280 BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF BRITISH AND IRISH BOTANISTS. 
to know that I found the plant scattered over about half an acre of 
ground, sufficiently abundant to give at a distance quite a purple 
hue to the asa in places from the spikes of flower. — Cecm H. 
Se. Per 
‘access RHAMNOIDES IN Somerset (p. 249).—There is no need 
to go as far as Stert Point to explain the origin of this shrub on 
Burnham Sandhills. It has been planted in considerable quantity 
on land adjoining the Lighthouse,—close to the Links,—and has 
also been introduced at one or two other spots not far off. H. 
, five year 
sandy “on petlide the sete fgiellisinaes ve the ions — 
Davip 
NOTICES OF BOOKS. 
A Biographical Index of British and seg gee By James 
Britren S. Bouterr, F.L.8. 8vo, pp. xv, 188. 
London: West, Newman & Co. 1898. Price 6s. 6d. net. 
persons interested in the history of botany and of the 
a of these islands, but more especially nds actively 
ed t istori il 
this is not merely a reprint. Saying nothing of the “ business” 
difficulties attending the reproduction of a work of this kind, which 
after all does not very directly appeal to a large number of the 
community; let anyone verify the references in one paragraph, 
and he will then be in a much better position to appreciate the 
m 
shortcomings. As is stated in the preface, the original ae in th 
Journal of Botany acti’ 1619 names, occupying 148 pages, 
whereas in its present form it contains 1825 names, covering 188 
pages; so that there are considerable extensions as well as additions. 
of persons who are not within easy distance of a good library, but 
: should be veinionsbcbea it only professes to be a finger-post. The 
rs say ‘it is intended mainly as a guide to further information, 
aig not as a bibliography or biography. We have been liberal in 
including all who have in any way contributed to the eg of 
Botany, who have made scientific collections of plants or have 
otherwise assisted directly in the progress of Botany, exclusive of 
pure Horticulture. We have not, as a rule, included t who 
were merely patrons of pair nits or those known only as contributing 
details to a local Flora.” From this paragraph it is clear 
