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and Art Gallery, Sunderland; Municipal Museum, Stockport ; 
Tottenham ai eum ; Avondale Forestry Station, Rathdrum, Co. 
Wicklow; &c. 
rom nearly 350 commercial firms, chiefly in Lon d 
Liverpool, from Colonial correspondents and scientific institutions, 
specimens of various products have been received for determination, 
and in the majority of enquiries the fullest available information 
has been communicated, in addition to the scientific name of the 
product. 
The re-arrangement of a section of the Timber Museum has 
delayed the preparation of a new edition of the Guide. The first 
instalment of “The Useful Plants of Nigeria,” published as 
Kew Bulletin ; Additional Series [X., Part I., by an officer of the . 
department, has been issued. The permanent staff of the Museum 
as been increased by the appointment of an additional Assistant. 
Presentations to Museums. <The following miscellaneous specimens 
have recently been received :— 
His Grace the Duke of ‘Wellington, Stratfieldsaye, Mortimer, 
Bucks. Examples of home-grown fet timber, together with 
specimens of ash affected with ash ca 
Right Honourable the Earl of Dueie, Tortworth Court, 
Gloucester. Section of wood of Castanopsis chrysophylla. 
Sir C. T. Dyke Acland, Bart., Killerton Park, Exeter. Seven 
planks and five transverse sections 0 ome-grown ‘timber 
Miss Talbot, Margam Park, Port Talbot. Spéemhdbe of home- 
grown creosoted timber, together with particulars of experiments 
with creosote carried out on the estate. 
Mr. C. Carus-Wilson, Strawberry Hill. Specimens of oak roots 
encircling flint stones. 
Messrs. Joseph Gardner & Sons, eerrnent Samples of. wood 
of membrilla, white mangrove, and tulip tre 
Mr. Moss, Forest Gate. Twenty cases of mounted specimens of 
woods employed in the walking-stick industry, 
Mr. D. Hill, Watford. Specimens of oak and beech obtained in 
excavating for the foundations for additions to the Watford gas 
works. These specimens were accompanied by a plan giving 
minute details as to the position in which the woods were found. 
Dr. Perez, Puerto Orotava, Teneriffe. Wood specimens of 
Juniperus Cedrus, Convolvulus floridus and Convolvulus scoparius. 
The President, Imperial Forest Research hi, Dehra Dun, 
India. Series of photographs of forest trees, 
Mr. A. E. Evans, Aburi, Gold Coast. Spaciuline to illustrate 
diseases of Hevea brasiliensis, Castilloa elastica, and Theobroma 
acao, 
Director of Agriculture, Gold Coast. Leaves, flowers and fruits 
of the oil palm (Elaeis guineensis 
Messrs. Bibby & Sons, Liverpool, “5 Shea-butter ” seeds 
(Butyrospermum Parkii) and a nore ale: tae nuts” (Mimusops 
Djave) from West Tropical Africa. 
