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into cultivation by Messrs. Van Tubergen, of Haarlem, from Eastern 

 Bokhara, where it is found on mountain slopes at an elevation of 5,000 feet 

 to 6,000 feet, growing on the edges of mountain streams. Of erect habit, 

 with stems about 18 inches high, clothed with shining green, arching 

 leaves, it is an admirable plant for a warm, sheltered border. It requires 

 when in full growth an abundance of moisture and deep, loamy soil, 

 which should be well mixed with plenty of mortar rubbish. — E. T. C. 



Iris sicheana. By C. H. Wright (Bot. Mag. tab. 8059).— Asia 

 Minor. Nat. ord. Iridoae ; tribe Moraceae. Leaves inches long ; 

 scape short ; one-flowered ; outer segments of perianth 2 inches long, 

 silvery-grey striped with reddish-purple ; crest yellow. — G. H. 



Ixias and Sparaxis. By T. B. Field {Garden, No. 1795, p. 210; 

 April 14, 1906). — These both require the same kind of cultivation, as 

 they differ but little from each other. They are natives of South Africa, 

 and need more sunshine than we can supply them with. They do not 

 succeed as hardy bulbs in any part of Great Britain, but it is easy to 

 ensure a fine bloom of them as of hyacinths or tulips. It follows, 

 therefore, that they are better adapted for pot culture than in the open 

 ground. The surest way to enjoy them is to get a new stock of bulbs, or, 

 more properly speaking, corms, every year, as by such means a brilliant 

 display at a small cost of money and labour may be ensured. For a good 

 display of Ixias and Sparaxis potting should be done in the month of 

 September, using a mixture of good leaf-mould one part, fibrous peat 

 three parts, and rough silver sand two parts, or where a good sandy peat 

 containing a reasonable amount of fibre can be procured this will suffice 

 without any admixture whatever. And for all general purposes 5 -inch 

 pots, three to five roots in a pot, will as a rule be best as to size and 

 numbers ; but large pans, if somewhat shallow, are quite as suitable. In 

 any case, it is folly to spread the roots over a large space, and five in a 

 5-inch pot will be none too many for a good head of bloom. — E. T. G. 



Ixora macrothyrsa. By Ad. Van den Heede {La Jardin, vol. xx. 

 No. 468, p. 244; with fig.; August 20, 1906).— Gives description of 

 the whole genus, with names and synonyms, notes on cultivation. 



Julianaceae, a new Order of Flowering- Plants. By W. Botting 

 Hemsley (Ann. Bot. vol. xx., October 1906, pp. 467-471).— An abstract of 

 a paper read at the Royal Society ; the full account appears in the 

 Proc. Roy. Soc. Series B. lxxvii. pp. 145, 158. 



Two genera and five species are known. The plants are resiniferous, 

 deciduous, dioecious, shrubs or small trees, with alternate, exstipulate, 

 imparipinnate leaves. The flowers are small, green, and the males 

 very different from the females : the former resembles in appearance 

 that of the oak, the latter that of the sweet chestnut. The compound 

 fruits are samaroid in form. The author compares the new order with 

 Anarcardiaceae and Cupuli ferae, and states that he believes the most 

 natural position for it to be placed is between Jnglandaceae and 

 Cupuliferae. — A. D. C, 



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