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very pretty in their way, they are not robust and their charms 
are a modest kind. Mr. Forrest describes this new one as 
growing in the rhododendron forest on the Tali range of mountains 
at 12,000-13,000 feet altitude. On the same range, at somewhat 
lower altitudes he obtained seed of two other yellow rhododen- 
drons; these he describes as from 2 to 4 feet high, one with 
“bright yellow,” the other with “deep yellow ” flowers. 
Of the remainder of the seeds the most interesting are two 
spruces, two firs, a larch and a cedar. Mr. Forrest seems somewhat 
doubtful as to the generic identity of the cedar, but we may hope 
that his estimate is correct. A new cedar would be a great 
acquisition and, with the deodar growing on the Himalayan ranges, 
the existence of one on the mountains northward seems at least 
probable. Maples and Cotoneasters are also in the collection. 
Unlike the cedars, of which we have still only three (or at most 
four) species, our gardens are already well stocked with these. All 
the conifers were collected by Mr. Forrest on the Lichiang range 
of mountains. 
Botanical Magazine for April—The plants figured are Clematis 
aristata, R. Br. var. Dennisae, W. R. Guilf. (t. 8367) ; Pseuderan- 
themum malaccense, Lindau (t. 8368); Hlaeagnus argentea, Furs 
(t. 8369); Felicia petiolata, N.E. Br. (t. 8370); and Dendrobium 
muricatum, Kinet, var. munificum, Finet (t. 8371). 
e Clematis which forms the subject of the first plate is a 
native of Victoria and is unusual in being a dioecious plant. It is also 
interesting and beautiful owing to the long salmon-red coloured 
anther filaments. This character in particular distinguishes the 
plant from any other form of Clematis aristata. Though the plant 
was probably discovered by von Mueller it was not until 1904 that 
it was brought to notice and cultivation by Mrs. Dennis of Murngal 
and Mr. Guilfoyle named it in her honour. It was sent to Messrs. 
Sander and Sons of St. Albans by Mr. Guilfoyle, and from them a 
plant was received at Kew which furnished the subject of the 
illustration. 
Pseuderanthemum malaccense is a native of the Malay Peninsula 
and was sent to Kew by Mr. H. N. Ridley from the Singapore 
Botanic Gardens in 1908. The figure has been prepared from this 
plant which flowered at Kew in May, 1910. It is a handsome plant 
with violet flowers, the lower petal being sprinkled with red dots. 
The Silver Berry (Hlaeagnus argentea), is the solitary species 
of the genus found in North America, the others being natives 
of South-Eastern Asia and Japan. The leaves are covered by 
a close lepidote indumentum which gives them their peculiar 
metallic lustre. 
Felicia petiolata is a ee little Composite from Basutoland and 
the Albert division of Cape Colony. It was first found by Mr. T. 
Cooper in Basutoland in 1861, and was not again collected until 
1903 when some ripe ,achenes were sent with herbarium specimens 
to Montpelier by Mr. Dieterlin. By this means the plant has been 
introduced to European gardens. The material for the plate was 
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