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In February, 1911, Mr. Dodd was appointed a probationer gar- 
dener in India ; and, after spending some time at the Royal Botanic 
Garden, Calcutta, was transferred to Delhi, where he died of enteric 
fever on July 3rd. 
Euphorbia meloformis, Ait.—This is one of the most remarkable 
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Echinocactus ornatus from Mexico, that a non-botanist would pro- 
bably never suppose that they belonged to two totally different 
Natural Orders. 
There are two species in cultivation under the name of EF. melo- 
formis, but the specimen here figured is the true plant of Aiton, 
and was originally introduced into this country by Masson in 1774. 
It is a native of the region extending from the districts of Uitenhage 
and Port Elizabeth to that of Albany, in South Africa. The 
Cycas Micholitzii—The history of this remarkable Cycad has 
been given in Kew Bulletin, 1910, p. 163, and in the Bot. Mag., 
t. 8242, where the male plant is the subject of an excellent figure. 
A considerable number of plants of this species were imported b 
Messrs. Sander, but with the exception of the female plant depicted 
on the right side of the accompanying illustration, all have so far 
proved to be male. This plant first coned in the winter of 1910, 
and has continued to do so annually since. The male plant matures 
its cones somewhat earlier than does the female plant. An effort 
to obtain seeds was made in 1910; pollen was saved and the ovules 
were dusted periodically. A number of ovules swelled up to over 
an inch in diameter and were allowed to mature, but on examination 
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