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only very imperfectly acquainted. The capital outlay on macbinery is 
reduced, and risks of breaking down avoided. This latter ere 
must be most important when the coffee is being cultivated, as it s 
frequently i ae in countries where no engineering shops exist, incita ud 
intended for shipment in der cs asdf it was going to be treated on 
the spot, otherwise successful results dida. be expected. In this 
el 
and comparatively free from silver skin, while some is extensivcly 
coated with the latter is. is Fine c and dull in appearanc 
In 
conclusion, we ma we are sure Messrs. Shand, Haldane, & 
Co. would answer os th iries you might like to make with reference 
to the Borneo coffee, and we shall be glad to give you any further 
m aipat in our power on the subject. 
We are, &c. 
The Director, (Signed) MaJoR AND FIELD. 
Royal Gardens, Kew. 
CCCCXC.—MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 
The Director of the Royal Gardens represented the Royal Society at 
the funeral of M. Pasteur in Paris on October 5. 
ical Magazine.—The October number opens with dinem 
Gear, a native of Cauca, Colombia. It was first sent to Kew from 
Herrenhausen by Dr. Wendland in 1887, but this plant has not flowered ; 
subsequently it was received from Messrs. Sander & Co., of St. ans, 
and this plant flowered last year. It is a striking Ue 
cordat nd long, narrow, deep purple spathes. Mormodes 
rolfeanum, a native of Peru, is a handsome orchid, which flowered at 
ew in January of the present year. Polygala Galpini, a South 
represented. in the figure. It was flowered at Kew A bulbs pre- 
ma Py Mr. Max Leichtlin, of Baden-Baden. Sternbergia fischeriana 
is ring-flowering species, very similar to S. lutea. Bulbs were 
received at Kew last year from Messrs. Dammann, of Naples, and from 
Mr. E. Whittall, of Smyrna, near which place they were collected by 
the latter gentleman, 
