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Wm. Wilks, Triandrus pulchellus, Burbidgei type, John Bain, Ellen Barr, and Poëticus ornatus.

In conclusion I should wish it to be understood that I do not pose as an authority on the daffodil in Australia, and my remarks in this paper are made "with bated breath and whispering humbleness." I may, however, claim to be an earnest student who, in the face of many difficulties, has devoted several years to the subject, and, I think, been instrumental, with others, in spreading the popularity of this beautiful spring flower at the Antipodes.

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FIG. 116.-CYPRIPEDIUM GODEFROYE LEUCOCHILUM. (Journal of Horticulture.)

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BOOKS PRESENTED TO THE SOCIETY'S LIBRARY DURING THE YEAR 1898.

Presented by Mrs. Holborn.

The Colours of Flowers," by Grant Allen.

"The Fern Garden," by Shirley Hibberd.

Field Flowers," by Shirley Hibberd.

"Wild Flowers of Scotland," by J. H. Crawford.

"The Shakspere Flora," by Leo H. Grindon.

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The Botanist's Guide through England and Wales," 2 vols., by D. Turner

and L. W. Dillwyn.

"Flowers from the Holy Land," by R. Tyas.

"Bible Plants," by J. Smith.

"A New London Flora," by E. C. De Crespigny.

"A Synopsis of British Mosses," by C. P. Hobkirk.

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Popular Field Botany," by Agnes Catlow.

Wayside and Woodland Blossoms," by E. Step.

"Wild Flowers," 2 vols., by Anne Pratt.

Journal of the Board of Agriculture, vols. i.-iv.

Presented by Sir William Thiselton-Dyer, F.R.S., Royal Gardens, Kow. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, 1897.

Kew Bulletin. Additional Series No. 1.

"Flora of Tropical Africa," parts 2 and 3 of vol. vii.

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'Flora Capensis," part 2 of vol. vii.

"Tratado de Abonos," by B. G. Aliño, presented by the author.

Missouri Botanical Garden, Ninth Annual Report.

"The Pests and Blights of the Tea Plant," by G. Watt, presented by the author.

Presented by Dr. Masters, F.R.S.

"Vergleichende Entwicklungsgeschichte der Pflanzenorgane," by Prof. Dr. K. Goebel.

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Anatomie und Physiologie der Pflanzen," by Dr. J. Wiesner.
Allgemeine Morphologie der Pflanzen," by Dr. F. Pax.

Lehrbuch der Anatomie und Physiologie der Pflanzen," by Dr. R. Hartig. "The Bamboo Garden," by A. B. Freeman-Mitford.

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Handbook of Insects injurious to Orchard and Bush Fruits, with means of Prevention and Remedy," by Eleanor A. Ormerod, presented by the Authoress.

Les Roses," ed. iii., 3 vols., by P. J. Redouté, presented by Mr. J. T Bennett-Poë.

Presented by the proprietors of the Gardeners' Chronicle. Hamburger Garten- und Blumenzeitung, vols. xxii.-xli., vols. xxxvi. and xli. incomplete.

Annales Agronomiques, vols. ii.-ix. and xxiii., vols. iii. and vii. incomplete. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France, vols. xiii.-xxxiii. and xliv. parts 1-8.

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List of Roses now in Cultivation at Château Eléonore, Cannes, with Descriptive Notes," by Lord Brougham and Vaux.

BOOKS PURCHASED FOR THE SOCIETY'S LIBRARY DURING THE YEAR 1898.

"The Silva of North America," vol. xi., by C. S. Sargent.

"An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada, and the British Possessions," by N. L. Britton and A. Brown, vols. i. and iii. "Nature," 56 vols.

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Flora of Tropical Africa," vol. iii

'Deutschlands Flora," by H. G. L. Reichenbach und H. G. Reichenbach, f., 22 vols.

"Flora Pyrenaica," by P. Bubani.

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Atlas des Plantes de Jardins," by D. Bois.

Organographie der Pflanzen," by K. Goebel,

"Die Gattung Cyclamen," by F. Hildebrand.

"Lehrbuch der Botanik für Hochschulen," by E. Strasburger, &c.

"The Water Garden," by W. Tricker.

"Monographie der Myristicaceen," by O. Warburg.

"Flora of Berkshire," by G. C. Druce.

"The Chemistry of the Garden," by H. H. Cousins.

"Handbuch der chemischen Mittel gegen Pflanzenkrankheiten," by M.

Hollrung.

"Garden-making," by L. H. Bailey.

"British Orchids," ed. ii., by A. D. Webster.

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English Flower Garden," by W. Robinson.

"Die Heilpflanzen der verschiedenen Völker und Zeiten," by Dr. G. Dragendorff.

DONORS OF PLANTS, SEEDS, &c., TO THE SOCIETY'S GARDENS AT CHISWICK DURING THE YEAR 1898.

ARKWRIGHT, J. H., Hampton Court, Leominster. Primrose Seed.

ATLEE BURPEE, Messrs., Philadelphia. Seeds of Sweet Peas, Tropæolums, and Tomatos.

