June 7, 1873.] 
THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
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of pinus proper, which extends from the termination of 
ahies to the Isleworth entrance (340 yards), and thence 
along the lined out path (100 yards), that leads to the 
Sion vista. The collection of pinus proper also extends a 
little way up the Pagoda avenue, and 100 yards up the 
new path skirting the Queen’s Cottage grounds, where it 
is succeeded by the collection of yews, cypresses, retmo- 
sporas, taxodiums, thujas, and smaller American and 
Japanese genera. The juniper collection is planted on 
either side of an avenue leading through the woods from 
the lake to the King William Temple, and extends foi 
200 yards. 
The classified and named pinetum thus extends along 
nearly 2000 yards of path and avenue, representing 
double that length, or two and a quarter miles of made 
soil, beds, and plantations, except where interrupted by 
old trees. The plants are throughout so arranged that 
the Old World species are as far as possible placed oppo¬ 
site to the American species of the same genera, and there 
are on the average 3-12 specimens of each species oi con¬ 
spicuous varity, placed in groups. The number of speci¬ 
mens is about 1200, all correctly named, with the excep¬ 
tion of some doubtful ones. Almost every species that 
can be grown in the open air in this country is i epre- 
sented. Very few have been bought, the majority being 
plants procured by exchange and correspondence with 
different parts of the world, and through the liberality of 
the various eminent nurserymen whose donations are 
mentioned in last year’s report. 
Whenever possible, the specimens in the old pinetum 
of the Pleasure Grounds have been transplanted to this, m 
most cases with apparSfit success, but of this there is no 
assurance till the spring is over. The specimen pines m 
the Botanic Garden have not been removed. 
Method of Ticketing in the Arboretum .—The labour and 
expense involved in procuring ground tallies for such a 
large collection are great, and the subject is full of diffi¬ 
culties. The tallies should be so firmly planted in the 
ground as not to be easily removed—so strong as to resist 
the blow of the butt end of a scythe,—so legible as to be 
clearly read, and, indeed, to attract attention at five paces 
distance, and* should last many years without repaint¬ 
ing. Maw’s Parian tallies are imperishable, and by far 
the neatest, but they are shipped by a scythe blow. Cast- 
iron tallies, well smoothed, and painted black on a white 
ground, if well done, should last from eight, to ten years 
at least ; a great number of these are in use in the arboi e- 
tum ; the best have an oblong top or face of 5 X 4 inches, 
and a leg 10 inches long. The face is perpendicular (not 
slanting backwards from the leg), and the tog ec *ges is 
sharp, to prevent birds sitting on it and defiling the 
writing. Experiments are being made of coating the 
paint with paraffin, the results of which will be reported 
hereafter. A trial is being made of slate, teak, and 
Australian gum-tree wood tallies. Hanging wooden 
tallies are very durable, but are not always easily dis¬ 
covered on the trees, and from hanging obliquely are 
pulled aside to be read, and hence detached by visitors, 
who afterwards simply fling them on the ground. They 
should be of a light wood (good deal answers well), hung 
with well tarred twine or strips of oiled hide. Iron 
hanging labels, fixed with wire, are very objectionable, 
* their weight and motion in the wind soon breaking the 
The writing on the tallies is confined to the vernacular 
name (given only when in common use), the Latin name 
with its author’s initials, and the native country, syno¬ 
nyms are added only when the plant is equally well or 
better known under such. English names not m genera 
use, and especially such as are formed by translating the 
Latin one, are useless and pedantic. In the case o 
varieties, the varietal name follows the specific. . 
Interchange of Living Plants and Seeds .—'The receipts 
during the year have been 2700 seed packets, and IL^U 
plants of all kinds. This includes a very large number of 
young trees, shrubs, and evergreens, procured by exchange 
or purchase, upwards of 4000 presented by Messrs. Lucombe 
and Pince of Exeter, and 1000 presented by Messrs. Dick¬ 
son and Turnbull of Perth. Mr. Booth of Hamburgh has 
again presented to the arboretum no less than 800 named 
species and varieties, and Messrs. Makoy of Liege upwards 
of 100 selected species. A very valuable selection of 
authentically named East Siberian, Japanese, and Amo or 
River trees and shrubs has been presented by the Imperial 
Garden of St. Petersburgh under Dr. Regel’s direction. 
Besides the above, the following donations require especial 
acknowledgments :—A set of British willows from the 
Rev. J. E. Leefe, M.A., an eminent authority on this 
genus; magnificent trunks (12 feet high) of cycas and 
tree-ferns from Australia by Baron von Muller of Mel¬ 
bourne ; a very fine collection of Brazilian tree-ferns and 
other plants, collected by himself, from the Rev. L. Pres¬ 
ton, M.A., of Marlborough College ; a set of rare palms 
from the Royal Botanic Garden of Herrenhausen (Hanover) 
under the direction of Herr Wendland ; and a fine set of 
the larger ferns of South Africa from Mr. McGibbon, 
Superintendent of the Cape Town Botanic Garden. ^ 
During the autumn the Curator visited Belgium for the 
purpose of inspecting the magnificent collections of tropi¬ 
cal plants cultivated there, and especially that of M. 
Linden of Brussels, who presented on the occasion to the 
Botanic Gardens of Kew a collection of 400 interesting 
species, many of them not previously in cultivation m 
England; and that of Messrs. Van Houtte of Ghent, m 
whose liberality on the same occasion the Royal Gardens 
are also greatly indebted. 
Of seed packets and living plants sent out from Kew, 
there have been during the year 7000 of the former, and 
9000 of the latter ; Jamaica still claiming the largest 
share of contributions. , 
A further selection of plants has been sent to t~e 
Jardin des Plantes, Paris, to replace the losses occasioned 
by the siege ; and large collections have been sent to the 
Governments of Bermuda, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, iim 
dad, Barbados, Natal, India, and all the Australian 
colonies. v 
Instructions have been received to introduce the tea.v 
into Jamaica, and the West African (Liberian) Coffee 
into Ceylon, where the ravages of the coffee blight, a 
minute fungus (.Hemileia vastatrix), are still very serious. 
The cultivation of tea in Ceylon (upon which a repor. 
was called for from Kew a few years ago) u successfully 
established, and the quality pronounced satisfactory, ihe 
cinchona continues to flourish in the island and the banc 
has been pronounced of the best quality. The Lnec or o 
the Botanic Garden there is actively promoting the culti 
vation of chocolate, for which the climate of the island is 
admirably suited. , . 
A skilful superintendent (trained at the Glasnevm 
Botanic Garden) has been sent out from Kew to .he 
Botanic Garden of Natal, and has taken with him a large 
collection of economic plants. A gardener has been sent 
to the Embassy Garden at Constantinople, and another 
as Superintendent of the Agri-horticultural Society s 
Garden at Calcutta. . . «. ,v a 
Under instructions from the Secretary of State for the 
Colonies a skilled propagator has been sent to supenmend 
the extension of forest plantations m the Island of Mauri¬ 
tius. Others have been selected for the tea and cotton 
P ““iLofof the Indian Medical Service, after 
devoting a year to the study of his Turkestan cofiectiom 
at Kew, has been appointed locum tenens atAhe Roy^ 
Botanic Gardens, Calcutta, during the absence m Europ. 
on sick leave of Dr. King, the present superintendent 
The yield of cinchona in the Indian plantations 
already very large, and the bark has fetched good prices 
in the English market; the manufacture of quinine has 
been established in the Nilghiri plantations, and will 
shortly be commenced in the Sikkim Himalaya. _ 
The papers respecting the opium poppy disease m Inc la 
have been transmitted to Kew from the local government 
