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Lady Blake.—Section of wood of Cecropia peltata, Jamaica. 
Lieut.-Col. W. Dixon, The Castle, St. Helena. —Fibre and tow 
extracted from plants of Alpinia nutans. 
Sir Edmund G. Loder, Bart., Leonardslee, Horsham.—Up- 
right growing stem of Arctostaphylos media and grafted stem of 
a Rhododendron. 
Director, Botanic Gardens, Singapore.—Specimens of wood 
of Ormosia macrodisca, Castilloa elastica, and Diospyros bilocu- 
aris. 
Mr. A. E. Pratt, Kingston Road, Teddington.—Photograph 
of Myrmedoma arfakiana, New Guinea 
Mr. A. C. Miles, Senior Curator, Agricultural Department, 
Gold Coast.—Photograph of the Royal Palm Avenue, Tarkwa, 
also fruits of Broke- zak aes towicaria). 
apt. ast, London, W.C.—Sample of rope made 
the Germans from the rant bark of the Lime (Tila wee 
for hauling heavy minenwerfer 
essrs. Farrell and Co., Caledonian Road, London, N.—A 
complete set of material to illustrate the manufacture of the 
nglish violin, violoncello, and bow. Placed in Museum 
0. 
The Earl of Eldon.—Branch with cones of Cupressuus macro- 
carpa var. lutea, from Encombe, Corfe Castle, Dorse 
Curator, Botanic Garden, Dominica.—Seeds of the Shea butter 
tree (Butyrospermum Parki), grown in the Botanic Garden, 
Dom 
Gtieke, Jao ace Department, Old Calabar.—Sample of 
hand-made e from fibre of Agave sisalana, grown in the 
Economic eke Old Calabar. 
Messrs. Gia ig cg and Co., Fenchurch Street, London, 
E.C.—Samples of fibre from Cannabis sativa, Wisconsin ; Fur- 
craea ‘abies sada Costa Rica; Furcraea macrophylla, Peru; 
and Furcraea sp., Colombia. 
Mr. M. Dawe, San Lorenzo, Colombia.—Seeds of Ortoba 
(Myristica Otoba). A fatty oil extracted from et seeds is highly 
valued in Colombia for application in certain skin diseases of 
animals, also for the treatment of ticks in cattle. J. M. H. 
** Kyov ”’ “* Kev ”’ plant of Kashmir.—A few months ago 
. Sir George ease wrote to Kew as follows.—‘“‘ There i is a plant 
growing in Kashmir called ‘kyov’ or ‘key,’ which native 
authorities say grows in marshy ground, and has globular roots 
(? like a potato tuber). Lawrence (* Valle ey of Kashmir,”’ p. 72) 
says it is Chaerophyllum sp., and is looked upon as an excellent 
substitute for carrots. Native remark add that its uproot- 
ing is'a long, slow business, and hence ‘ to root up kyov “ is used 
as a metaphor for ‘ spending a ee time over the completion of 
anythin There is a compound word kevi-rath, which 
thi 
Blive Botton say is ‘the creeper of this plant,’ z.e., “an 
underground fibrous network over a wide area and connecting 
