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died, and the largest of them are now 8 feet high and in perfect 
health. Several flowered profusely last July and August—a season 
of blossoming which adds much to the garden value of any shrub, 
especially one whose beauty is as marked as that of this Eweryphia, 
he soil is the ordinary sandy loam of Kew to which peat and 
decayed leaves have been added, Weblo we 
Presentations to Museums.—The following miscellaneous specimens 
have recently been received :— 
Mr. John Christie, of Messrs. Ide and Christie, Mark Lane, E.C. 
—Portions of plant of Posidonia australis, photo-micrographs of 
fibre obtained from same, also three photo-micrographs of infusorial 
earth and of a transverse section of a leaf of Posidonia Caulinii. 
Bull Wharf, Ltd., Queenhithe, London, E.C.—A series of views 
illustrating the rubber industry in this country. 
Sir Thomas H. Elliott, K.C.B.—Series of models of agricultural 
implements used in Japan. 
Mr. P. G. Chapman, London Road, Kingston-on-Thames.—Seven 
tobacco pipes, including two from Uganda, and a series of views to 
illustrate the preparation of plug tobacco, by sailors. 
Messrs. Bult Bros., Billiter Street, London, E.C.—Implements 
used in the collection of rubber. : 
Messrs. Stafford Allen & Sons, Ltd.—A collection of drugs 
prepared from home-grown plants and a series of photographs 
illustrating the cultivation of medicinal and perfume plants on their 
farms at Long Melford, Suffolk. a 
Provincial Forest Officer, Oloke Meji, Southern N igeria.— Roots 
of “ Ahun” or “ Awan” (Alstonia congensis) and of “ Aforo-Afe 
(Trema africana). Fruits of “ Egusi-Bara” (Citrullus vulgaris) 
and of “ Egusi-Ito” (Adenopus breviflorus) ; the seeds yielded by 
these fruits are employed as food by the natives. ; 
Director of Agriculture, Aburi, Gold Coast.— Photographic 
views of the agricultural stations and rubber plantations at Aburi 
and Tarquah, ; ; 
Director, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.—Saki cup of Japan 
lacquer. : sooty 
Assistant Director, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.—Series 0 
photographs taken by the donor during a recent tour in Algeria 
and Morocco. ie : : A 
Mr. Reginald Tower, C.V.O., British Legation, Mexico.— 
quantity of the wood of Lignum nephriticum (Eysenhardtia Reif 
phoides) ; also pods of “ Cascalote,” apparently identical with “ Divi 
Divi” (Caesalpinia coriaria), a well-known tanning material. ; 
Superintendent of Forests, Entebbe, Uganda.— Two pieces % 
the wood of Balanites Wilsoniana, collected by the donor in the 
home-grown timber. 
