156 
years. This species is remarkable for its bulky stems. -The specimens 
are 2 feet in diameter, and armed with stout. hooked „Spines, resembling 
strong jack hooks. There are also two large specimens of Opuntia 
arborescens, remarkable for its long spines, each enclosed in a loose pale 
yellow sheath ; two equally large of O. fulgida, peculiar in the down- 
r “weeping” growth of its branches; two of O. arbuscula 
and three small plants of the new Cereus Pringlei, an ally of C. 
giganteus. These m are at present grouped in the centre of the 
Succulent House (No. 
Botanical Magazine.— The plants figured in the May number are 
Kniphofia Northie, Vaccinium erythrocarpum, Argylia canescens, 
Veronica Hectori, and Cypripedium Charlesworthii, With the excep- 
pon of the Veronica, they were all drawn from plants that flowered at 
w. The Kniphofia was brought from Grahamstown, Cape zao 
to Kow i in 1883 by Miss Marianne North, after whom it was d. 
With h slight protection it bears our winters, and last year Howard freely 
in the open air at Kew in June. It is a vigorous caulescent species, 
resembling an Aloe, and there is a ee of it in the North Gallery, 
n. onis Mercer ery rpum is a pretty North American har y 
es, the berries i: nearly black when ripe. Argylia canescens 
(Big (Bignoniacem) is | is a member of an exclusively Andean genus. asa 
| fous with slender annual flowering stems -— Sd ARA 
The Kew plant was — by T. King, Esq., of Garnett Glasgow. 
Veronica H New Zealand species of the ou, tà vini ean 
closely imbrieated leaves like a cypress: It was drawn from à: en 
communicated by Dr. Balfour, Regius Keeper of the Edinburgh Botanic 
rden. The plant of Cypripedium pevna teaa figured was pur- 
chased at an auction sale. 1t is an ornamental species inhabiting the 
Shan Hills, Upper conn the orovtndb of Aracan, Bengal, as 
stated in the Css m 
All the plan li aid i in the June number were drawn from specimens 
at Kew. Crinum Schimperi is a handsome Abyssinian species, 
received at Kew both from the Berlin Botanic Garden and Mr. Max 
Leiehtlin of Baden-Baden. . Trichocladus grandiflorus belongs to an 
exclusively South African genus. of the Hamamelidee. It was raised 
from seeds communicated in 1890 by Mr. E. E. Galpin of Quoenstowii, 
Cape Colony, and flowered in the Temperate House for the first time in 
1894. Ribes teosum is.a striking species ien 
Douglas in 1826, at the mouth of the Columbia River regon. The 
history of its introduction to Kew is unknówn, and it [ does not appear 
to be in cultivation elsewhere in this country. Peraphyllum ramosis- 
; revious summer gum autumn. Tei is a member of thë Pomnacez, an 
pe allied to Amelanchier. The last is Rosa Lucie, a pretty white- 
prostrate €— native of Japan, which was presented to Kew 
n yr Professor Sargent, Direetor of the Har ‘vard Arboretum, Boston. 
US. a under ihe nit of R - wichuri uriana 
E of Booki.—The Mis ses Case of Heath Brow (Lian, 
Me i, have presented 16 volumes of. beara | books to Kew, 
