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specimens have been received in addition to those previously 
recorded in the Bulletin :— 
Director, Botanic Gardens, Singapore——Samples of wood of 
Agathis robusta, dewacatia eacelsa, Albizzia odoratissima 
a Cedrela Too 
me MT. Dawe, Director of Agriculture, Colombia.— 
Various specimens of fibre of Fique (’urcraea gigantea), see 
Kew Bulletin, No. 7, 1916, p. 169; series of carvings in 
the wood of Spondias lutea, and sample of bark-cloth of 
Brosimum sp. worn by the Indians of Manaos. 
. Messrs. Wigglesworth ane Co., London, E.C.—Flax fibre 
from British East 
Mme J. Pechat, Paris. autisiital door-knobs made of the 
crushed and compressed seeds of the Palmyra Palm 
(Borassus * flabell ufer). 
Miss M. G. ete ne Surrey.—A collection 
of West Indian Woo 
Mr. G. Farmer, “Ta cesgae ee of Cocoanut Palm 
showing abnormal growth and of the Cocoanut Beetle 
Oryctes rhinoceros 
Colonel Stephenson Clarke, C.B., Cuckfield, Sussex.—Trans- 
verse section of stem of Pyrus torminalis 
Messrs. Thomas and Green, Ltd.  Wooburn, Bucks. —Sample 
of paper manufactured from reeds of Phragmites communis. 
H.B.M. a Buenos Aires.—Seeds of Quebracho 
Mr. C. E. J. Esdaile, Tanetan ——Plank of Pinus insignis. 
Sir Daniel Morris, K.C.M.G., Boscombe, Hants .—Cones of 
Pinus Pinaster partially consumed by squirrels. 
Mr. E. H. Man, C.I.H., Preston Park, Brighton.—l. Tégo- 
chénga,”’ or ornamental wristlets worn by young men at 
dances, etc. Made in part of immature leaf of Pandanus 
sp., the skin of Dendrobium secundum, fibre of Anaden- . 
drum paniculatum, and portions of Dentalium octogonum. 
South Andamans. 2. ‘‘ Ok-ho,’’ or bark-cloth made from 
the bark of a species of Ficus used for clothing, wrappers, 
ete. Great Nicobar. 3. Skin of an orchid (Dendrobium 
secundum, South and Little Andam 
Professor F. W. Oliver, F.R.S., eee College, London. 
—Paper aera from Spartina Townsendit col- 
Pe in Poole Har 
Mr. L. Fosbrooke, Likbde la-Zouch.—Plank of Fulham 
one (Quercus fulhamensis). 
Mr. C. H. Scriven, Thong, Gravesend—Photographs of a 3 
large Yew Tree at Melliker, Meopham, Kent. 5. 
Mr. Alfred Dobree, Buckingham Gate—Photographs of a 
various articles in silver designed from fruits, leaves, etc. - 
Fei Ms Bi 
Research in Jodrell iaeerteet in 1916.—Mr. J. Bintner 
examined cuttings of several species of plants in relation to the 
development of callus-tissue. 
Mr. L. A. Boodle made experiments on the maceration of 
