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Gardens at Kew, repeatedly seen leaves representing the common 

 and the Linkii type of leaf in the same individual, and I 

 was inclined to drop the distinction of the short-segmented form, 

 even as a variety, if it had not been for the fact that the Linkii 

 type is the only form of Ferula communis which I have so 

 far seen from Morocco, although specimens from Morocco, 

 under cultivation, sometimes show an approach to the typical 

 form, as may be seen from the Botanical Magazine figure. It may 

 be that in Morocco the Linkii type has become more fixed and has 

 grown into a distinct race, characterised at the same time by a 

 more abundant production of gum resin. Battandier and Trabut 

 record from the south-western part of Algeria a variety of Ferula 

 commit n is which they characterise merely by stating that " it exudes 

 from the stems, and often also from the tips of the leaf -segments, 

 a copious gum analogous to gum ammoniac, and possibly identical 

 with the Fushog of tbe Moors." I have seen no specimens of this 

 plant which they mark simply as " ft gummifera" and have for 

 the present preferred to accept Mariz's name for the variety, 

 namely, brevifofia. As to the plant that produces the Cyrenaica 

 gum ammoniac, I would refer to what I have said concerning its 

 appearance in the paragraph on the Ammoniakon of Dioscorides, 

 for it is obviously a quite distinct species. 



LIX-VISIT TO NEWPORT AND SOUTH WALES 



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« J f c ^ tnbution of an exhibit to the forestry section of the 



Q • ':.' ,«? of En S land > and Southern Counties Agricultural 

 Societies Show ' by the Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, 

 Kew, turnished the object for my visit to Newport in June. After 

 the necessary work attached to this exhibit was accomplished, I 

 was able to go and see several gardens of interest during the show 

 week, and the appended notes are the outcome of my iourneyings. 



Forestry ExHiBrrroN.-Although it is only the second year 



that tue subject of forestry has formed one of the distinct features 

 ol the Bath and West " show, it has excited a considerable 

 amount ot interest among landed proprietors, and a great many 

 exhibits were got together on this occasion. These exhibits were 

 ot both educational and commercial value. On the one hand, the 

 enects ot culture on various trees were well shown— such as good 

 ana baa planting, pruning, the rate of growth of various timber 

 trees on different kinds of land and at varying altitudes, &c, and 

 the effect and treatment of insect and fungus pests. On the other 

 nana, planks of home-grown timber, with the approximate ages 



nlamS J w ?? b 1 "™* t samples of various woods in the rough, 

 planed, and polished ; gates, window frames, doors, fencing suit- 



onlf 4 m W ° rk ' a11 from home-grown timber, with details of 

 tWtini heT }^ m timber showing the advantages accruing from 

 Dur ™ iZ lth ^.^te previous to use, and various other items, 

 varlnnf I e * nibltl0 * lectures and demonstrations were given on 

 various operations connected with forestry. 



fro^fh?J! N ? RE, r:? n the outski rt8 of Monmouth, about two miles 

 irom the centre of the town, an entrance is gained to the park which 



