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; and this in apparent disregard of recognized systematic affinities.” — 
Sixthly, Maaillaria atrorubens he found perfectly insusceptible of fertilization — 
with its own pollen, and yet highly susceptible to that of the widely-separated — 
M. squalens, the latter ibig also capable of fertilization with pollen from the — 
former, which affords an illustration of the recipr rocal action of species. He 
here stated that M. squalens, so far as his experience went, was perfectly pro- 
ductive when fertilized with its own zd and remarked on the singulari : 
of the fact that while the female element of an individual was insusceptible to —— 
its own pollinie e influence, and s tible to that from another individual of a 
distinct species, the latter should be alike susceptible to its own pollinie in- 
fluence and to that of the former. 3. On some new British —_ By the 
Rev. T. Salwey, B.D. The author gives descriptions of various TE 
e — (some of which had been examined by Dr. Nyland). 4, Syn 
opsis of Canadian species of Equisetum. By George Lawson, LL.D, —— 
Queen’s euet of Canada. 5. Register of plants in flower in the open air 
at the Royal Botanic Garden (4th list). By Mr. James M‘Nab. 6. Extract 
from a letter from William Jameson, Esq., Botanical Gardens, Saharunpore, 
N.W. Provinces, India, dated April 4, 1863 :—“T have bush from the Neil- _ 
cases containing Chinchona succirubra, C. Condaminea, C. mi- 
erantha, C. nitida, and C. Peruviana. For these I have already selectéd sites 
on the Himalaya, in in Western Gurhwal. Tea cultivation in the Kohistan of. 
Letter from Mr, William Bell, Saharunpore :—“ There is a plant of Hibiseus 
tricuspis here, one or two branches of which bear leaves and flowers widely dif- 
ferent from the normal forms. In so far as I can learn, it came from Calcutta: 
about twenty years ago, and it was some years old when the first of these ab- s 
normal branches made its appearance. I have been assured by one of the — — 
native gardeners that these branches were neither grafted on it nor budded. 
Whether it has inherited these peculiarities from any of its progenitors or not 
I do not know. It is not probable, as it was raised from seed and not from # — 
cutting.” 
Drrep Prants ror SALE.—Dr. Schultz-Bipontinus, of Deidesheim, oe 
many, has still on hand a few complete sets of his European Cichoriacee, and. 
disposes of the set €" species), all, excellently renes. fastened on white * 
paper and p by prin oferta: f sixty francs. Appli- 
cations should be made direct to Dr. Schultz 
Mr. Emden, of Frankfort, has just furnished an excellent photograph of George 
Forster, one of the naturalists of Captain Cook’s second voyage. The po 
graph i is taken from a chalk drawing made in Tahiti, and is six inches by four 
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