it were sent to K<-\v in October last by the m.-i imf.-i.-t uni\ inviting 

 ittontion to tlic special applicabilit \ of our patent un! .;-. :ik;i 1 .1. ;Ja/.ing 

 naterial, Duroline, for the -lazing of Wardian eases, in which plant.-* 

 in- scut and received lVoin abroad. We believe inucli damage and 

 umovanoo results iVom the breakage of glass in those cast's." 



OphiopogOll japonicus. — Specimens of this plain were recently sent 

 o Kew for identification by JI. Laboucbere, Esq., M.P. " About t lie 

 ; Lake of Como, in many of the villas, they have a sort of grass which 

 ' they call ' erba japonica.' Its advantage is that it grows thickly 



• beneath the trees or in the sun, and stands the frost. It makes a 



• thick hed, and they use it for borders or for spaces that they wish to 

 ' cover, in the latter case cutting it short It seems to mc 



• that if it were, introduced here it would be useful for garden- and 



CimrullarU, }up,>,un, (lurhe aux turquoise-), and in some bool 

 ^J'f'^ I" I' " ■; ' ( ' I, I lv Mr. .1. (J. Hake, whe: 



— " As an edging (and a capita! one too; for shady walks, and also 

 " sort of turfy covering to the bare ground under the dense shade of t 

 •■ J'lm f/i/ia jannmiii v..-- siiceo-fully employed. A pretty 



The " Index Kewensis." 



