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tlie valuable collection of succulents received at Kew from Prof. 

 Pearson in 1911. In this plant the foliar bodies are deeply bilobed 

 at the apex and the flowers are bright yellow. The latter, as in 

 M. thecaturriy are odourless, and last for five or six days. 



Greenland Algae. — Mr. H. N. Dixon has presented to Kew a 

 small collection of marine algae, made by Mr. Edward Whymper 

 and Dr. Robert Brown of Campsler, on the coasts of .Greenland in 

 1867. Robert Brown, who, to distinguish himself from the great 

 botanist added Campsl. to his name, took part, in 1867, in a trip 

 to W. Greenland, and the same year Whymper visited Greenland 

 in order to study Arctic travel and ice phenonema. Brown had 

 charge of the natural history collections for the expedition, and 

 an nccount of the botanical material appeared in a series of articles 

 by various authors in the transactions of the Edinburgh Botanical 

 Society, the algae being dealt with in vol, ix. p. 456-464 and 

 465-467. Whymper apparently had a collection of his own, and 

 at his death this, together with his mosses collected during the 

 same expedition, passed into Mr. Dixon's hands through his 

 brother, Mr. Charles Whymper. 



A. D. C. 



Sea Island Cotton in the West Indies.*— The latest publica- 

 tion to hand issued by the Imperial Department of Agriculture 

 for the West Indies is a stout pamphlet dealing very fully and con- 

 cisely with the above subject. It is described in the preface as 



Mr 



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with the Agricultural Department. The facts in ibe pamphlet 

 are brought as far as possible, up to date, and it is believed that 

 the work will prove a useful and reliable guide to those concerned 



_ ilie opening chapter gives a general historical review of tlie 

 industry followed by others on the botany, cultivntion, picking 

 and grading, examination of seed cotton and lint, seed selection, 

 information ^^^^^''^^> "^^ ^"^ nppendix of useful additional 



The chapters on botany and diseases are from the pen of the 



Mr. H 



bnnfcA^-' P%«^.igi°al matter embraces fully half of' the 

 book and, being freely illustrated, is of particular value. 



beJnLfe^^Slvi^fg^rt'^^^^^^ ^" t' ^^'^ has evidently 



lication, ar^ ™-i ?i A^ ? '. ^^ although more pretentious puh- 

 ron the cotton t5^%*^^^ atest addition to the literature bearing 

 bnVestlndkn .l^f'^^^'?^^^ r*^^^ly ^« consulted not alone 

 o\Cr tonto^^^^^^^^ ^^^- -^--^«^ - the subject in 



other cotton-producing countries. 



J. M, H- 



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A«rk.^lCe"fo'5ll'weT^ Z^^ T"' ^'f'""- ^^P--^ Department of 



