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appear under numerous headings as the Flora of the Solomon Islands 
(K.B., 1894, 211; 1895, 132, -189); of ere Islands ( K.B., 1894, 
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Oncurps. 
The cultivation of orchids is one of the most prominent features of 
English Soeticultare. Every part of the world is ransacked for them 
by collec Of no family of plants have more species been got 
together x ú a livin state d in no country are a greater number 
ipd the late Dr. Reichenbach, Professor of Botany at Hamburg, 
as the acknowledged authority for their nomenclature. On his death 
inl 1889 vigorous publie pressure was brought to bear on Kew to take up 
his work. This was done, though not without difficulty, in addition to 
pet other es and in 1891 the ee of technical descriptions of 
w species was commenced. Twe decades of * new orchids ” have 
beat published i in the Bulletin. 
HORTICULTURE. 
Of hor —— interest a list enumerating 766 species and varieties 
-of orchids that flowered at Kew during "the year 1890 has been 
p "UC B 1891, 52), affording useful information as to the 
me and duration of the flowering period of orchids cultivated in this 
country. The highest number of species vibe in one month was 125 
in May; the lowest was 85 in Jan nuary. Some species, as for instance 
Cypripedium longifolium, d ee 15, and Odontoglossum 
erispum, were in flower all through the ye: 
- The cultivation of tropical d sub- batiad plants on the Riviera 
-was described (K.B., 1889, 287), with notes on the principal palms, — 
cycads, bamboos, agaves, and other succulent plants. To this was added 
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ed. further contribution was made to this subject 
paper written by Mr. J. G. Baker, F.R.S., on the agaves and 
by a 
arborescent liliaccze on the Riviera (K.B., 1892, 1). As few botanists 
have attended much to these plants it has been very difficult for 
cf cultivated Riviera plants is also of value to Kew, as it assists in the 
interehange or purehase of new and desirable specimens — for 
the establishment. 
An important paper on horticulture and arboriculture in the Unite d 
States, prepared by the curator, Mr. G. Nicholson, A.L.S., whilst on a 
| visit, as a judge in horticulture at the Columbian Exposition at Chicago 
El (K.B.,. 1894, 37), has rendered it possible to obtain a more complete 
represen ntation of the trees and shrubs of the United States in the 
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