BOOK-NOTES, NEWS, ETC. 819 
Tue same number of the Bulletin contains an article on the 
important question of ‘Orchid Nomenclature,’ in the course of 
that ‘‘the absence on extraneous duties of those who work during 
prescribed official hours is contrary to the regulations of the Civil 
ice 
relaxed; and that Mr. Baker, Mr. Nicholson, and Mr. Dewar, all of 
the Kew staff, will take part in the R.H.S. Conference which 
meets at Chiswick at 2 p.m. on Oct. 6-8. 
Tue most important part of the Conference, from a botanical 
point of view, will be that devoted to Conifers. This will be opened 
sa day, Veitch, G. Nicho ; ie aillie, and 
thers will read papers. On the 8th, Prof. Balfour will preside, 
and papers will be re: by Prof. Marshall Ward and others. It is 
an interesting one. We are informed that the Secretary of the 
-H.58. will gladly forward cards of invitation on application— 
address, 117, Victoria Street, S.W. 
Tue Daily Graphic stands in urgent need of a botanical editor. 
-On September 15th it figured a group of Sarracenias as “orchids 
raised in the Dublin Botanic Gardens”; and in the issue of Sept. 
23rd, in an account of what seems to have been a very poor show 
whi lookin ¢ th 
absolute safety”; of ‘‘Cypredium,” and the like. is carelessness 
or ignorance (or both) is inexcusable in a paper of recognised 
position. 
Mr. Dyer, the Director of Kew Gardens, has received the 
honorary degree of Doctor of Philosophy from the Imperial 
Leopoldine-Caroline Academy. 
