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Mr. W. A. Milner, Totley Hall.— Piimula Reldii. 



Mr. H. C. Baker, Bayfordbury. — Seeds of Fokienia 



Hodgkinsii. 



Mr. C. Eley, East Bergholt. — Pterostyras hispida and 



seeds of Rhododendrons. 



Mr. G. H. Johnstone, Ladock. — Various seeds from Pales- 

 tine. 



Lady H anbury, La Mortola. — Seeds of Jubaea spectabilu, 



Agaves. &c. 



Prof. A. Henry, Dublin. — Seeds of Macedonian Plane. 

 Lt.-Col. Borton, Maidstone. — Irises and various seeds from 



Palestine. 



Mrs. "Woodward, Arley Castle. — Daphne tangutica. 



Among the purchases made were orchids for the collection and 



many kinds of seeds from prize ships sold by auction under 

 Admiralty instructions. 



. Plants and seeds were distributed to Butanic Gardens and to 

 regular correspondents, including collections of choice trees and 

 shrubs to the following: Lt.-CoL F. It. S. Balfour, Dawyck; 

 Mr. E. B. Pratt, Kyston Hall; Mr. C. Eley, East Bergholt; 

 Mr. R. Farcer, Ingleborough ; Mr. P. 1). Williams, Lanarth; 

 and Miss E. Willmott, Warley Place. Trees, shrubs, and 

 herbaceous perennials were supplied to various military stations 

 for the purpose of adding a cheerful note to their surroundings. 

 A large quantity of cuttings of three Poplars, namely, /\ 

 Eugenei, P. regenerala, and P. serotina were supplied to H.M. 

 Commissioner of Woods at Northampton. A large number of 

 young trees of Canadian Maples, raised at Kew from seeds 

 obtained from Canada, were supplied for the Canadian ceme- 

 teries in France. 



The number of packets of seeds distributed was 2,200 in 88 

 consignments. The number of packages of plants distributed 

 was 70. 



Vegetables were again grown in most of the flower beds, in- 

 cluding the parterre in front of the Palm House, which was 



planted with onions, and about 8| acres of lawn in front of Kew 

 Palace which was ploughed and /planted with British Queen 

 Potatoes. 



Arboretum. — The labour situation has not permitted of the 

 undertaking oi any notable alterations during 1918, and the 



\yee 



most 



possible. The 



not easy even m not in 



-has been the overcrowding of trees and shrubs, owing very 

 mucli to the great access of new material from China and else- 

 where in the years before the war. With shrubs especially, it 

 is rarely possible to allot sufficient space for the full develop- 



ment 



During the last weeks of the year a considerable amount of 

 thinning out and replanting was done in the Rhododendron 

 Dell, and the opportunity was taken to make a wide grassy open- 

 ing on the side nearest the Thames so that the visitors who find 



