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In 1886 Dr. M. T. Masters published ( Journal of the 
Linnean Society, xxii pp. 169-212, tt. 2-10, with 32 
woodcut figures in the text) some “ Contributions to 
the History of certain Conifers.” This Avas followed 
in 1890 by a “Review of some points in the comparative 
Morphology, Anatomy, and Life History of the 
Conifer* ” (Journ. Linn. Soc , xxvii., pp. 226-332, 
with 29 woodcut figures in the text), and in 1895 by 
“ Notes on the Genera of Taxacece and Conifer ce ” 
(Journ. Linn. Soc., xxx., pp. 1-42). 
In 1889, two yea's after his death, Dr. A. W. Eichler’s 
elaboration of the Conifer* appeared in Engler and 
Prantl’s Die Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien. He classifies 
the genera under two primary divisions: Pinoidece and 
Taxoidece. The former he again divides into Abietincce 
and Cupressinece, with several ternary divisions, and the 
latter into Podocarpece and Taxece. The genera are 
limited, with few exceptions, as they are by Bentham 
and Hooker ; but he retains Chamcecjparis, Thuiopsis 
and Pseudolarix, and sinks Pseudotsuga in Tsuga and 
Prumnopitys in PocLocarpus. 
In 1891 L. Beissner published a Handbuch der Nadel- 
holzkunde. This was preceded by a Handbuch der 
Coniferen-Benennung (1887), followed by two supple- 
ments (1891-21 on Einheitliche Coniferen-Benennung. 
Beissner deals critically with the numerous natural and 
garden varieties and hybrids. He has also paid much 
attention to nomenclature, though he accepts familiar 
names rather than revive obscure ones on the rule of 
priority. 
In 1892 the Royal Horticultural Society held a 
“ Conifer Conference,” and the papers read thereat form 
