88 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
into the single genus of whieh the order is composed. We are glad 
nd an English botanist taking part in this important work. The 
last part of Das of iflaweewr eich, issued on Jan. 7, contains the Aceracee 
by Dr. F. Pax; 114 species are described, many of which are new. 
In the ardventd of posterity we venture to suggest the pyre 
. appending signatures to those oo gti in the Gardeners’ Chronicle 
n which new forms are described. In the number for Jan. 4 a new 
enhier of Helichrysum is described id figured, which, we are told, 
“‘may be called H. Gi wlielmt var. Meyeri,” But there i is no means 
of identifying “we’’; and, if the editor is intended, his name is 
alike absent from either the wrappers of the numbers or the title- 
pages of the volumes. We note that in the new Botanisches Central- - 
blatt Mr. Massee occasionally lifts the veil of anonymity which so 
often shrouds the contributors to the Kew Bulletin, but we can but 
think that general convenience would be served by et per an 
author’s name to every paper in which new forms are establishe 
Mr. Pur Cocuraye asks us to insert the following aa 
regarding a ‘‘Garden of British Plants’ which he has established 
d:—‘‘ The garden can be reached from London by the 
ay, thence uli omnibus (or about fifteen minutes’ walk) to 
I comm 
laying it out in Masih. 1899, and have prepared suitable habitats 
by forming pools; rockeries and rooteries [sic]; a peat, and 
a clay fresh-water marsh; a sand, and a clay salt-marsh ; peat, 
chalk, and sand mounds ; nd borders; rustic arches, &c. It 
be 
now contains fully 700 species, labelled first with their English 
names, and then the Latin name and the natural order, ‘thus 
affording a source e instruction and recreation to all who can 
avail themselves of it. But this collection cannot be completed 
and maintained without the assistance of a certain number of sub- 
n 
remainder are urgently needed to ensure the success of the project, 
and to prevent all the money and labour I have spent upon it from 
rane on week-days from 2 p.m. till dusk, and from 8 Jie on 
Sundays, and will give subscribers all information they may require. 
ey can be supplied with a key (ata cost of 6d. ), so that apis Be 
may be obtained at any time for themselves and friends. Studen 
y can be supplied with & pene at 6d. per dozen, An ye 
subscriptions which may be sent to me at 18, Marlowe Road, 
Anerley, S.E., will be thankfully uslitivledaeas” 
We regret to announce the death of Mr. Aurrep W. BENNETT; 
which took place suddenly on Jan. 23rd. 
