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oeeorag to Gardens.—The war continues to affect the ex- 
change, e between Kew and other botanical establishments. 
Of the Gonpucaeelt few consignments of material sent from 
Kew to oversea Ao ibe a few were "Tost in transit. This 
was also the fate of some consignments from abroad intended 
for Kew. Raebihistandiay these difficulties, many consign- 
ments of seeds and a few living plants were received from 
botanical and other institutions ali over the world. The prin- 
cipal receipts during the year were :— 
Botanic Gardens and other institutions: 
Loanda, Angola—Seeds of Palms and various plants of 
economic interes 
Arnold Arboretum—Many packets of seeds. 
South African Department of Agriculture, Pretoria— 
Various seeds, tubers and plants, including Teff grass 
(Eragrostis abyssinica ca). 
t of Horticulture, Cairo—Various seeds, 
including Hyoscyamct muticus, ‘Tle« paraguayensis and 
Hyphaene thebaic 
Dunedin Botanic Garden — Seeds of Celmisias and other 
New Zealand pla 
Hong Kong Won. Garden—Seeds of Rhodoleia cham- 
pom, Tutcheria spectabilis, Strychnos angustiflora, and 
Momordica cochinchinensis. 
United States Department of Agriculture, Washington— 
Various trees and shrubs. 
Singapore Botanic Garden—Various seeds, including 
lyphaene indica, Styrax benzoin 
Greenwich Park (Mr. iA Hay)—Gentiana Farreri, Meco- 
nopsis decora, etc. 
Honolulu, Board of Agriculture and Forestry—Seeds of 
alms, etc. 
Calcutta Royal Botanic Garden—Various seeds. 
artoum, snaked = Agriculture and Forests—Seeds 
oscyamus m 
Bac hee College Seay 5 eg Dublin—A morphophallus 
Nationa! Botanic Garden, oe Cape Town—Seeds 
of South African plants. 
Trinidad Royal Botanic Garden—Cacti from bos Island. 
Director Agricultural and Commercial Servi Sai 
Cochin- China—Seeds of Salida 
n, 
"peli from 
Uganda chips ahaa Bore Department—Seeds__ of 
Carapa grandiflora, e 
Dominica Botanic isdn: thai of Yams and Aroids. 
Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh—New 
Primula from China. 
Kumaun Botanic Garden 
species of 
Anoectochilus sp. 
Receipts from other sources included the following : — 
Mr. F. Nutter Cox, San José, Costa Bica Seeds of an indi- 
genous cotton, believed to be a new species 
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