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Right Honourable the Earl of Derby, Knowsley, Prescot.— 
Planks of alder, willow, poplar, sycamore, section of stem of 
Rhododendron ponticum, and two sections of a burr of Turkey oak, 
Right Honourable the Earl Beauchamp, Madresfield Court, 
Malvern.—Ten planks of various timbers, including Sequoia 
gigantea, Taxus baccata, Cupressus Lawsoniana, together wit 
abnormal growths of larch, Scots pine, hazel, blackthorn, oak, lime, 
and maple. 
Sir hdsiund Loder, Bart., Leonardslee, Horsham.—Trunk of a 
rch, 
he Stanley Underwood Co., Lynchmere Farm, Haslemere.—- 
Specimens to illustrate the application of the timber of sweet 
chestnut for fencing. 
Messrs. William Hunt & Sons, The Brades, Ltd., Brades Steel 
Works, near Birmingham.—A collection of tools connected with 
forestry operations. 
J. M. H. 
Botanical Magazine for November.—The plants figured are Xero- 
nema Moorii, Brongn. et Gris (t. 8342) ; Pleiocarpa mutica, Benth. 
(t. 8343); Columnea Oecrstediana, Klotzsch ex Oerst. (t. 8344) ; 
Pyracantha angustifolia, C. K. Schneider (t. 8345); Houlletia 
Sanderi, Rolfe (t. 8346). 
he Xeronema is a striking plant from the mountains of New 
Caledonia at elevations of from 3000-5000 feet. It was intro- 
uced to European cultivation as long ago as 1875 by Mr. J. 
Linden, but the subject of the illustration was acquired for Kew in 
1896 from Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons. Pleiocarpa mutica is & 
beautiful white-flowered stove shrub of this endemic Tropical 
African genus. This species was discovered by Mr. G. Mann in 
the Cameroons, and has since been found in Calabar. It is a some- 
of the tropical species of Aeschynanthus, The Chinese thorn, 
Pyracantha angustifolia, dvcornet 
has afforded an opportunity of settling the vexed question of the 
