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Another Himalayan Rubus now widely distributed in different parts 
of the world is Rubus rosefolius, Smith (Bot. Mag., t. 6970). Aiton 
in the second edition of Hortus Kewensis says that it was introduced to 
this county by Sir Joseph Banks from the Cape of Good Hope and 
lena. Sir Joseph Hooker found it abundant in the latter island 
According to Mr. Baker (Flora of Lus ae a p. 96) it was 
introduced to that island from the Malay Archipelago n 1780. It is 
now found aiso in many of the West Indian ^ lie especially in 
Martinique and Dominica. Dr. Nicholls, F.L.S. (Kew Bulletin, 
1888, p. 207), includes it under the fruits of Dominica. It is known 
there as Fraist or Red-berry. He adds “this fruit, which evidently 
es rom cultivation many years ago, is now wild and occurs 
abundantly along the roadsides i in several distriets of the island. 
careful cultivation it might be so improved as to make a very fine fruit ; 
but in its wild condition it is too full of seeds to entitle it to take bigh 
vank. tis eaten with cream like strawberries and is also made into 
am.” 
Rubus rosefolius is often cultivated in gardens where its evergreen 
foliage, the delicate white of the petals and above all the red fruit, 
copiously produced, render it very attractive. There is a va riety 
: R, olius var. coronarius) with double white flowers (Bot. 
~ Mag, t. 1783) cultivated as a garden shrub in Japan, and sometimes 
~ seen in greenhouses in this country. ak 
Supplement to Pritzel’s Inconum Botanicarum Index.—Since the 
publication of the original work it has been the practice at Kew to enter 
in an interleaved egei references to all figures of plants as they are 
published ; at least so far as it could be done. Some monographs, such 
as those in the Annals of the Calcutta Botanic Garden, in whic 
are given of all the Indian species, have not yet been entered, Sargent’s 
Silva of North America is another instance; but in each case little 
difficulty is experienced, because all the species are figured and syste- 
mutically arranged. Neve 'ertheless, it is desirable that they should 
eventually be entered, because it is not every botanist that is aware of 
the MÀ of these books. 
Last Dr. Balfour, the Regius Keeper of the Edinburgh Botanic 
Garden, obtained the sanction of the authorities to have a transcript made 
of all the manuscript additions in the Kew interleaved copy of Pritzel, for 
the use of the Edinburgh establishment. ‘This was accordingly done z 
strictly alphabetical arrangement being followed. It was evident that 
great convenience and saving of time would be gained by duplicating 
this for Kew. The manuscript entries in the Kew Pritzel are in a 
variety of hands, some of them not very legible, very much crowded in 
some | and not in one alphabetical sequence. Consequently it was 
decided to have three type-written copies made; one each for Calcutta, 
Kew and Edinburgh ; each establishment paying a third of the cost of 
production. This Kew Supplement was completed by the end of 
February, —-— contains upwards of 50,000 entries. During the time 
the work was in progress about 1,000 entries accumulated, and 
these ein ed added i in the blank same: left for the purpose of 
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