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Mr. F, O. Creed, East Croydon.—Sample of wax from stem 
of Cerozylon andicola from Tolima, Colombia. 
Miss Yeo, East Dean, near Eastbourne.—-Cones of Cedrus 
Inbani from Mount Lebanon, . 
Mr. J. S. Gamble, C.I.E., F.R.S,, East Liss, Hants.— 
Sections of Beech and Hazel injured by Honeysuckle. 
Director of Agriculture, Southern Provinces, Nigeria.—Fibre, 
yarn and ‘‘ Ufa ”’ cloth prepared from the bark of Conopharyngia 
pachysiphon, also samples of twine prepared at Old Calabar from 
the fibres of Agave americana, Agave rigida, var. sisalana an 
Hibiscus vitifolius. 
Mrs. Trelawney Adams, Beaconsfield, Kew Green.—Native 
dress of Hibiscus fibre, ornamented with ferns, from the Tonga 
Islands, , 
Messrs. Humphreys, Percival Ellis and Co., London, 8.E.— 
Samples of Tanning bark and Tanning Extracts. 
The Right Hon, Sir H. E. Maxwell, Bart., Monreith, 
Wigtownshire.—Wood of Cotoneaster frigida, grown at Mon- 
reith, Age of tree about 40 years. 
Mr.: M. awe, Bogoté,Sample of “Bogota Tea”’ 
(Symplocos alstonia), wood of Haematozylon Brasiletto, speci- 
mens of Cinchona barks, ete. 
Conservator of Forests, Bangkok, Siam.—Thirty-two specimens 
of Siamese woods. J. M..H. 
Research in Jodrell Laboratory in 1919.—Mr. L. A. Boodle 
experimented in methods of examination of plant-fibres, and 
made some observations on anatomical structure in Cyclamen and 
other plants. 
Mr. J. CG. T. Uphof studied the anatomy of some xerophytic 
species of Selaginella, and also the structure and morphology of 
the rhizophore in this genus. 
Mr. W. C. Worsdell carried out some further work on the 
vascular anatomy of the Dicotyledons, especially in connection 
with the occurrence of medullary bundles. 
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among those received in 1919 which are more than ordinarily 
interesting, and therefore claim especial notice. 
From many agricultural, botanical or other scientific estab- 
lishments in Europe, the British Colonies, India, Nether- 
lands India, and America liberal contributions of literature of 
