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„Screw pines grow only from the extremities of their branches, and do 
ot when eut in produce new growths by the development of adventi- 
Pine * had about 40 branches, each bearing a huge tuft of foliage, and 
it measured 30 feet in height, with a diameter of 40 feet, Its weight 
would be about 6 tons.’ 
It was a female plant and first fruited in 1883 and — its large 
heads of fruits about a foot long almost every subsequent year. was 
remov ed in in 1894 and was then aring five heads. Up to 1882 it was 
the striking mass of aerial roots has been carefully preserved for future 
exhibition in No. . Museum. An illustration of the striking mass 
was published in the Gardeners’ Chronicle for January 5, 
P. odoratissimus, Roxb., is reduced in the Fiora of British India to 
P. fascicularis, Lam 
Citrus inodora.—This is anew species of Citrus, native of Queensland. 
It is of interest as possessing economic qualities renderi ing it suitable 
for cultivation as a substitute for the West India lime or for affording 
an Australian stock on which to graft or bud other sorts of Citrus 
plants. The following account is taken from the Ugo Tiii of the 
Queensland viene eee Society (July-September, 1 94) : 
Citrus inodora.— The Cou nll were debel t Mr. F. M. Bailey, 
F.L. S, Colonial ire bea y of seeds and sc pe of this 
Queensland lime. Mr. Bailey, i in i is "Third Supplement to the Synopsis 
of the Queensland Flora (1890, page i MED the nd her 
habitat is on Harvey's Creek, Russell adds : 
species of Citrus is well worthy of bis tid for its "pis wach s is 
juicy, and equal in flavour to the West Indian lime. In general ap- 
e tree resembles the orange, having the same dark-green 
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the Society a large number of seeds were got; these had all been sown 
under favourable conditions, while the scions have ed upon 
Citrus roots. Mr. Bailey is of opinion that this Citrus plant will be an 
native, and, so far as is RN not liable to any disease, is greatly in 
its favour for stock purposes 
Sarda Melon.—A description of this melon was creen in = 
Kew Bulletin for 1894, p. 75, ripe fruits having been ived a 
Kew from Dr. Aitch ison, F.R.S., C.I.E., who obtained chen cm 
Kabul The seeds from these fruits were distributed to several 
Colonial Botanic CUu, and to the principal private gardens in this 
country, including Her Majesty’s Royal Gardens, Frogmore, Windsor, 
from whence a fruit was sent to Kew by Mr. O. Thomas, who wrote 
* T send you a small fruit of the Sarda Melon for you to taste. The 
