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JOUHHAX OF THE ROYAL fl ORTI C U LTY ItA L SOCIETY. 



Lissochilus Eylesii. By A. B. Rendle (Journ. Bot. 506, p. 53; 

 2 1905 .—Description of a new species, allied to L. Wilsoni, but with 

 yellow flowers, collected by Mr. Eyles in Granite country in the Matoppo 

 Hills at an altitude of 5.000 feet. — G. S. B. 



Lissochilus Mahoni. By R. A. Rolfe (Bot. Mag. tab. 8047). — Nat. 

 ord. Orchidacea, tribe Vandea. Uganda. A deciduous terrestrial orchid. 

 Y'jj~-.z- ::t Lir^es: of :hr = . Set*!? 1 inci L:r*. sreen. 



veined with brown- Petals, ovate-orbicular. \\ in. long and broad, rosy 

 lilac, slightly darker behind. Lip 3-lobed, 1| in. long : green, with brown 

 nerves. — G. H. 



Lissochilus Uganda. By B. A. Rolfe (Bot. Mag. tab. 8044).— Nat. 

 ord. Orchidacea, tribe Vandea. Uganda. A terrestrial tuberous herb. 

 Flowers 2 in. long, yellow ; apex of sepals purple-brown. — G. H. 



ListPOStachys bidens. By W. B. Hemsley (Bot. Ma*j. tab. 8014).— 

 Nat. ord. Orchidacea, tribe Vandea; West Tropical Africa. A free- 

 growing and profusely flowering orchid with small fragrant flowers, 

 pinkish-white. — G. H. 



Listrostachys Monteirae. By R. A. Rolfe (Bot. Mag.tab. 8026).— 

 Nat. ord. Orchidacea, tribe Vandea ; West Tropical Africa. A stout, 

 erect epiphyte. 1-2 ft. high. Racemes 6-12 in. long, many-flowered. 

 Flowers yellowish- white, spurs yellow. 2 in. lon^. — G. H. 



Loblolly Pine in Eastern Texas. By R. Zon | U.S.A. Dep. 

 Forest Service Bull. — There are three pines indigenous to Texas, but 

 the loblolly (Pinus Tada) has by far the widest distribution, it beins 

 found in commercial quantities over an area of about 5,000 square miles. 

 The economic importance of the tree for cross-ties is very considerable, 

 and has increased largely since the chemical treatment to prevent timber 

 from decay has come so much into use. 



Although generally described in our text-books as preferring sandy 

 wastes, it would appear that the loblolly pine grows on lands which are 

 being gradually transformed from marsh to dry grounds, where it spreads 

 about naturally and reproduces itself freely. 



The various tables showing cost of production, yield, and retains per 

 acre are of interest and extremely valuable to the cultivator, and the well- 

 executed illustrations show this pine in its various phases of growth. 



A. D. W. 



The Luquillo Forest Reserve. Porto Rico. By J. C Gifford 



( UJSjL Dep. Agr. Bur. Forestry, Bull. 54).— In 1903 President Roosevelt 

 issued a proclamation in which the eastern portion of Porto Rico was to 

 be set apart as a public forest, the reserve thus created being composed 

 principally of scrub trees, although in that part where the rainfall is 

 plentiful and well distributed there is a heavy growth of timber. 



Coffee was at one time the principal product of the island, but to-day 

 the coffee hardly pays for the picking. Instead, however, the fruit and 

 sugar industries are extending. 



