924 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
their way on to this ground. In places where the ice has 
advanced a little, plants may be found growing and flowering 
close to the a itself. Among the plants thus creeping on to 
the moraine were noticed a combination of mountain and valley 
forms: of mneveritedts rap there \ were — pattie Be ge i 
celebrated Dragon Tree at Orotava, and especially a drawing by 
Don Augustin Monteverde, dating from the earlier months of 
1819, before the tree was partially destroyed by a gale on July 21st, 
in that year. This drawing is the property of Dr. Perez of 
Orotava, who had sent it to Kew for psiaparlede with other 
illustrations. Dr. Stapf discussed the known history of the 
Dragon Tree of the Canaries and notices of it from early writers, 
referring inter alia to the resinous product known as ‘ Dragon's 
Blood,” formerly used as a pigment and in medicine, but now 
almost restricted to colouring varnishes. 
Mrs Horne & Son of Whitby have published in a neat 
little shilling volume an account of Whitby Wild Flowers, by Mr. 
ynolds, which is described on the title-page as “a 
complete botanic list of the flowers, grasses, and ferns of the 
n, ish 
sm. 8vo, pp. xii, 288, 141 text figs., price 2s. 6d.) Dr. Cavers has 
aaa cea is assigned f about a dozen 
of the commoner families af mowening plants. The spelling 
“andrecium,” ‘ gynecium,” is, we presume, on the analogy of 
e poe The book is avowedly a guide to the practical spuly 
nt-life, and contain ions for eacde one: many 0 
g 1 ection 
whisk ean bo ented out oat without the aid of expensi ee 
