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Jamaica Gardens. By W. J. {Garden, p. 314 et seq. ; 4/ 5, 1901j. 

 — Dealing with local plants, their particular characteristics and useful 

 purposes ; also referring to Fencing and the tools as used. — H. J. C. 



Japanese Flower Arrangement. By Hugo Mliller (Wlsn. Ill^ 

 Gart.-Zeit. p. .172). — A su^^gestive account of the arrangements of cut 

 flowers and sprays according to the Japanese canons. As a rule the 

 Japanese bouquet has few flowers, but a few sprays and flowers grouped 

 on fixed lines. An irregular, upright, spreading spray ; from this radiate 

 from two to eight horizontal lines with drooping habit. — G. P. 



Junipsrus chinensis var. Pfitzerianum Hort. Spath. {Die Gart. 

 34, p. 402 ; fig-j- — A stately variety of the Chinese Juiiij^er that originated 

 in the nursery of Mr. Spiith, near Berlin, and which has attracted the admi- 

 ration of visitors for some years past. It is well distinguished by its 

 slightly pendulous habit and greyish-green foliage, and has proved quite 

 hardy in North Germany. — A. H. K. 



Just. Bot. Jah. Vol. xxvi. (for 1898).— Abth. ii. Heft. iii. ; 1901. 



Contains abstracts of papers on Diseases of Plants, Pollinating and Dis- 

 seminating Devices, ijialls, and Injuries done to Plants by Animals. 

 Vol. xx\-i. (for 1898). Abth. ii. Heft. iv. ; 1901. Contains abstracts 

 of papers on Teratology and Variations, Palceo-botany, Biography ; and 

 is the Index number. Vol. xxvii. (for 1899). Abth. i. Heft. ii. ; 1901. 

 Contains abstracts of papers on Algce, Bryophyta, and Geographical 

 Distribution of Plants. 



Kalanchoe Bentii (Crassulacecs), S. Arabia {Bot. Mag. tab. 7765). 

 — Herb 3 ft. high, with long, fleshy, pointed leaves, differing in this 

 respect from all other species. It has large corymbs of tubular flowers, 

 2 in. in length, green below with a pink limb. — G. H. 



Kalanchoe farinacea (Crassulacece), Socotra {Bot. 3Iag. tab. 

 7769).— Discovered by Dr. Balfour in 1880. It flowered at Kew in 1900. 

 It has obovate leaves 2 in. in length, with panicles of flowers J in. long, 

 golden yellow at the base with a crimson border. — G. H. 



Kennedy a audomariensis, Hort. Leguminoscs, hyb., K. bimaculata 

 X K. Marrijattce (Bev. Hort. Beige, February 1901). — As figured, it has 

 simple lanceolate, exstipulate leaves and small rose-coloured flowers. The 

 genus is of New Holland. — G. H. 



Kew Bulletin. — The Appendix I. (1901) of the current year's issue 

 of the Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, published at the Royal 

 Ciardens, Kew, contains a list of seeds of hardy herbaceous plants and 

 of trees and shrubs. The list of seeds collected in the Arboretum is 

 particularly interesting, as it shows what a large number of species pro- 

 duce ripe seeds, and that in some cases pure hybrids produce fertile 

 seeds. Notable instances ara Bhododcndron kcwcnsCj Phihulelphiis 



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