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before me, and not a word of — written.’ Salvius was the 
printer of the Species Plantaru 
Singularly enough, a paragraph on p. 39, dated 1745, is fy 
mentary to a short article in this Journal (August, 1910, pp. 193- 
a charlatan Englishman sacie ‘Blac 
The letters included in this voluine a ‘not go beyond October, 
1755, and are about three hundred in number ; presumably, there- 
fore, a similar volume will ba Secteed. on take in the remainder of 
the Back letters. BED. 
Stapelieen und Kleinien einschliesslich einiger anderer verwandta 
sukkulenten. Von Atwitn Beraer. Verlag von Eugen 
Ulmer in Stuttgart. 
In this book Herr Berger, well-known for his contributions to 
our knowledge of succulent plants, gives descriptions to many 
s garden at La Mortola. More than this, his work on 
the Stapeliee has the nature of a formal monograph, embracing, 
as it does, keys to the various genera and descriptions of all the 
species known at the time of writing, together with the ineyieaite 
oho bape as also a s] rinkling of species new Bee science. 16 
wonder that neatly hres ae and es pages should be 
required to do justice to the subject. ae dealt with the 
Stapeliee, ‘Hert Berger passes on to Ceropegia, not monographing 
this genus, but mecca dt are to pli 0 ag of many of the 
Comirssica belonging to the tribe Senecionidee. nnot 
follow He rger in retaining pitinia a, which sonigrtbed 2 ate 
succulent Senecios, and much less in including in it Notonia, a 
enus with style-arms quite different tise those of dae ane 
fact tion ve too strongly emphasized that certain Seneczoni 
otherwise similar to outward appearance, differ piece in thatt 
ete ria “Othe: for instance, being easily distinguished in 
this way from Senecio, Lopholena from both, and eens 2 o less 
certainly from all three. We therefore think it a aia to 
neglect this u ntly i 
lect seful character, apparent without logical 
significance though doubtles hig genetic import, for 
characters founded merely on habit. This point, however, is of 
no moment to cultivators of succulents, for whom esp wy 
err Berger caters. Some notes on culture, oe ay be ad 
appended and enhance still further the practical aes of the Beak. 
S. M. 
