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of the latter was split to the very base. A spreading beech of 
huge dimensions near the Oxenhouse Gate was so badly 
wrecked by wind that it had to be removed. It was no doubt 
one of the comparatively few beeches that remain of the Rich- 
mond Gardens of Queen Caroline’s time. d 
The Chinese barberries introduced by Messrs. Wilson and 
Forrest are so numerous and have grown so well that it has 
been found necessary to enlarge the area devoted to the Natural 
Family to which they belong. Fresh ground has therefore been 
taken for them on the northern slope of the Flagstaff Mound. 
These new barberries are proving very ornamental in their 
fruits, and will certainly be valuable acquisitions among hardy 
William’s Temple has been re-laid out. It is proposed to plant 
here shrubs of exceptional interest or delicate growth. In 
many Natural Families there are species too small or not suffi- 
ciently robust to hold their own against the average run of 
their allies—such for instance as Pachystima Canbyi, Ilex 
Mariesii, Rhododendron Williamsianum and R. flavidum 
These, and others of a similar class, can here be given special 
care and kept free from the encroachment of greedy neighbours. 
At the request of the military authorities the Assistant 
Curator has visited parts of the coast to advise on the planting 
of sand dunes and for purposes of camoufiage; also as regards 
planting for shelter and ornament near new residential quarters 
being erected by the Admiralty. 
Very few additions of living trees and shrubs have been 
made, but acknowledgments are due to several amateurs who 
have contributed new species, especially to Mr. J. C. Williams, 
the Hon. Vicary Gibbs, and Mr. eginald Farrer. One con- 
signment only has been received from overseas, viz., some new 
plants, mostly of Chinese origin, from the U.S. Dept. of Agri- 
culture. 
Aircraft Park, Bristol; British Military Cemeteries in France. 
The following new rhododendrons have flowered for the first 
time at Kew:—R. adenopodum, R. hippophaeoides, R. olet- 
folium, R. polifolium, R. prostratum, and R. Sargenta j 
i which first 
The remarkably late flowering f#. auriculatum, 
blossomed at Kew in 1916, did so again in July, 1917, and 
much more freely than before. W.J. B. 
cate material for distribution has been limited. A large 
number of miscellaneous products have been received for deter- 
mination from Government Departments, scientific institutions, 