BARR, Messrs., King Street, Covent Garden. Vegetable and Flower Seeds. BECKER, H., Jersey. One Plant of Red Currant Comet.'

BEDDOME, Colonel, West Hill, Putney. Seedling Begonias.

BENNETT-POË, J. T., 29 Ashley Place, S.W. Fifty plants of Costus igneus. BIERBACK, O., Botanic Garden, Belgrade. Thirty-one packets of Seeds. BLINCO, C. F., Derbyshire Lane, Hucknale Torkard. Seed Potatos.

BONAVIA, Dr., Worthing. Seed of Phaseolus Mungo.

BOWERMAN, J., Hackwood Park, Basingstoke. Onion Seed.

BRETON, Miss, Forest End, Sandhurst. Four packets of Seeds.

BRODIE OF BRODIE, Brodie Castle, Forres, N.B. Seed of Widdringtonia Whytei.

BULLEY, A. K., West Kirky, Cheshire. Eleven packets of Seeds.

BUNYARD, GEO., Messrs., Maidstone. American Blight Destroyer.

BURT, T. W., Caenwood Towers Gardens, Highgate. Crotons and Dieffenbachias.

CADDS, T. G. M., 21 Granville Park, Blackheath, Seed of a mauve-coloured
Daisy.

CANNELL, Messrs., Swanley. Twenty packets of Aster Seeds.
CARMICHAEL, W., 14 Pitt Street, Edinburgh. Strawberry Richard Gilbert.'
CARPMAEL, Miss, St. Julian's Farm Road, West Norwood. Dracæna Plants.

COCKERILL, T., The Gate House Gardens, Wirksworth. Seed Potatos.

COLLINS, P., The Cedars, Welland, Malvern. Seed Potatos.

COOLING & SONS, Messrs., Northgate Street, Bath. Tomato Seed.

COON, J. M., St. Austell, Cornwall. Tuberous Begonia Seed.

COURTAULD, S., Bocking Place, Braintree. Vine Eyes.

CRANE, D. B., Archway Road, Highgate. Nine varieties of Violas. CROWLEY, PHILIP, Waddon House, Croydon. Crotons, Dracænas, Anthuriums, &c.

DAMMANN, Messrs., Naples. Vegetable Seeds and New Cannas.

DEACON, W. S., Cobham, Surrey. Thirteen Dracænas.

DEAN, R., Ranelagh Road, Ealing. Culinary Peas.

DIRECTOR, Botanic Gardens, Calcutta. Seed of Ficus altissima.

DIRECTOR, Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh. Forty-four packets of Seeds. DIRECTOR, Botanic Gardens, Kew. Two hundred and forty-two packets of Seeds.

DIXON, Messrs, E. P,, Queen Street, Hull. Culinary Peas.

DOBEL, T., Huyton, Liverpool. Cineraria Seed and cuttings of twenty varieties of Chrysanthemums.

DOBBIE, Messrs., Rothesay. Collection of Violas.

DOD, Rev. C. WOLLEY, Edge Hall, Malpas. Collection of hardy hybrid

Plants.

DOUGLAS, J., Edenside, Great Bookham. Seedling Carnations.
DRYDEN, Miss, Canons Ashby, Byfield. One packet of Seeds.

EARLE, Mrs., Woodlands, Cobham. Dracenas.
ELLIOT, Dr., Sutton Court Road, Chiswick.

Sixteeen loads of Manure.

ENGLISH, J., Church Road, Upper Norwood. Dracænas.

EVANS, J., Darley Dale, Matlock Bath. Carnations.

FIDLER, Messrs., Reading. Seed Potatos.

FIFE, T., 3 New Road, Southern Hill, Reading. Alpine Auricula Seed. FORBES, J., Hawick. Violas, Pentstemons, and six packets of Seeds of East

Lothian Stocks.

FOSTER, F. S., Havant. Tomato Seed.

FROST, Messrs. T., Maidstone. Seed Potatos.

GIBSON, J., Devonhurst, Chiswick. Beans.

GLAISTER, J. W., Orchardcroft, Darlington. Seed of an unnamed Cypripedium.

GRANTHAM, Lady, Barcombe, Lewes. Dracenas.

GREGORY, Mrs., Hurst Green, Sussex. Scarlet Gum Eucalyptus.

GOODY, J., Clare, Suffolk. Tomato Plants and Vegetable Seeds.

HALES, W. H., Glebe Road, Brigg. Culinary Peas.

HALPIN, Mrs., Harvard Road, Gunnersbury. Dracenas.

HANBURY, T., La Mortola, Ventimiglia. Twenty-seven packets of Seeds. HENDERSON, Mrs., 170 Wickham Road, Brockley, S.E.

Dracenas.

HERBST, H., Kew Road, Richmond. Cuttings of Choisya ternata.

HERRIN, C., Dropmore, Maidenhead. Dracænas.

HOFFMANN, R., Thurlow Park Road, W., Dulwich. Coelogyne cristata and
Begonia Gloire de Lorraine.'

HOGBIN-PRIESTLY, Enys, Penryn, Cornwall. Two packets of Seeds.
HOPE, J., 1 Brackley Road, Chiswick. Seed of Eucalyptus globulus.

