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Current Literature (Jan. to June). 
Chemical News, The. Vol. LIX. 
No. 1519. Macadam : On some new fossil resins from the coal measures. 
,, 1523. Rawson : On some new tests for Tannic and Gallic acids. 
„ 1530. Cross and Bevan : The Chemistry of the Flax Fibre. 
„ 1535. Landrin : On the Analysis of Cinchonas. 
„ 1539- White: Indigo Stem Ash. 
„ 1540. : Estimation of Tea Tannin. 
,, — Palmer : The testing of Logwood extracts. 
G-azette, Agricultural Student’s. Vol. IV, Part 2. 
Gilbert : Results of experiments at Rothamsted on the growth of 
Potatoes. 
Chronicle, The Gardeners’. Series 3. Vol. V. 
No. 106. Novelties of 1888 (continued in No. 107). 
„ — Reichenbach, f. : Peristeria Rossiana, n. sp . ; Cypripedium Crossianum 
x Psittacinum, n. hyb., Angl. 
„ — O’Brien : Culture of S. African Orchids. 
„ — Masters : Monstrous Ivy flowers. 
„ — Cultivation of useful plants in Hainan (concluded from Vol. IV). 
,, 107. Chrysanthemum sports. 
„ — Rolfe : Cypripedium margaritaceum , Franch. 
„ — Reichenbach, f. : Cypripedium inslgne Horsmanianum, Rchb. f. ; 
Cypripedium Crossianum Tautzianum x Rchb. f. ; Epidendrum 
radiatum (Lindl.) f us cat uni) n. var. 
,, — Tachiadenus carinatus. 
,, — Pinus Sabiniana at Kew (Fig. 6). 
„ — Roots of Leguminosae. 
„ — Genera of Ferns. 
„ 108. Reichenbach, f. : Cypripedium Pitcherianum , n. hyb., Angl. (Fig. 10) 5 
Schomburgkia Lepidissima , n. sp. ; Castasetum galeritum (Rchb- 
V) pachyglossum, n. var. 
,, — Morris: Agave candelabrum (Fig. 11). 
„ — Rolfe : Phalaenopsis amabilis. 
„ 109. Reichenbach, f. : Laelia anceps (Lindl.), var. amabilis , n. var. 
,, — Useful Ferns. 
„ — Cattleya Loddigesii (Fig. 13). 
„ — Burbidge : Flower colour. 
„ — The Chinese Primrose (continued in No. no). 
„ no. Ixianthes retzioides (Fig. 19). 
„ — Brown : Arisaema Wrayi, Hemsley ; Satyrium membranaceum, 
Swartz. 
,, — Ross : The Australian Pitcher Plant. 
,, — A turnip gone wrong (Fig. 21 and 22). 
„ in. Reichenbach, f. : Cypripedium insigne Hallianum , n. var.; Cypri- 
pedium claptonense x n. hyb., Angl. 
,, — Castasetum fimbriatum (Liadl.) platypterum , n. var. 
„ — Brown : Habenaria Macowaniana , n. sp. 
„ — Masters : Abies lasiocarpa, Hooker (Figs. 23-32). 
,, — Tenacity of Life in a Cycad. 
„ — Burbidge : Plant colour. 
