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New Gallery at Kew Gardens. [april, 



decorticated seeds, the residual cake could be utilised as a feed- 

 ing material. The sample sent contained the whole of the oil 

 in a decomposed state. It was calculated that the proteids 

 would after extraction of the oil be about 10 per cent, lower 

 than in linseed and cottonseed cakes (new process), but only 

 about 2 per cent, less than in linseed cake (old process) ; 

 there would be less fat, but more carbohydrates, and also less 

 fibre. The nutrient value was thus estimated as nearly identical 

 with that of cottonseed cake (new process). The investigations 

 will be continued.* 



By an Act of 19th January last the French Practical Schools 

 of Agriculture, which occupy an intermediate position between 

 the Farm Schools and the National 

 Practical Schools Agricultural Schools, are to be brought 

 °^in^Franc^ re more under the direct control of the State. 



Such schools may in future only be estab- 

 lished on land belonging to or leased to the State ; the hygienic 

 conditions of the locality must be satisfactory ; the soil must cor- 

 respond to the average conditions of the neighbourhood ; and 

 the plans must be approved by the Ministry of Agriculture. 

 The farm must be managed so as to serve as an example for 

 the neighbourhood, and experimental plots should also be 

 maintained. 



Some considerable rearrangements have recently been made 



in the Museums at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. A new 



„ „ gallery, 130 ft. long by 16 ft. wide, at the 



New Gallery at . e M TTT 



Kew Gardens. Museum No. 111., was opened on 



February 1st. To this the entire collection 



of gymnosperms (conifers, cycads, and Gnetaceae) has been 



transferred. The space thus set free in Museum No. I. 



has been utilised in making a more effective display of its 



B:i'l etin of the Imperial Institute, No. 4, p. 156, Vol. II., No. 1, p. 22. 



