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The Rhododendron is a handsome species collected by Mr. E. H. 
Wilson, and found in Szechuan and W. Hupeh. Unlike most of 
the broad-leaved species, R, sutchuenense flowers when only a small 
plant. As it flowers in early March, it is liable to damage from 
frosts. Since Primula Maximowiezii was first described over thirty 
years ago, it has been eagerly desired for cultivation, and the plant 
has at last been sent home by Mr. W. Purdom collecting for 
Messrs, J. Veitch & Sons, in the mountains of Northern Wei-chang. 
The plant figured has striking orange-crimson flowers, but in some 
specimens the colour appears to be purple. The flowers are pendu- 
ous with narrow corolla lobes. The Meconopsis is a native of the 
high Himalayan Alps from Central Nepal to Bhutan, ete, The 
flower is a very remarkable shade of blue. The species most 
nearly resembles M. quintuplinervia, Regel, from N. W. China, 
‘while its habit agrees with that of M. pseudo-integrifolia, Prain, 
from Tibet. Clematis montana is widely spread in the Himalaya and 
in the mountains of West and Central China, and there are 
numerous varieties. The subject of the plate is a native of Central 
China where it was collected by Mr. Wilson, and flowered in 
Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons’ Coombe Wood Nursery in July, 1909. 
Besides the structural difference between this plant and C. montana, 
it is of particular value for gardens since it flowers at least two 
months later than the typical C. montana. The Cirrhopetalum was 
found near Panga, Siam, by Mr. Curtis, and was first flowered at 
Penang in 1893. The plate was prepared from a specimen sent to 
Kew by Sir Trevor Lawrence, with whom the plant flowered in 1909, 
This species is remarkable in the length of the lateral sepals which 
may reach a length of upwards of a foot. 
Dominica Botanic Station Reports.—The reports of the Botanic 
Station, Experiment Plots and Agricultural School, Dominica, for 
the year 1909-10, is of an interesting character, and the station 
appears to be in a thoroughly efficient condition. Para rubber has 
been found to thrive well on the coast lands and there is a consider- 
able demand for seeds in the island. The report of the Experimental 
Plots is of more than local interest and deals with manurial 
experiments on Cacao which have now been carried on for about 
ten years. They deserve careful study by those engaged in the 
cultivation of this product. The experiments show a considerable 
increase in the yield of Cacao in consequence of the application of 
manures and the most successful treatment appears to be a mulch 
of grass and leaves. 
Botanic Station, Carriacou.—We notice with interest that a small 
Botanic Station has been opened on the Island of Carriacou in 
in connection with the Botanic Station, Grenada, and under the 
charge of Mr. G. Whitefield Smith, F.L.S., the Commissioner of 
the Island. A short report of the station is given in the Report of 
the Botanic Station, Grenada, 1909-10. The Cacao crop in 
Grenada is reported as the largest on record, and though mealy bug 
and black blight are stated to be slowly spreading, every effort is 
being made locally to cope with these pests, 
