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for many yoar> it s known to have occurred is now under cultiva- 
tion, and Elliott ia i-arr„a,sa probably exists in a few places as a 
cultivated plant only. Through the kindness of Mr. P. G. Berck- 
mans, a nurseryman of Augusta, Georgia, who at one time 
possessed (as he expressed it) "the sole visible representatives 
"of the species," Kew has in cultivation now two small, but 
healthy, specimens. Mr. Berckmans first sent plants to Kew in 
1894, and in a letter dated February 27, 1804, says: "I take 
"pleasure in sending you a few plants of EVintiia mcemoxa, 
" which are the first I have ever been able to propagate since I 
" collected a few plants 30 years ago in company with the late 
" Dr. Asa Gray. Our attention was called to some shrubs which 
" were growing in a high sandy pine section about 15 miles from 
" Augusta and producing very showy flowers. Very much to our 
"delight we found these to be the exceedingly rare EMoUia." 
These plants, sent in 1804, however, did not take root, and ulti- 
mately died. In 1902 two more plants were sent, and these, 
fortunati ly. ire now well established in the open ground. The 
species is evidently one not easy to propagate. Several methods 
were tried by Mr. Berckmans, but even a moderate success was 
only attained by means of root-cuttings. It is likely, therefore, to 
long remain a plant of exceeding rarity. Kew possesses probably 
the only plants in Europe. 
Elliot tin is a genus belonging to the Ericaceae, of which 
E. raremnm is now considered to be the sole representative. Two 
Japanese shrubs, m.,T ipt lal ] T.panicu- 
lata. Sieb. \- Zitec.. were, bv L'entham and Hooker, placed under 
the genus Tripetaleia has latterly been restored 
beneath. Its flowers are borne in terminal racemes 6 to 10 i 
long, each flower being about 1 inch in diameter, I 
tour white nai row-oblong petals. The fruit is un- 
known. The only published figure of the species is in " Garden 
and Forest," 1894, p. 205. 
Presentations to Museums.-DmFT Fruits.— An interesting 
series of Dr >ds collected by Dr. H. B. Gnppy 
durum 1901 \u tin- Giuva.nul River and on the coast of Ecuador 
and the Paeiti. and \iUn-\- >id- <•! h. bono 
been mounted and placed in the special case reserved for drift 
material opposite Case 85, Museum No. I. 
St. Louis Exhibition.— A Bronze Medal and a Diploma 
awarded to the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries for 
at the St. Louis Exhibition, 1904, have recently been received at 
the Museum. 
Part of the exhibit consisted of a plan and a series of photo- 
graphic views of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, a duplicate set 
