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of the most im services which European rule has rendered to 
the Indian Em Paraguay Jaborandi (Pilocarpus) | is discussed 
(K.B., 1891, 179) from materials sent to this coun ntry by H.M.’s 
chargé d'affaires at Buenos Ayres in 1881. The origin “of myrrh and 
frankincense is discussed in considerable detail (K.B., 1896, 86), while 
ce ham authentic information Hecate et Reg whence Siam Benzoin 
m Benjamin of commerce i obta s the subject of another 
artike (K.B., 1895, 154). Next deren Been Siam Gamboge is 
the most interesting of —À oda ( K.B., 1895, 139). "The 
peculiar Ai Camphor prepared in China from a shrubby co mposite, a 
Med s of Bina, s dauid (with a plate) from mee an supplied 
by Dr. Augustine Henry (K.B., 1895, 275). ‘The plants yielding the 
oca, var. nov 
suited for ns seis at a lower elevation than c S. 'The little- 
known Iboga root of the Ga and ca of t acp. or 
` tonic pioperties,. is traced to Tabernanthé [boga, Baill. (K.B., 1895, 37) ; 
the tree yielding the Ipoh poison of the Malay peninsula i is identified 
with that yielding the Upas poison of Java CK. B., 1891, 24), but the 
remarkable point is brought out that while in "Java the Upas tree 
(Antiaris toxicaria) furnishes a very effective arrow poison, in the 
Malay peninsula tho juice of what is regarded as an identical species 
is apparently innocuous and the defect is remedied by the use of 
arseni 
Foop QRAINS. 
series of articles on the Food Grains of India by Professor 
Fe H. Chureh, F.R.S. (1883 to 1893), supplements the information 
contained in his published handbook on the same su ject. The materiai 
for these investigations were supplied from the Museums of the Royal 
ardens. 
MISCELLANEOUS Notes. 
In 1891 a series of ip eee notes wa3 begun in which were 
récorded appointments on the v staff as well as those made on the 
recommendation of Kew by the peau Seeretaries of State to 
Colonial and Indian Botanical Gardens. The notes also included a 
record of contributions made to the piden. herbarium, and museums, 
‘daily work of the establish cnt. Tater there were added parayraphs 
on general economic subjects too short to appear as separate articles. 
The detailed index now published will afford the means of reference to 
‘these scattered notices. 
APPENDICES. 
The Appendices remain to be noticed. Of these three have been 
regularly issued at the end of each volume since 1891. Pr diaeta the 
information contained in them had appeared as one of the monthly 
numbers of the Bulletin. (1) Lists of seeds of hardy berbeiséóüs 
. and of trees and shrubs offered in exchange by Kew to Colonial, Indian, 
|. 'and Foreign Botanical Gardens ; (2) Lists of new garden plants annually 
2 —— in botanical and horticultural publications. Thes 
