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Messrs. Alex. Jack and Sons, Ltd., Maybole. aT amet of 
felloes, spokes and naves of wheels of home grown timber 
The Most Honourable the Marquess of Ailsa, Culzean Castle, 
Ayr.—Two sections of Ash. 
Mr. R. A. Murray Allan, Glenfeochan, Oban.—Transverse 
section of Larch. 
Mr. Thomas Strachan, Keir Estate, Dunblane.—Model of Field 
gate made of Yew 
Sir C. T. Dyke-Acland, Bart., Killerton, Exeter. —Plank and 
transverse section of Cryptomeria japonica. 
Imperial Commissioner of Agriculture, Barbados.—Photographs 
of Orange (Citrus Aurantium) cael: beta towards a con- 
dition similar to that in the Navel 
Curator, Economic Garden, ode Calabar.—-Sample of native 
Cotton Yarn dyed with Indigofera arrecta, 
Senor Annibal Ferreira da Gama, St. Thomé. oy hak and leaves 
of the a varieties of Cacao saltidated i in St. Thomé. 
C r, Botanic Gardens, Dominica.—Fruits of ee Cacao 
(Theobroma angustifolia) from a tree fruited for the first time in 
Dominica. 
Mr. Francis de St. Croix, Jersey.—Fruits of Fomegrenat? 
ripened on a tree 16 or 17 years old growing in the open in Jersey 
Canon Ellacombe, Bitton Vicarage, Bristol—Fruits of Pédie- 
granate ripened in the open at Bitton. 
Mr. 8. Fraser, Kingussie——Cones of Pinus Cembra. 
Messrs. Turnbull and Co., Glasgow.—Niueteen samples illus- 
trative of the destructive distillation of wood. 
Presentation of a piece of Plate—The International Rubber 
Exhibition held in London in July last was made the occasion 
of an interesting presentation of a handsome silver salver to the 
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, commemoration of the Fier 
played by this institution in Sie: initiation of the Para rubbe 
gens: in the Eastern Hemisphere. 
he presentation was made by the Rubber Growers’ Association 
“aes a banquet held on July 7th, 1911, and the salver was accepted 
on behalf of the Royal Botanic Gardens by Sir W. T. Thiselton- 
yer. 
At the same time a telegram was sent by the Chairman to Sir 
J. D. Hooker, during whose directorship the introduction of Hevea 
brasiliensis to our Eastern possessions took place. In acknowledging 
the gift, Sir W. T. Thiselton-Dyer said :— 
Sir Henry Blake and gentlemen,—I think the Permanent Secre- 
tary of the Colonial Office, who is present with us to-night, will 
ee with me that this is rather a unique occasion in official history. 
ou know that civil servants serve under the Crown, I think I 
may say, without fear or expectation of fayour. When they do 
their duty they are subject to a ~—* deal of critielem. o—_ are 
