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The seeds of Victoria regia were received from Kew Gardens 

 on October 7th, 1902, and were planted on the same day. Ten 

 days afterwards one germinated, and at the end of three weeks 

 fifteen ont of the eighteen seeds received had germinated. 

 Three plants were pnt into the large tank on December 9th, 

 one being in a half cask, one in the small well in the corner, 

 and the finest plant in the central well, and this one opened the 

 first flower on March 12th and produced 12 flowers in all. The 

 other two, from want of room, did not bear any flowers. The 

 largest leaves were 50 inches in diameter, and the flowers 10 

 inches in diameter. One ova.ry only ripened and yielded about 

 50 seeds, and we hope that by getting the plant into the large 

 tank earlier in the season better results will be obtained during 

 the coming summer. 



Packets of seeds have been received during the year as 

 under : — 



M. Buysman, Holland ... 



. 18 



H. Swanfield, Natal 



. 2 



Hon. R. Jameson, Natal... 



. 7 



Botanic Gardens, Najpur 



1 



J.L.Elmore,? 



. 12 



J. O'Brien, England 



I 



Botanic Gardens, Melbourne 



. 20 



Reasoner Bros., Florida 



. 8 



W. S. Seaman, Natal 



. 2 



Botanic Gardens, Sydney 



. 26 



CO. Sprenger, Italy 



.. 39 



S. N. Price, Naial ... 



.. 1 



Botanic Gardens, Trinidad 



1 



Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 



. 4 



Mrs. Blaker, Natal 



. 1 



Sander & Co., St. Albans 



. 5 



H. A. Dreer 



1 



W. Thorpe, England 



. 12 



Max Leichtlin, Baden-Baden 



.. 1 



J. F. Ingram, Natal 



.. 1 



W. J. Haygarth, Natal ... 



.. 7 



Mrs. Ball, Natal 



. 2 



Botanic Station, Lagos ... 



.. 1 



Major Wright, England ... 



.. 1 



G. Thorncroft, Transvaal 



. 3 



Forest Department, Uganda 



. 1 



Miss Darby, Natal 



.. 1 



Herb & Wulle, Italy 



.. 30 



Botanic Gardens, Sierra Leone 



.. 1 



Botanic Gardens, Saharunpur 



.. 44 



Royal Gardens, Calcutta ... 



.. 70 



