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of this Order that passed through his hands in a living state, as well 
as work among dried specimens. This volume is of importance to most 
gardeners with a desire to study carefully the families of Narcissus, 
Galanthus, Zephyr anthus, Sternbergia, Hippeastrum, Nerine, Alstroe- 
meria, Crinum, Agave, and their allies. 
" The Handbook of the Bromeliaceae " * followed in 1889. It 
is of less interest to the ordinary amateur, as so few of the genera of 
this Order provide hardy plants. Dyckia, Rhodostachys, and Billbergia 
furnish a species or two worth trying in sheltered corners, but A nanus, 
Tillandsia, Pitcairnia and such require indoor treatment and are not 
in fashion in these days. 
The " Liliaceae " * was only published as separate papers in the 
Journal of the Linnean Society, extending from the eleventh to the 
eighteenth volume, 1870 to 1880. These eight papers, if collected, make 
a very fairly complete monograph of the Order ; but, as the author has 
stated in his preface to the Irideae, he has not included the genera 
Stnilax and Allium, which had been so thoroughly monographed already 
by M. Alphonse de Candolle and Dr. Von Regel. 
Thus Baker's monograph contains : 
1. The Gamopetalous genera — Hemerocallis, Kniphofia, Agapanthus, 
Brodiaea, Hyacinthus, Lachenalia, Chionodoxa, &c. 
2. Scilleae and Chlorogaleae. 
3. Tulipeae, containing Lilium, Tulipa, Fritillaria, &c. 
4. Asparagaceae, with Dracaena, Convallaria, Clintonia, Ruscus, &c. 
5. Anthericeae and Eriospermae, Asphodelus, Eremurus, &c. 
6. Hypoxidaceae. 
7. Colchicaceae. 
8. Aloineae and Yuccoideae. 
Unfortunately there is no separate index to them, yet they are 
a very useful set of papers when once the user has found his way 
about in them. 
It may be useful to notice now some separate monographs on 
genera included in these Orders. 
In the Irideae there is " The Genus Crocus," * by George Maw 
(Dulau, 1886, £y). It is as nearly perfect as a monograph can be. 
Every then known species is figured in colour, though many had to be 
drawn from herbarium specimens. Maw spent ten years preparing 
this book, and travelled in Greece, Asia Minor, Italy, Spain, and 
the Levant in search of Croci in their native homes, and corre- 
sponded with consuls in many distant places to get others. He 
cultivated all those he could collect, and drew all the plates, when 
possible, from living specimens. The tables of specific characters, 
maps, and chapters on geographical distribution, literature of the 
genus, and the history and use of Saffron, make the work as 
complete as possible. 
The plates seem to have been drawn and shaded in pencil and 
then coloured, and therefore the colouring is rather subdued. The 
outline, however, is wonderfully good, especially in the many dissected 
