oa ath COLONIAL HERBARIUM Sore kel oo BOR ADRS Nie Va VV Ai - Y, J AAS ; Ae NN EN NOLIN ore Nr NI et NaN et FREON Nae NY ae NY Se Na NY . PRN ON * Cast VFAR 1903-1904. ko rKH_-aA, NAS a Sader ae 60 VSS aa wt D of Great Britain. bt Rij —A pK >~p—->j>—-— RBS —\ oN EEN NY SEN . + DIRECTOR. & aN pe DURBAN: AAR ARH ee Aa Gronaths Air _ Beynerr & Dane PRINTERS, GARDINER AND SMITH: STREETS. — me \ Sy . o~ “4 DrantAtromeetdivonetts Durban Botanic Society. ea: ek 1 Ee. NATAL BOTANIG GARDENS, FROM +S< July ist, 1903, to June 30th, 1904, 5@— J. MEDLEY WOOD, A.L.S., Corresponding Member of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. ™ OP oP ae ae 6 6 sa EF Ey Bier © Fe. 0 ‘af sth DURBAN BOTANIC SOCIETY. President ; SIR B. W. GREENACRE, K.B. Committee ; Mr. T. W. EDMONDS, Mr. M.S. Evans, Hon. R. JAMESON, M.L.C., Mr. H. H. PUNTAN, Mr. G. RUTHERFORD, C.M.G., Mr. W. BUTCHER. Government Members : Mr. J. S. STEEL, Mr. J. D. BALLANCE, Mayors of Durban and Pietermaritzburg, ex officzo. Serr. and Mccountant : @reasurer : Mr. G. BURGESS. Mr. J. MEDLEY Woop, A.L.S. Director : Mr. J. MEDLEY Woop, A.L.S. Curator : Mr. Jas. WYLIE. Digitized by the Internet Archive — in 2012 with funding from Field Museum of Natural History Library : http://archive.org/details/reportonnatalbo190304wood DURBAN BOTANIC GARDENS. +X BY HE-LA WS. %+ cae 1. The Gardens are open to the public every weekday from sunrise to sunset; on Sundays from 2 o’clock p.m. until sunset. 2. The only public entrance is opposite to Botanic Gardens Road, and persons are prohibited from entering or leaving by any other way. 3. Children under 10 years of age, unless accompanied by a competent protector, cannot be admitted. 4. Persons accompanied by a dog or dogs cannot be admitted. °. No vehicle shall be allowed entrance, nor persons upon bicycles, but upon application to the Curator, invalids in wheeled chairs may be udmitted. 6. Admission may be granted to pic-nic parties, if per- mission be first obtained from the Curator. 7. Visitors are requested to keep to the paths. 8. Touching or handling plants, fruits, or flowers, is strictly prohibited. 9. All games, climbing of trees, shootiug with guns or catapults, throwing of stones or fruit, disorderly or indecent behaviour, are strictly prohibited. 10. Any persons abstracting, destroying or damaging any property of the Society shall be liable to be prosecuted. 11. The Curator is hereby authorised to prosecute offenders under the foregoing Bye-Laws whenever found to be necessary. The Jubilee Conservatory is open to the public as under :— Week days from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. in summer; from 9 a.m. to sunset in winter; Sundays, from 2-30 p.m. to 5-30 p.m. in summer ; from 2-30 p.m. to sunset in winter. a aay Mie aN eb Gide Lay ; ae Plas SN Pane POR Tae —————S —— Natat Boranic GARDENS, BEREA, Dourpan, Jury, 1904. To the President and Commitee, Durban Botanic Gardens. GENTLEMEN, I have the honour of presenting my Twenty-third Annual Report on the Botanic Gardens and Herbarium under my charge, and am pleased to be able to say that the Report is not at all an unfavourable one. During the greater portion of the year now ended the weather has been quite favourable to the growth of the plants, and we have not to any serious extent been troubled with either floods, drought, locusts, or other plagues, except that a species of “Mole Cricket” was the cause of some damage to the young Citrus stocks, and men were employed for several weeks in digging up and destroying them; whether this is or is not the one known as the “ Changa” (Scapteriscus didactylus, Latri) I am unable to say, but it is reported that the damage done to crops in Porto Rico by this pest amounts to 100,000 dollars annually ; certainly had they not been checked the damage done here would have been very