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r. W. L. Jepson has commenced the publication of his Flora of 
C aur and has presented to the library the two parts issued, 
which include Pinaceae to Taxaceae and Salicaceae to Urticaceae. 
The Flora der Schweiz of Prof. Hans Schinz and Prof. R. Keller 
nee pane its third edition, the BoA part of which was published 
ay? and was presented by Prof. Schinz, who has also, as in 
r years, sent to Kew the pte publications of the 
Univers of Zurich. 
any efforts have been made during the last fifteen years to 
complete the supplementary volumes to the first edition of owerby 
and Smith’s Hnglish Botany, the last two (iv. ay v.) of which were 
very as ‘abit In 1903 the late Dr, M. T. Masters completed 
vol, by presenting plates 2,912 to 2,960, ae text and index, 
The Noa volume was left incomplete by the publishers and only 
four or five parts were issued, the last ending with plate 2,998 and 
letter-press for plate 2,999, which was never engrave ew 
possessed only a small portion of the fifth volume and this had 
been presented by Messrs. Dulau and Co. Through the kindness 
. Wes ey and Son this volume has now been completed 
as far as poss 
The roluminots manuscripts on the Cyperaceae by the late 
Mr. C. B. Clarke have been presented by his Executors. They 
consist of 11,7 - narrow sheets written in the well-known small 
neat style, often with pen-and-ink sketches in the margin. They 
have been bound in thirty-one volumes. ere are in addition 
many thousands of references to Cyperaceae written on small slips. 
These have been pasted down in six thick folio volumes. Two 
copies of the Illustrations of Cyperaceae, about which particulars are 
given in the Kew Bulletin, 1909, p. 280, have been received, one 
from Mr. G. Massee and the other from the publishers, Messrs. 
Williams and Norgate 
A few only of the numerous additions to the library made by 
resentation devin the year are mentioned in the foregoing wee: 
he detailed list of accessions is in preparation and will form 
Appendix ii, to the current volume of the Kew Bulletin. 
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Botanical Magazine for February.—The plants phates are Coelogyne 
et ees: Sander, 8 8297); Populus nigra, Linn., var. betulifolia, 
rrey, (t. 8298); Campanula Beauverdiana, F omin, (t. 8299); 
Rhodideiadbei epee Miq., (t. 8300); and <Agonis marginata, 
Schau., (t. 8301 
The oelogyne i is a Pies neohome from Annam, where it was 
collected for Messrs. Sander & Sons, of St. Albans, by Mr. 
Micholitz, It flowered at St. ‘Athans for the first time in 
December, 1906, and agement at the Royal Botanic Garden, 
Glasnevin, whence the material figured was obtained. The Kew 
plant, which was presented by Messrs. Sander, has not yet flowered. 
The species is allied to C. Site LindL, differing in having longer 
leaves, taller scapes, deciduous bracts and smaller flowers. 
opulus nigra, var. betu lifolia, is an elegant form of the Black 
Poplar, which, for a century or more, has been cultivated in this 
