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Mr. Jones informs us that Pimenta acris and its varieties exist 
in great numbers on poor soils near the coast. 
e on bay oil and lemon-scented bay oil, and their distil- 
lation, with figures of the necessary stills, appeared in the West 
Indian Bulletin in 1908 (vol. ix. pp. 271-277), but no mention 
is there made of ‘‘ Bois d’Inde Anise.”’ 
When the lemon-scented Pimento was brought to the knowledge 
of Kew, some 85 years ago, the plant was propagated and dis- 
tributed between the years 1885 and 1889 to Jamaica, Demerara, 
Lagos, Queensland, Fiji, Ceylon, Java and Singapore. 
Peaches of New York.*—Kew is indebted to the 
ing, ? n 
peach cultivation as an industry, or as part of their ordinary 
avocation, will regard as of highest value. No less than 86 of 
the more popular and important varieties are illustrated by 
coloured plates, admirably reproduced. 
The association of the peach in legend as well as in name 
was for long with Persia, but that country, in spite of the testi- 
mony of ancient writers, is no longer regarded as the native 
country of Prunus persica. The tree has established and 
mining its real origin. The view has been upheld for some time 
Mr. Hedrick brings forward evidence which seems to prove con- 
clusively that this is true. It is interesting to learn that th 
peach has a greater commercial value in the United States than 
‘all other stone fruits, i.e., plum, cherry; alm and apricot, 
put together e supported s. Darwin, Thos 
Andrew Knight and others of lesser note that the peach is 3 
derivation nd is not endo b r. Hedrick 
is grown. 
* 
* The Peaches of New York: Report ii. of the N.Y. Agricultural 
Ombre: Station, 1916; J. B. Lyon Company, Printers, Albany, N.Y. 