considerable. Specimens of these creatures may be seen in our Museum. The Mango crop was again a very poor one, chiefly due to the ravages of the fruit fly, and of Litchis we had scarcely any, but we can only expect to have a crop of this fruit when plenty of rain falls during the season of ripening: the situation in which the trees are growing is too dry for this plant, which succeeds much better in a moist than in a dry soil. We have now a trolley and a light cart for use in the Garden. The trolley has been found extremely useful in taking out plants and bringing manure, of which we were much in want, while the cart has been employed in bringing ‘‘antheap ” from the upper part of the ground to harden the lower walks; the lowest walk, which extends nearly the whole width of the Garden has now been hardened: it was formerly heavy sand, but is now a very pleasant path, and is much frequented by visitors, 8 The old Conservatory which it was intended to remove to another part of the ground has been repaired and put into good order, it being found that in consequence of the rusting of the ironwork its removal was quite impracticable; in con- sequence of this we were unable for want of space to enlarge the old fernery as intended, but it has now been decided to erect a new fernery at the end of the Jubilee Palm House, and the work will be commenced as soon as possible. The house for the native labourers having been found too small, another room has been added to it doubling its size, and this will be sufficient for our needs for many years to come. The Indian labourers have been much inconvenienced for want of small places to cook their food. Nine small cooking sheds have therefore been obtained ready for putting togother, and they will be finally erected as soon as possible. Many of the seats in the Garden have become dilapidated, and some wilfully broken by visitors. A stronger class of wrought-iron seats have been purchased and will be placed in the Garden as soon as they arrive, and it is to be hoped that visitors will refrain from carving their ‘‘ever to be detested initials” on the wooden seats. As the live fence along the Sydenham Road side of the ground has not succeeded according to expectations, and as portions of it are likely to be destroyed by the soil having been taken away by the Corporation men to repair the road, it has been decided to erect a post and rail fence of “ Karri wood,”’ and afterwards, if considered advisable, to replace the living fence of “ Aberia caffra, with one of the “ Amatungulu,” Carissa grandiflora, the whole ground will then be enclosed with a living fence which will last for very many years. The teak numbered labels corresponding with the numbers in the “Guide” having become illegible, they have been renumbered and varnished, and will be put into their places in a very short — time, while another lot of the iron labels which have been found to answer well will be obtained from England shortly. As it is in contemplation by the Durban Corporation to harden the road at the bottom of the Gardens, and eventually to lay a tramline between the new Athletic Ground now in eourse of preparation, and our lower fence, with a stopping place at the corner of the ground opposite to an entrance to the Athletic Ground, it will be necessary for us to remove the nursery, the fumigating house, stable, potting shed and Indian quarters to another site, and to open an entrance to the Gardens at the corner of the ground where these buildings 9 now are; this will entail considerable trouble and expense, but the result will be that the Gardens will be much more accessi- ble to the public. This work is not likely to be done for some time yet, but our future arrangements will be made in view of its soon being commenced, especially as it is hoped that the Athletic and Agricultural Show Ground, or