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i i luxuriant growth of two 
clover respectively, each supporting a luxur grov 
kinds of dodidan Oibseuts trifolii and C. Tinei, an exotic species— 
were sprayed with a solution of arsenite of soda, according to 
directions. Two days after the first spraying, both kinds of clover 
and the alfalfa were thoroughly bleached and dead. The parasite 
soon after died from starvation. The above experiment proves 
that arsenite of soda cannot be used to exterminate dodder in this 
country. Ss = 
Dieaet material from various British colonies and dependencies, 
and other exotic sources have been received for examination 
at Kew 
Botanical Magazine for January.—The new volume begins with a 
plate of Encephalartos Barteri, Carruth., a West Tropical African 
. Br., figured at t. 5838 as Cyclonema myricoides, Hochst, 
implied in the name, it is a native of Uganda, whence seeds were 
sent in 1906 by Mr. M. T. Daw i i 
2000 ft. above sea-level. Its large violet-blue flowers render it an 
attractive autumn- or winter-flowering greenhouse shrub. The 
pe Lonicera Giraldii, Rehder, is a recent introduction from 
Szechuen, Western China, seeds having been sent to Mr. M. L. 
e Vilmorin in 1899. The draw; 
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Australian Saltbushes.—In the Kew Bulletin, 1896, p- 129, an 
account 18 given of sheep-bushes and saltbushes in various parts of 
the world. Mr. Frep Turner, F.L,.S. has forwarded to the 
Director of Kew an article on the Australian saltbushes which was 
sess in the * Sydney Morning Herald” of June 20th, 1907. 
he article deals with the various species of Atriplex, Cheno- 
e of considerable 
: The following extracts have 
“ener 6 “account, In the course of this 
