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a remarkably good figure of this fine S. African succulent; 
Philadelphus sericanthus, Koehne (t. 8941) from Central China; 
Rhododendron Baileyi, Balf. f. (t. 8942) found by Capt. F. M. 
Bailey. in 1913 in the upper Nyamjang Valley, South Tibet; 
Bulbophyllum triste, Reich. f. (t. 8943) from India; Symphytum 
grandiflorum D.C. (t. 8944) an interesting and hardy pale yellow 
symphytum from the Caucasus, and Phellodendron Lavallei, Dode 
(t. 8945) a deciduous nutaceous tree with panicles of black grape- 
like fruits from Japan 
It is interesting to learn that there will be no - beeale in the 
continuity of the series of the Magazine. The volume for the 
year 1921 is being prepared by private enterprise and will be 
issued in the same style as the old and present numbers, and 
will it is hoped shortly be published. 
The Ferns of Bombay.*—<A small octavo volume forming a 
convenient pocket guide to the wild and cultivated ferns of 
Bombay. The sequence followed is that of Hooker & Baker’s 
Synopsis Filicum. It should not be difficult with the aid of 
the synopsis of the 54 genera, which comes at the end of the 
volume, and of the keys to the species which are found with 
each genus, for anyone, even without a previous botanical 
training, to find out the names of the local ferns. The systematic 
part is preceded by an introduction dealing shortly with the 
structure and life history of ferns. The letterpress is clearly 
printed and the figures should prove useful. 
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Food of the Gold Coast People.j;—It is not often that the 
scientist living and working in little-known countries devotes 
his attention to the everyday practices of the native. It is 
therefore all the more interesting that we find in Dr. Dalziel’s 
observations and analysis of the daily food of the native races 
of the Gold Coast a well reasoned report which may prove of 
great assistance to those whose duty it is to administer to the — 
personal welfare of the natives and to the whiteman seeking to 
discover what is of value in the native foodstuffs. After a few 
introductory remarks on the general nature and variety of the 
foodstuffs employed, Dr. Dalziel cites typical diets of different 
local races and then proceeds to discuss relative and actual 
values of the foods in use. Of these the chief Cereals are Rice, 
Maize and Guinea-corn. In commenting on the food values 
of Peas and Beans he mentions that the general prejudice 
against pulses or leguminous seeds is well established on the 
Gold Coast. The crops discussed are Cow-pea (Vigna Catjang), 
* The Ferns of Bombay pp. viii, 228, with 2 coloured, 15 black and 
white plates and 43 text figures, by E. Blatter and J. F. d’Almei 
Taraporevala Sons & Co., Bombay. Price Rs. 7/8/-. 
J. M. Dalziel, M.D., B.Se., F.L.S., Deputy Director, Sanitary Services, 
Gold Coast, in The Journal of the Gold Coast Agricultural and Commercial 
Society; vol. i. No. 4, 1922. Published by the Society, Accra: price 6d. 
