lvi THE HISTORY OF THE BOTANICAL MAGAZINE 
Roezliana (pl. 5640), from Mexico; Agave schidigera 
(pl. 5641), from the same country; Begonia boliviensis 
(pl. 5657) ; the fruit of Cestrum elegans (pl. 5659), Begonia 
Veitchii (pl. 5663); Lelia majalis (pl. 5667), another of the 
many beautiful Mexican plants; and the singular gigantic 
West African Aristolochia Goldieana (pl. 5672), are a few 
other prominent plants in the ninety-third volume, which 
is dedicated to Professor D, Oliver, who, as all those whoare 
associated with him know, possesses a marvellous knowledge 
of the plants of the whole world. The 106th volume is 
dedicated to another of my Kew colleagues, Mr. J. G. 
Baker, who has done so much to smooth the way for 
amateur botanists and horticulturists, especially in his 
labours on the petaloid Monocots, for which class of plants 
he has during many years furnished the letterpress for the 
Magazine, and, in conjunction with Mr. F. W. Burbidge as 
artist, he has produced an illustrated monograph of the 
genus Narcissus. 7 
Succeeding volumes are equally rich in figures of plants 
of gorgeous beauty or fantastic form, of which, however, | 
can only pause to indicate here and there one. Cochliostema 
Jacobianum (pl. 5705) is a very striking member of the 
Commelinacew ; Pleroma macranthum (pl. 5721) has 
purple-blue flowers nearly 6 in. across; Spirea palmata 
(pl. 5726) is one of the handsomest Japanese herbaceous 
plants; Puya Whytei (pl. 5732) is one of the most con- 
spicuous objects in the scenery of Central Chili ; Blandfordia 
Cunninghami (pl. 5734) is an exceedingly showy Australian 
member of the Liliaces ; Masdevallia Veitchiana (pl. 5739) 
is one of the earliest of the really ornamental species of this 
singular genus; the genuine Fuchsia coccinea (pl. 57 40) is 
a native of Brazil, and not hardy in this country; Alla- 
manda nobilis (pl. 5764) recalls the flower-shows of twenty 
to thirty years ago; the lovely Nertera depressa ( pl. 5799) 
claims our attention, not only for its modest beauty but for 
its wide distribution, ranging from the Andes of Mexico to 
Cape Horn, the remote Antarctic islands, and the mountains 
of Tasmania and New Zealand. 
We have now reached the ninety-sixth volume, dedicated 
to the Rev. C. Parish, the discoverer and introducer of so 
many fine Malayan Orchids, It opens with a figure of the 
beautiful Dahlia imperialis, followed by Antigonon leptopus 
(pl. 5016), both natives of Mexico. 
In spite of all inducements to tarry, I must pass on to 
the next volume, where there is a new departure in the 
matter of names, and the Linnean classes and orders are no 
