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Colony, presented a collection of seeds. The Natural History 
Museum, South Kensington, gave Musas from the Canary Islands. 
Prof. H. H. W. Pearson, Cape Town, presented collections of 
succulents obtained by the Percy Sladen Expedition, seeds collected 
in Angola by Dr. McClelland Harrison, and Freesia corms. Seeds 
of Welwitschia were received from the Botanic Gardens, Groningen. 
Dr. Perez, Tenerife, sent seeds of Juniperus Cedrus, Cytisus 
proliferus var. Canariae, Echium Pininana and other interesting 
Canary Islands plants. Several presentations were made ex~ 
hibitors at the Rubber Exhibition held in London in July. rs 
Simpson gave a very fine specimen of Platycerium alcicorne. The 
United States National Museum presented succulents. Mrs. 
Mie Falmouth, gave a collection of seeds from the F alkland 
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Among the seeds and plants of interest distributed from Kew 
during the year were the following :—Chinese Meconopsis (seeds), 
Cuscuta sp., Chile (seeds), Cytisus proliferus var. Canariae (seeds), 
Hucommia ulmoides, Pinus patula, Rhamnus Purshiana (seeds), 
Quercus Ilex (seeds to British Colonies), Zizania aquatica, and new 
a Rhododendrons. 
o Wardian cases of plants were sent to Zanzibar, three to 
Brith Kast Africa, and one to British Guiana. Surplus trees and 
shrubs and herbaceous plants were presented to public institutions, 
and surplus Nymphaea tubers to public gardens; collections of 
plants were sent to Brussels Botanic Garden, University Cillewe, 
Cork, &c., &c. 
Hardy Trees and Shrubs.—As has been the case for several seasons 
past, the most notable additions in this department during 1911 
have oe natives of China. The exploitation of the flora of’ 
Central and Western China which gave to the first decade of the 
teecindsotli- emuay its most marked era so far as horti- 
culture is concerned, was carried on during the early part of the 
year by Mr. E. H. Wilson, who orang his fourth journey to a 
successful conclusion in the spring. Kew, in conjunction with 
H.M. Office of Woods and Forests, was a participator in the 
enterprise and received in all 381 packets of seeds as its share. 
Almost every one of these was labelled only with the generic name. 
Among the new species, those of Abies and Picea will probably 
arouse the most general interest. They represent some of the last 
new types of their kind probably the world will yield. The seeds 
erminated excellently, but unfortunately Kew will not be able to 
do the plants justice. Conifers as a whole are not well suited at 
Kew, and, of them all, Abies and Picea are the unhappiest. Fifty- 
four packets of Rhododendron were received, only one of which 
(No. 4234) failed. The other genera most strongly represented 
were Acer, Cotoneaster, Lonicera, Rosa, Spiraea and um. 
A Berberis (No. 1284) of Mr. Wilson’s collecting during his previous 
i Pe flowered, and has since been named B, Stapjtana by Dr. 
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Some interesting seeds collected by Mr. G. Forrest on the 
Lichiang mountains and presented by Mr. J. C. Williams and Mr. 
Bulley were alluded to in the Kew Bulletin, 1911, p. 203. To 
