374 



a median longitudinal slit on the inner face, at all events in 

 S. Br andretl liana ; the specimens examined were Schweinfurth 

 and Riva, No. 1207, from Eritrea, and Stocks, No. 861, from 

 Baluchistan. 



It may be useful to give the more important references to and 

 distribution of S. Brandrethiana. 



Sageretia Brandrethiana, Aitch. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 



vol. viii. pp. 56, 62 ; Boiss. Fl. Or. vol. ii. p. 22 ; Brandis, For. FL 

 p. 95 ; Lawson in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vol. i. p. 642 ; Brandis, 

 Indian Trees, p. 173. Sageretia sp., Aitch. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 vol. xviii. p. 41. Berchemia yemensis, Defers. Voy. Yemen, p. 123. 



Eritrea. Saganeiti, 2200 m., Schweinfurth and Riva, 1207. 



British Somaliland. Drake-Brockman, 389. 



It occurs also in Southern Arabia, Southern Persia, Baluchistan, 

 Afghanistan, Sind, Punjab and the outer hills of Kashmir. 



T. A. S. 



Calabash Tobacco Pipes.— A short note on Calabash* pipes 

 was published on p. 29 of the Kew Bulletin for this year. The 

 following information, communicated by Professor H. H. W. 

 Pearson (dated Cape Town, June 30th, 1907), regarding the 

 cultivation and preparation of the Pipe Calabash in Cape Colony, 

 torms an interesting supplement to the former note : 



t " Jaecultivation is carried on in various parts of the Colony. 

 in tne Kobertson district, situated near the line which separates 

 the summer and winter rainfall areas, the seed is sown in late 

 August and September. The most suitable soil for the purpose is 

 alluvium, rendered porous by the admixture of lime. The plants 

 are watered once a week, but otherwise require little attention. 

 Ihe fruits are produced from December to May. 



;« IT 1 ?! CUFVe ? f *5 e stalk - end of the fruit, from which the pipe 

 Z^tVJ- P™*"" 5 ? naturally ; but, if necessary, it is increased 

 Sown J "n ng - he frmt \° loatftudinal pressure when it is half- 

 KSJL Ihls * s accom P^hed either by standing it in an erect 

 ES'f that ^s weight is borne by the stalk-end, or by a 



na ^ if l g6ment 0f L St ° neS P ]aced in co ^t ^vith its lower 

 halt as it lies prone on the ground. 



vel W " aIF 6118 ' S e ^ een colour of the fruit changes to a light 



fri Hnr nti fi, CU i ttmg ' ? is dried in the ™, and either the whole 

 fruit, or only the lower half of it, is sent to the manufacturer. 



hrini ™?t!! C -? S ° f man ? factur e appears to be very simple. After 

 so ' ened if P f ? Per T' the future Pipe-bowl is boiled and the 

 usedTn tSl afte 7 arda amoved by scraping. The * scraper' 

 Th feSf,™ 1 T ratl0 ?- I f someti mes-and perhaps always-glass, 

 nrenarec "o,ll !! ?° ] } s £ ed ' Jt *™ only remains to furnish the 

 now a clav t^ ^ * fire "P ro °f lining-tin in earlier days, 

 whL cl7Ju ^ Ct ~n nd a m ™^*™ and a pipe is produced 

 alnd whose lViht'! wel1 SUlted to the buJ ky Transvaal tobacco, 

 « ZT% fT recomm onds it to every smoker. 



form of water htu ™ ^ *° f Urther uses in domestic affairs, in the 

 rorm ot * ater-bottles, flower-pots, ladles, &c." 



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