part of it, will be ready for use during next year. It was most unfortunate that the seeds of the Victoria regia that had been saved here last year proved to be infertile. I had therefore to write to the Director of Kew Gardens for a fresh supply, and I have to thank him for so promptly comply- ing with my request. Plants were reared from the seed that he so kindly sent, but the delay thus caused was sufficient to prevent the plant that was placed in the tank from flowering, and it died at the approach of the cooler weather; we hope to be more successful next season. One of the plants brought from Zululand by Mr. Wylie, though not new, is a very singular plant of the Vine family, viz.. Vetis quadrangularis. (Wall), it has quadrangular green stems with a small deciduous leaf at each uode, and is more like a Cactus than a Vitis. Plants of it are growing in the Garden, and when it flowers I hope to have it figured and described in ‘‘ Natal Plants.” It is also a native of tropical Africa, India, Arabia, and the Moluccas ; the fruit is said to be eatable. Another plant from Zululand brought by Mr. Wylie proves to be a new species of Lotononis, which I have named L. Wylez; it will be published in the ‘‘Gardener’s Chronicle,” and is already figured for “Natal Plants.” A new and singular species of Ceropegia was obtained for us by Mr. W. J. Haygarth near Hill Crest; it flowered in the Gardens, and will, I hope, be described in the Flora Capensis. A specimen of it has been sent to Kew, and it is hoped that the plant may be propagated here. A plant which flowered here 22 years ago, and of which dried specimens were sent to Kew, has been published in the Flora Capensis as I. Saundersiana, Baker. It will shortly be figured, and as its history so far as we are concerned is rather interesting, it will not be out of place to give it here. When | took charge of the Gardens in 1882 a single plant of this species was growing here, and bore flowers for a year or two and then died. Its flowers are very similar to those of [pomoea bona-nox, but remain open all the day, and are borne in abundance. It ripened seeds in profusion, and they were given to many persons who admired the plant. After the loss of our plant I tried to obtain seeds or plants from those persons to whom seeds had been given, but it was found that in no case had plants been reared, the seeds apparently not having germinated. Several years after- wards one or two plants made their appearance here in places 10 where rubbish had been thrown, and they were transplanted but died soon afterwards. In the early part of the season last year two more plants were found, and this time the Curator was successful in rearing them, and one is now in full flower. These seeds must therefore have lain dormant in the ground for at least 17 or 18 years. The only specimen at Kew appears to have been sent from here, but whether they reared plants from the seeds or not I do not know. In consequence of its having been sent from here it is now included in the Flora Capensis ; it will be thought by most readers that it is a native of Natal, but I think that there may be some doubt on the matter; the seeds were received from the late Mrs. Saunders, of Tongaat. JI understood at the time that they came from the interior of the continent, but Mr. Keit does not now seem to remember whether or not he was told from whence they came. I can only say that I have never met with it in any part of the Colony that I have visited, and its flowers are so conspicuous and abundant that it could not escape observation for very long. In the middle of April a Flower Show was held in Durban, the first for a number of years, and it is hoped that they will now be held regularly. A large number of plants not for com- petition were sent from the Gardens, and Mr. Wylie was awarded a gold medal