138 
(cf. Journ. Bot. xlix, 273). Besides these articles Tutcher pub- 
lished the annual reports of the department during his term as 
Superintendent, as well as on various occasions when he was 
acting in that capacity. All these reports contain items of great 
botanical and economic interest, besides the records of the horti- 
cultural and forestry work of the colony, 
Aloe Specimens from Pretoria.—A valuable collection of Aloe 
specimens—eventually to be representative of the whole of 
Southern Africa—is being amassed at Pretoria, where the plants 
thrive in a naturally rugged setting round the Union Buildings. 
Of these Dr. I. B. Pole-Kvans has recently forwarded a fine set 
of 56 named herbarium specimens, of which no less than 22 are 
new to Kew. These, retaining to a remarkable degree their 
colouring and bloom, form a marked contrast to the majority of 
es succulents, and should prove an invaluable addition to our 
shelves. 
South African Aloes*.—Dr. Pole-Evans contributes a paper on 
the genus Aloe in South Africa, no less than 110 species being 
recorded. Of these as many as 60 species are in cultivation at 
Kew at the present time. (See below.) The paper lays stress 
upon the fact that certain Aloes of reputed South African origin, 
which have for centuries been under cultivation in Europe, are at 
resent unknown in South Africa; others, however, have in 
recent years been re-discovered in the land of their origin. A. 
succotrina, Lam., comes under the latter category, for although 
it is the first South African Aloe known to be cultivated in 
notes are given on the parts played by Miller, Linnaeus, William 
Aiton, Haworth, Bowie, Salm-Dyck, Thomas Cooper, J. G 
Baker, Schonland, Marloth and others, while tribute is paid to 
the valuable monograph on the subject by Alwin Berger. A taste 
for the cultivation of Aloe rockeries has of late been created in 
South Africa and this should be fostered by the practical advice 
afforded by the paper, while it is evident that Dr. Pole-Evans 
foresees that results valuable to science may accrue from the co- 
operation of an interested public. 
List of aloes mentioned in ‘“‘ Our Aloes,’’ by Dr. Pole-Evans, 
cultivated at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 
Aloe aculeata, Pole-Evans. A. arborescens, Mill. 
ja africana, ill. A. aristata, Haw. 
A. albispina, Haw. A. Bainesii, Dyer. 
* Our Aloes, by I. B. Pole-Evans, M.A., D.Sc., F.L.S., Journ. Bot. Soc. 8. 
Afr. Pt. V. pp. 11-16 (1919). - ns 
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