296 
Hm/itl R<>*> ithe Home Count ies Mae/a:/ ',» i: 
r\ ' S. Sarqent, Mutual of the Trees of North Ann-rim, 1905 ; 
7'. li. Si m % Tree-planti, vj in Naial, 1005; J. «■'. ff. 7V«,y. 77/e 
/•7-,/v/ o/Burhrin, 1904 : A. 77. < 7m7n, i'V^re .Fores* 7>m, 1905 ; 
.)/. L. rfr Vilmorin and D. Bois, Frntieetunt Viimoriniannm, 
I'.inl; 7'. A'. Williams, List" des Plant's eonmues da Siam, 19d4- 
u:> ; ff. 117 ■/,//,/. 77-/'-/ brasHi>',i»;« or I'ard Rubber, 1905; A. 
Xegn-iros, L> Mozambique, 1904. The continuation of several 
periodicals have l>een presented, as in former years, by Sir J. D. 
Hooker, G. C.S.I. The manuscripts presented include the Journal 
'f Sir J. Bunks <>n Captain Cnol.'s first rmjagr mund the world, M 
vols., from Mr. 11. II. Hooker; this is a transcript of the copy 
liiad,- ..f the^ original MSS. for Mr. Dawson Turner; Notes on 
Jruit-I rers, ( '.irrrspondrnrr, and a narks on the 
■ •■r,,it- and forest-trees, altogether 5 volumes, by W. 
I'orsvih. from Mrs. Cochran; E. Madden's Itineraries, Notes on 
Plants and Misrella nmns notes, 3 volumes, from the Regius 
keeper, Royal Botanic (hardens, Edinburgh. 
Botanical Magazine for August— The plants figured are Rhodo- 
«faehi/s intratniiifnlia, Benth., /, /, Kriinzl., 
'-fh/iata, Bartl., Codntiopsi's Ta,n/shen, Oliv., and 
'"'//'/'/;/"///. yh\s.\m..xnv.((j)irulat>niL Sprague. The 
- is a handsome Bromeliaceous plant from Chili, with 
!i surround the head of pale blue flowers, 
' ,n -lir red on the upper surface of the basal part. The specimen 
the collection of Major W. L. Harvey at 
I i'e l.irvah. Penzance. The Kew plants, of whirls there are several, 
h: . lv V. n,,r H" w "'vd during the last ten or fifteen years. Bulbo- 
— -isanativ, ot tie Uahn V, I p'elai^o and was 
■ plant which flowered in the garden of Sir Trevor 
Lawrence Bart., m 1899. Its flowers are large, green, spotted 
-hrown, and have long-acuminate sepals and petals. 
Lne ooroma is a pretty greenhouse plant from Western 
reduced into the St. Petersburg 
Botanic Garden half a century ago. It has been grown at Kew 
under the erroneous name of /;. figure was 
J a Plant raised fr cated by the 
Iney Botanic Garden in 1899. Codonop»is 
druy -yielding plant belonging 
' : ' L,200,000 lbs. of the drug, known to 
fif-sh§n"and valued on account of its tonic 
exported from Hankow to other parts of 
figured and the plant growing in the 
- - 
grown at Kew for many years, 
bed of it may be seen near the Refreshment 
a Jane and July. The variety is described 
ns -In the account of the various gardens in Ireland 
on Galway Bay. They are situated on the Kenmare 
