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Oct. 5, 1898 (containing title and indexes for text and plates).

From this citation it appears that nearly one half of vol. i (pages 1-320) was issued in 1891, a year earlier than the date upon the title page.

Voss. Vilmorin's blumengärtnerei. The full title of this well-known work reads: "Vilmorin's Blumengärtnerei; beschreibung, kultur und verwendung des gesamten pflanzenmaterials für deutsche gärten. Dritte, neubearbeitete auflage unter mitwirkung von A. Siebert, herausgegeben von A. Voss. Mit 1272 textabbildungen und 400 bunten blumenbildern auf 100 farbendrucktafeln." 2 bde. Berlin. 1896. Bd. 1, pp. viii, 1264; bd. 2, pp. 244, 78.

Though published as a third edition to "Vilmorin's Illustrierte blumengärtnerei," it may be regarded as an entirely new work, having little in common with the first and second editions except the title. The preface in bd. 1 states that the task of editing a new edition of Vilmorin's celebrated "Blumengärtnerei," of which two editions of many thousands of copies have been distributed among gardeners and plant lovers, is an extraordinarily difficult one, the more so as the publisher, Dr. Parey, wishes to present more than a revision and a supplement. Instead of the original alphabetical arrangement of botanical names he proposes an arrangement by families and genera and an enlargement from the entire plant material in German gardens. In order to do this the editor, A. Voss, spent many months in practical study in the Frankfurt Palmgarden, in Stuttgart, Berlin, etc., and after six years labor the work is brought to a close. In regard to nomenclature the work is much more thorough and exact than most works on the botany of cultivated plants; the author, as a follower of O. Kuntze, has tried to apply consistently the law of priority and therefore found it necessary to create a considerable number of new names and new combinations, chiefly of varieties. To fix the date of publication of these new names the statement is made in the preface that bd. 1 was “im druck von neujahr 1894 bis August 1895." To make the date of the appearance of the first part more specific, we find in Gartenflora for April 1894, p. 223, that the first heft of the work which has been in preparation for many years has at last appeared, and that the entire work in 2 vols. will be issued in 50 lieferungen. Gartenflora also adds that of the original work little remains, but the name and many "clichés." While the original contained only plants growing in the open air, the new work includes exotic and hot house plants. Botanische zeitung for June 1, 1894, on page 176, states that lieferung 1 consists of 48 pages. On the reverse of the title-page of bd. 1 of the Arboretum copy is written in pencil, "Published in 50 parts, one every two weeks. Pages 1-832 published in 1894; pp. 833-1264 in 1895." Though diligent search has failed to reveal the source of this information it is believed to be

correct as it was added by Mr. Alfred Rehder in compiling the Bradley Bibliography, and it is more than likely that it was obtained from the editor himself.

The dates of band 2 of "Blumengärtnerei" concern us but little since it contains no new names and no descriptions, but it is interesting to find in Botanische zeitung for Dec. 16, 1895, on page 391 the announcement of pages 1-128; it was doubtless completed in 1896 the date of the preface and the title-pages.

Willmott. The Genus Rosa. Recognized in every age and in all countries as the Queen of flowers, the rose has been the subject of much literature. Among the many books of roses of recent years Miss Ellen Willmott's "Genus Rosa, drawings by Alfred Parsons," stands out preeminently, by virtue of its comprehensiveness, the accuracy of descriptions and the delicacy and beauty of its colored plates. In her preface Miss Willmott says "I have aimed principally at giving all the evidence I could collect from every available source. I can hardly hope to have presented many facts not mentioned by previous writers, but I have at least taken great pains to ensure accuracy, and to verify and give references for every statement I have made." To this carefully collected evidence are added not a few descriptions of new species, especially of Chinese roses by J. G. Baker.

The covers of the twenty-five parts in which the work was issued from 1910 to 1914, are a joy and delight alike to the cataloguer, bibliographer and to the student of roses, giving the year in which each part was published (pts. vii-xxv have also month and day), and on the back cover of the last part a concise list of all the parts with month and day of the appearance of each.

Perhaps in some libraries "The Genus Rosa" may exist only as two bound volumes, paged continuously, without covers, the title-page of each bearing the date 1914, and the only indication of an earlier date being an additional title-page for 1910 in volume i, which by itself is a little confusing.

It seems therefore worth while to put full information on record, in in the hope that it may help some lover of Roses.

From the foregoing citation it is seen that though the volumes are dated 1914, part xxv is the only one which was not actually published previous to that date.

ERRATA AND ADDENDA

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15, line 8 for in read before

16, line 13 from below for glandulosa, comb. nov. read glandulosa Farwell in Rep. Mich. Acad. Sci. XXI, 366 (1920).

74, line 1 under No. 75 for Fernald read Fernald & Wiegand1

86, under CONNECTICUT add pedicellaris and serissima

87, under MAINE strike out candida and add pedicellaris and pyrifolia

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VERMONT omit amygdaloides and add pedicellaris
LABRADOR add reticulata

NEW BRUNSWICK add glaucophylloides and longifolia
NEWFOUNDLAND add arctophila,* cryptodonta, pedicellaris
and serissima

lines 2-3 for brachypoda read brachycarpa

under QUEBEC for chlorolepis read* chlorolepis and for fuscescens var. hebecarpa read fuscescens var.* hebecarpa and add brachycarpa and pedicellaris

94, lines 1-3 above footnote 1 should be stricken out

95, lines 1-6 from above should be stricken out

1 For this and the following corrections we are indebted to Professor M. L. Fernald.

INDEX

Synonyms are printed in italics; new names in bold face type.