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ation of the post of Government -Botanist, and that it has 

 shown its appreciation of the valuable botanical work of Mr. 

 J. H. Maiden, by making him the first incumbent of the 

 ofiice. Mr. Maiden is a fellow of the Linnean and of the 

 Royal Geographical Societies of England^ and has been for 

 several years Carator of the Technological Museum of Syd- 

 ney, N. S. W. He is well known on account of his impor- 

 tant investigations into the natural resources of New South 

 Wales, especially in connection with the economic value of 

 its flora. We tender him our hearty congratulations on his 

 appointment. — J. b. d. 



Beodi^a Howelli, var. lilacina, has been flowered in 

 England and is figured in the Gardeners' Chronicle of June 

 20, p. 767, fig. 134. It is described as "one of the least 

 known, and one of the prettiest" of Brodiseas. The flowers 

 are lavender-blue, with white segments. 



A biographical sketch, with portrait, of Dr. Benjamin 

 Smitii Barton appeared in the Popular Science Monthly for 

 April. 



PuGET Sound University owns some twelve hundred 

 acres south-west of the city of Tacoma, of which two hundred 

 acres are set aside for an arboretum of such trees as will 

 flourish in the climate of that region. Already some 10,000 

 plants of 250 species, both native and foreign, form the 

 nucleus of the collection which will be of both scientific and 

 economic value. 



Fritillaria pudica, Spreng,, is figured in the Gardeners^ 

 Chronicle for March 28 (Ser. 3, xix., 403) from a plant 

 grown by R. Wallace & Co., of Colchester, England, and 

 exhibited at the Royal Horticultural Society's meeting on 

 March 28, when it was awarded a First Class Certificate as a 

 horticultural plant. The range of this species is given in 

 the Botany of California as " in the mountains from Carson 

 City to British Columbia and eastward to Montana and Utah." 



