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public, and by purchase from nurserymen and others. _Contribu- 
tions of plants and seeds received from botanic gardens include the 
following :— 7 
Arnold Arboretum. A large number of trees and shrubs, and 
packets of seeds. 
Calcutta. Wardian case of plants ; orchids and bulbs ; collec- 
tions of seeds from the Himilaya. . 
Dunedin. Wardian case of plants; seeds of New Zealand 
Jamaica. Two Wardian cases of ferns. 
Java. Wardian case of plants. 
Mauritius. Orchids. _. = — 
Natal. Wardian case of Sansevierias, etc. ; seeds. 
New York. Succulent and other plants. 
Penang. Wardian case of plants. 
Singapore. Two Wardian cases of plants; box of orchids ; 
seeds of palms, etc. 
Sydney. Wardian case of plants ; collection of seeds. : 
United States Department of Agriculture. Collection of 
Opuntias. 
Exchanges were made with the Botanic Gardens of Edinburgh, 
Glasnevin, Cambridge and Oxford, and with most of the European 
gardens upon whom Kew is largely dependent for seeds of those 
annual herbaceous plants which fail to produce seeds at Kew. 
.M. the King of Italy presented a quantity of seeds of Ginkgo 
biloba, Captain A. A. Dorrien-Smith, D.S.O., gave plants and 
seeds obtained by him in Western Australia. Mr. P. W. Davis, 
Bedford Park, sent a quantity of New Zealand ferns. Mr. Derring, 
British Vice-Consul, Manaos, Brazil, sent seeds of Leopoldinia 
Piassaba. Dr. Drake-Brockman, Berbera, presented seeds of Cor- 
deauxia edulis (Yeheb). Lady Hanbury, La Mortola, Ventimiglia, 
presented succulents, and other plants and seeds. Mr. J.T. Hibbert 
re a collection of bulbs and seeds from Namaqualand. Lt.-Col. 
Sir G. Holford, Tetbury, and Mr. G. F. Moore, Chardwar, 
presented hybrid Cypripediums. Mr. R. Hoffman, Streatham, 
presented a collection of Caladiums. Sir Everard im Thurn, 
Governor of Fiji, and Mr. H. Tilly, Moulmein, sent orchids. The 
Earl of Jersey presented a large orange tree. Monsieur J. H. 
de Lehaie, Mons, sent bamboos. Sir E. Loder, Bart., Horsham, 
dendron argenteum. Mr. R. ‘Tower, H.M. Minister, Mexico, sent 
seeds of Parthenium .argentatum (Guayule rubber plant), and of 
other economic plants. Messrs. Sander & Sons, St. Albans, and 
Messrs. S. Low & Co., Enfield, presented orchids. 
_ Among the seeds and plants of interest distributed from Kew 
during the year were the following :—Cordeauzia edulis (Yeheb) 
(seeds), Dolichandrone platycalyx (seeds), Ginkgo biloba (seeds), 
Metrosideros tomentosa (seeds), Parthenium argentatum (seeds), Phor- 
mium, tenax, var. (seeds), Platycarya strobilacea (seeds), Senecio 
cruentus (seeds), Zizania aquatica (seeds), and tubers of “ Helianti.” 
