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Rosa ego aLA. roger ed specimen of this species has been 
received at Kew T. H. Hanbury, Esq. La Mortola, 
Ventimiglia, TP Pis the following information under date 
of April 26.—On Sunday I saw Rosa gigantea in full bloom 
on the facade of the Chateau Eleonore at Cannes, the residence of 
Lord Brougham and Vaux. 'The plant is growing in a 
HOME? Leite 2l ft. x 1 ft. x lft; and I should say that 
this box t be entirely full P. the roots of the plant. The 
colour of the ace reminded me of those of the rose, Wm. Allen 
Richardson, but under the rong sun £u opens very quickly and 
looks almost white before the peta 
R. gigantea was discovered in Gan „On the Shan hills plateau, 
at 4,000 to 5,000 feet, by Sir Henry Collet — B., and also in 
Manipur, at an altitude of 6,000 feet, by Dr. Wat 
At first there seemed hopes that this fine ieee would succeed 
on walls, &c., in sheltered places in Britain, but although several 
plants at Kew and elsewhere withstood—with comparatively little 
protection—the severe winter of 1890-1, that of 1892-3 killed all 
of them outright. At Kew it grows vigorously under glass, but, 
so far, has not flowered. 
Totem Pole from British Columbia._By the courtesy of the 
Provincial Government of British Columbia the Timber Museum 
(No. III) of the Royal Gardens has been enriched by a very 
interesting specimen of the decorative Hee’ E guo rd 
ee used y the Indians on the Pacific hese pos 
ually made of Red Cedar (Thuja gis QURE and are clnboritaly 
eben with figures of men and animals, and coloured. There isan 
aecount, with. illustrations, by Dr. Boas, in the Report of the 
British Association for the Advancement of Science for the 
year 1890 (pp. 564, 565). These posts possess considerable 
interest from an ethnographical point of view, and are likely 
to become very scarce or disappear altogether as the Indians adopt 
European habits. They also exhibit one of the numerous uses to 
which the Red Cedar of the Pacific slopes is applied. 
Some of the poles are 30 to 50 feet high and give a singularly 
pieturesque appearance to the Indian villages. The specimen 
presented to ne is the lower part of a pole originally 35 a 
hig about AM feet high and 3 feet 9 inches broad ; 
is hollowed etd at the back and rounded in front. In the eee 
part there is an partie boa 5} feet, by 2 feet, which formed the 
doorway into the dwelling. The front part is ‘deeply carved into 
allegorical figures of a bear, an eagle, a nd other animals. These 
form the Totem or arms of the fami ily. 
Further particulars are etg in the following letter announcing 
the shipment of the specimen ; 
DEPUTY PROVINCIAL SECRETARY, BRITISH COLUMBIA, to 
ROYAL GARDENS, Kew 
Provincial seater? 8 Office, Victoria, 
March 8, 1898. 
SIR, 
"REFERRING to prior correspondence respecting the desire 
expressed by yourself to obtain a specimen of the decorative 