for successful pot cultivation. The following plants have flowered for the first time in the Garden :— Aloe minima Ocimum viride Aponogeton distachyon Pelargonium flabellifolinm Castanospermum Cunninghami Pentas Wylei Ceropegia, new sp. Pterospermum semisagittatum Ipomoea Saundersiana Terminalia tomentosa Nymphaea, sp. from Beira Thunbergia grandiflora Packets of seeds have been received during the year as under :— PACKETS. Botanic Gardens, Bangalore ee ae 2 ” a Saharunpur es mere ie i » Adelaide ... cil BEANS) iY i Seychelles ee ae 5) i a Port Darwin Lisi Be 6 ce * Sydney... 450 parame 3) ie Ny Melbourne ci sen 240) is Oo (Dakod amare sa Hy Me as x A Gold Coast As pe ] ul Messrs. Reasoner Bros., Florida 8 C. C. Sprenger, Italy 33 Hon. R. Jameson, Natal 1 F. E. Burnard ? 1 W. S. Lyons, Manila 3 Sander & Son, England 2 — Suter, Natal : 4) Brunning & Son, Australia. ... 18 Damman & Co., Italy ee 14 W. F. Upsher, East Africa ... 1 A. Robertson Proschowsky, Nice 1 J. van der Merwe, Cape id 2 J.C. Harvey, Mexico i M. Herb, Italy 30 Total 408 Sander & Sons, England _... .. 2 boxes seeds Botanic Gardens, Sydney ... ... 1 box seeds Packets of seeds were sent away in exchange as under :— PACKETS. Botanic Gardens, Adelaide vig Jak) aul Ps , Bangalore Soe gee | aS is . Brisbane 7 oly UES 8 a British Guiana _.... eat TA ‘ » Cambridge ie von fs 48 s * Dunedin eo Bra trae ia » Hdinburgh vag pon eis) : st Liye a sit ak oe ta . Grenada ... iy ea MA “3 e Hobart... ae Sa Aes Fe M Hong Kong a AS Be i Lagos (yy... eo Nh 48 * 5 Madras ... A cpt AO Ms me Najpur ... re see Le ST ¥ Ee Ootocamund a ras i eC Ottowa ... a gy Ne . Ms Port Darwin ws peters 2) a, a Saharunpur ae veoh (40 ss + Sierra Leone bs DoW 2) Ae i Singapore ie Se £48 " ss Sydney ... au ee a Ae of hy Mauritius ef SAM Nil id! a “ Melbourne i ails a » Montreal He ert cae Seychelles ag seve tt OA Royal Botanic Gardens, Calcutta... Mi) 1943 12 PACKETS. Royal Botanic Gardens, Ceylon A ei) Agri- Horticultural Society, Calcutta ee ae Director of Agriculture, Maritzburg s. 2 Damman & Co., Italy Bae ee Se eh Ow) Government Botanist, Pretoria is 1s 3 J. Geekie, Karkloof as ee ms 5 EK. Strangman, Volksrust... a a 8 R. C. Cookson, Rhodesia _... ett LES — George, Congo Free State ue FAMERS — Gale. Zululand in as Joctiae bbe, J. Hawkins, Zululand bite ue, OEE ND, Total ee Dae uu ... 1,619 Botanic Gardens, Maritius Kucalyptus 174 Ibs. in 12 species. Grevillea robusta 6 lbs. Packages of plants and bulbs were sent away for exchange as under :— Sander & Sons, England, 3 boxes containing 340 plants of 3 species. Sander & Sons, England, 24 boxes containing 3,733 plants of 15 species. Botanic Gardens, Sydney, 2 boxes containing 195 plants of 27 species. Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, 2 boxes containing 195 plants of 27 species. Botanic Gardens, Mauritius, 2 boxes containing 98 plants of 65 species. Imperial Gardens, Vienna, 2 boxes containing 102 plants of 11 species. Ames Botanical Laboratory, United States of America, | box containing 12 plants of 2 species. EK. R. Deas Thompson, Sydney, 1 box containing 82 bulbs of 21 species. EH. R. Deas Thompson, Sydney, 1 box containing 12 plants of 1 species. Agri-Horticultural Society, Madras, 1 box containing 42 plants of 11 species. J. O’Brien, London, 2 boxes containing 300 bulbs of 1 species. Packages of bulbs aud plants were received as under :— Experimental Farm, Natal, 12 plants of 12 species. Botanic Gardens, Capetown, 150 bulbs of 1 species. Sander & Sons, London, 96 plants of 46 species. Mrs. Trotter, Pinetown, 24 plants of 8 species, 13 Botanic Gardens, Mauritius, 56 plants of 10 species. J. O’Brien, London, 75 bulbs of Begonia varieties. J.C. Harvey, Mexico, 6 plants of 1 species. Plants have been supplied free as under :-— Cemetery, Eshowe Library, Durban Y.M.C.A., Durban Durban Corporation, Durban Athletic Grounds, Stanger Guild of Loyal Women, Ladysmith Durban Home, Durban Convalescent Home, Durban value £210 O 5 3101.0 ;. 