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Colonies, on the recommendation of Kew, Assistant to the Director 
of Agriculture and Superintendent of Government Plantations in 
the Federated Malay States in the place of Mr. J. W. Campbell 
(K.B., 1909, 342), resigned, 
Botanical Magazine for September.—The plants figured are Rhodo- 
dendron Ungernii, Trautv. (t. 8332); Chirita rupestris, Ridl. 
(t. 8333); Tristellateia australis, A. Rich. (t. 8334) ; Micromeles 
caloneura, Stapf (t. 8335); and Alectorurus yedoensis, Makino 
(t. 8336). 
The Rhododendron grows at elevations of from 4000 to 6000 feet 
in the Caucasus, where the more familiar R. ponticum, Linn., is 
also a native. The illustration was prepared from material obtained 
pines, and Formosa. Micromeles caloneura is a han some flowering 
tree or shrub from Western China, allied to the Avia section of the 
Botanical Magazine for October.—The plants figured are Betula 
Maximowiczii, Regel (t. 8337); Rosa Moyesii, Hemsl. et E. H. 
Wilson (t. 8338); Styrae Hemsleyanus, Diels (t 8339) ; Tris 
Wilsonii, C. H. Wright (t. 8340); and Primula Littonana, G. 
Forrest (t. 8341). 
The Betula is a handsome species with large cordate leaves and 
has a remarkable resemblance to a Tilia. It is a native of Japan, 
and, according to Professor Sargent, who prevented to Kew whe 
introduced into European gardens by the late Mr. J. H. yeiteh, 
no doubt prove a valuable addition to the already very numerous 
beautiful garden roses which have reached us from the same 