HUDSON, J., Gunnersbury House Gardens, Acton. Seedlings of Salvia splendens grandiflora.

HUDSON, W. H., 199 High Road, Kilburn. Ten Kaki Plants.

HUNT, W., Annesley Woodhouse, Notts. Seed Potatos.

HURST, Messrs., 152 Houndsditch, E.C. Seed Potatos, &c.

HUTTON, Miss, 9 Girdlers Road, Brook Green. Seed of Eccremocarpus

scaber.

JOHNSON, Messrs. W. W., Boston, Lincolnshire.

Potatos.

KANE, P. J., Kells, co. Meath. Seed Potatos.

KEMP, D., Stoke Park, Slough. Dracænas.

LANE, Messrs. H., Berkhamsted. Six Peach Trees.

Culinary Peas and Seed

LAWRENCE, Sir Trevor, Burford, Dorking. Sixty-three Bulbs of Crinum

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LAXTON BROS., Messrs., Bedford. Culinary Peas.

LEECH, R. B., Wood Hall, Dulwich. Wallflowers.

LEEDS ORCHID Co., Roundhay, Leeds. West's Patent Ivorine Labels. LEGH, Rev. J. R., Moreton Corbet Rectory, Shrewsbury. Seeds of Echinonster lobatum.

LLEWELLYN, Sir JOHN, Penllergaer, Swansea. Phormium tenax.

LONSDALE, Miss, 21 Oakley Street, Chelsea. Seedling Oranges.

LYNCH, R. I., Botanic Gardens, Cambridge. Ninety-eight packets of seeds. MARSHALL, W., Auchinraith, Bexley. Dracænas, Pelargoniums, Begonias, &c. MASTERS, Dr., Ealing. Seeds of Florida Velvet Bean and one plant of

Carica papaya.

MCLEOD, J. F., Dover House Gardens, Roehampton. Crotons.
MORGAN, J. H., Priory Park Road, Kew. Two packets of Seeds.
MORPHETT, G., Hulsewood, Dartford Heath. Dracænas.

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MOTTET, Quai de la Mégisserie, Paris. Six packets of Seeds.
MYERS, J., Hinchingbrooke Gardens, Huntingdon. Seed Potatos.
NEWPORT, Messrs. W. R., Hillingdon Heath, Middlesex. Tomato Seed.
NUTTING, Messrs., 106 Southwark Street, E.C. Culinary Peas.

OUTRAM, A., 7 Moore Park Road, Fulham. Patent Labels and Thermometer

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PAUL, Messrs., Cheshunt. Broccoli Seed.

PENTNEY, A., Worton Hall, Isleworth. Dracenas.

PFITZER, W., Stuttgart. Three Plants.

PHILBRICK, Miss, Wakes Colne Place, Essex. Canadian Clover Seed.
PIGWELL, Messrs. J., Greenford, Middlesex. Carnation' Jeddah.'

PIPON, A. T. M., Farningham, Kent. Tomato Seed.

POTTEN, W., Cranbrook, Kent. Zonal Pelargoniums.

POWLEY, Messrs., Philadelphia, Norwich. Tomato Seed.

PRITCHARD, Mrs., Ross, Hereford. Fig cuttings.

RICHARDS, P. G., Hucknall Torkard, Notts. Seed Potatos.

RIDGEWELL, J. H., Histon Road, Cambridge. Seed Potatos.

Ross, C., Welford Park, Newbury. Seed Potatos.

Ross, Colonel, Rosstrevor House, Rosstrevor, Ireland. Seed of Callitris oblonga.

RUSSELL, J., Kew Road, Richmond. Tomato Seed.
SAVILE, Colonel, The Orchard House, Bedford Park.

Seeds.

Twelve packets of

SHALIER, G. W., 3 Avenue Road, Brentford. A new Cultivator.
SHEA, C. E., Foots Cray, Kent. Rhubarb and one Fern.
SMITH, F., Griffin Brewery, Chiswick. Three loads of Manure.
SMYTHE, W., Basing Park, Alton, Hants. Two Azaleas.

STORRIE & STORRIE, Messrs., Dundee. Pentstemon Seeds, &c.
STOWE, R., Kimbolton. Culinary Peas.

STUART, Mrs. A., Morningside Drive, Edinburgh. One Dracæna.

SUTTON, Messrs., Reading. Vegetable Seeds.

SWINLEY, Mrs., 54 Madeley Road, Ealing. Three packets of Seeds.

SYDENHAM, R., Birmingham. Seed Potatos.

TAYLOR, A., Ash Vale, Surrey. Dracænas.

THOMAS, O., Royal Gardens, Windsor. Seed Potatos.

THORNE, F. I., Sunningdale Park, Berks. Twenty-five Amaryllis Bulbs.
THURLOW, Major, 80 Ashley Place, S.W. Acænas.

TODD, H. M., 239 Goldhawk Road, W. Vine Eyes.
TOOGOOD, Messrs., Southampton. Vegetable Seeds.
TURNER, C., Slough. Twenty varieties of Pinks.

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