Andreas Berlin, Pehr 
Bjerchén, and J. J. Bjomnatabl, the Orientalist, were correspondents 
communicating these English news, and the how he 
visited Hartecamp, and found the gardens practically in the same 
state as when Linné had charge of them. Clifford’s son was then 
