302 
Asiatic species of — [Note]. (With T. A. Sprague.). 
(Kew Bulletin, 1914, p. 175.) 
Miliusa and Sela adichied (Family Anonaceae). (Journ. 
Indian Botany, i. pp. 162-168, 1920.) 
A revision of Jsopyrum (Ranunculaceae) and its nearer allies 
{with J. Hutchinson]. (Kew Bulletin, 1920, pp. 145-169, 
ff. 1-8.) 
f Tig S86 Mr. J. R. Drummond, then Deputy 
Commissioner of Ka mal, was invited to draw up a report on 
the Panjab saltworks actually in use in the manufacture of 
barilla, and this was furnished to the Madras Government.” 
(Watt, Commercial Prod. of India, p- 113.) 
Several descriptions of new species in the Kew Bulletin 
Mr. Drummond presented to the Library the last ten volumes 
of on Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 
1910 he presented a transcript of the lists of determinations, 
localities and other information, contained in Mr. J. F. Duthie’s 
Field Books relating to the collections in the herbarium formed 
by Mr. Duthie for the Botanical Department of Northern India. 
This transcript fills 8 quarto volumes, each of about 300 pages, 
and was made under Mr. Drummond’s supervision and entirely 
at his expense. 
An Alpine A B C.*—This is a simple guide for the amateur 
and beginner in rock-gardening. It consists of some general 
introductory notes on the cultivation of rock and alpine plants, 
followed by an alphabetical list of species relatively easy to grow. 
Short notes regarding treatment and propagation are given for 
most species, together with the height of the plant and ee colour 
of the flowers. W Bog, 
The Imperial Department of Agriculture, West Indies— With 
the establishment of the West Indian Agricultural College at 
St. Augustine’s, Trinidad (see K.B., 1920, p. 81; 1922, p. 255), 
the headquarters of the Imperial Department of Agriculture have 
been transferred from Barbados to Trinidad. 
be remembered that the Committee appointed by the 
Secretary of State for the Colonies to consider the advisability of 
founding an Agricultural College in the West Indies recommended 
that “‘ an intimate relationship should be established between the 
Imperial Department of Agriculture and the Tropical Agricultural 
College ’’ (see K.B., 1920, p ge a proposal which met with the 
approval of the Secretary of Sta 
It was also recommended a approved that Sir Francis 
Watts, Imperial Commisioner of Agriculture, should become the 
first Principal of the new College and should continue to act as 
Imperial Commissioner. 
* An Alpine A B C and List of Easy ar Ee by A. Methuen. 
Methuen & Co., Ltd. London, 1922. 1s. 6d. n 