4 4 0 Mt Diy 20 1) 2nOrnO - Sore a 414 0O be a3 110 £24 16 O Names of plants put out in the Garden during the year :— Abutilon Swartzii ‘5 ricinifolia Acalypha Sanderi (red var.) 99 99 m marginata, var. by musaica MN tricolor Acokanthera venenata Allamanda violacea rh neriifolia Indian Gardening - Tropical Agriculturist - Gardeners’ Chronicle . Botanical Magazine 5 Volumes. 42 ‘OOLF JHoqe 4so0o 03 ‘ArouIO,. 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JO 90103 Uvom & Sey PUIM 44ST] WY ‘qloyuoryeY Ze PUB [EAST BOS 0} pooNper JoeJomOIYg Jo SuIpKEY ‘Wd ¢ GNV WY 6 ‘SONIGVAN “NVAUNG ‘AMOLVANHSAO IVIVN AHL LY NAVI ‘POG ‘OUNF WOE SUIPUS AVdX JOY SUOTJBAJASGQ [BIISO[O10I}9W JO JOVAISGY babi seh, + a * t Pa 1 ihr ce ae eae De i" ae =F mot as i aS Sask = te Log § Culowial Herbarium. i ELE Our TP rRoM +¢ JULY 1st, 1903, to JUNE 30th, 1904, 32- e Joie DEE Y WOOD, A. L.-S:, Corresponding Member of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, DIRECTOR OF BOTANIC GARDENS, COLONIAL HERBARIUM. Se HE - During the past year, in addition to the ordinary work of the Herbarium, drying and classifying the specimens which have been collected, mounting, entering, and placing in the Cabinets those that have been received, myself and assistants have made steady advance with the work “Natal Plants.” Of Volume 2, containing grasses only, the 3rd and +th Parts concluding the Volume have now been published, and the senior assistant, Miss M. Franks, is now at work at the remainder of the grasses, which will take a large portion of another volume. The remainder may probably be occupied with representative species of the different genera of Cyperaceae. Of Vol. IV., which contains miscellaneous plants, the lst and 2nd parts have been published, and the 3rd partis well in hand. The drawings for it are being made by Miss Dean, the junior assistant. During the year the specimens in the Herbarium have been increased from 28,879 in June last to 30,984 at the close of June. Of these, 9,624 are South African, and 21,310 foreign. Five new Cabinets were obtained at the commence- ment of the year, and 8 are now on order, bringing the number of Cabinets to 54. Since the date of my last report, specimens have been received as under :— H. Bolus, Capetown _... sie ae 84. Royal Gardens, Calcutta a a ein 2k OF Dr. Rosenstock, France ies ot ee GO Botanic Gardens, Sydney is a errnren (8) M. Guadagno, Naples... a ie aie abe M. Mouillefarine, Paris “8 ae beh nyQo Botanic Gardens, Turin ... ot ae ech ADO M. Lillo, Argentine PicEp ple us CY: sor 21S A. Deflers, Kgypt 269 Jas. Wylie, Durban, (Ferns sand European Plants) 269 2062 The whole of these were compared with the specimens in the Herbarium, and all that were new to our collection, or better specimens than those we already had, were poisoned, mounted, and placed in the Cabinets. 4 Dried and classified specimens of Natal plants were sent to the following persons and Institutions for exchange : J. Burtt Davy, F.L.S, Transvaal ue a) LOO R. T. Baker, F.L.8., Sydney _... ae on Seven Dr. H. Bolus, F.L.8S., Capetown oe a 65 Field Columbian Museum Be BA on ak Philadelphia Museums ... ee oh Net LO Botanic Gardens, Melbourne _... ae A 102 Botanic Gardens, Sydney ad ee EE ZU, Royal Botanic Gardens, Caleutta an oe OG H. Mouillefarine, Paris ... Le! cpt 6 VO05 Prof. Gibelli, Italy ‘4 ix EL OS Baltmore Herbarium, U.S. America ... SE OG M. Lillo, Argentine Republic aa eh ee Og M. Guadagno, Naples... ash ase cao D. Rosenstock, Germany ee re hO Ames Botanical Laboratory, U. S. America ... 108 2391 ——— ae In consequence of the great pressure of other work, I have not been able to take a botanical collecting trip, but a fair number of specimens have been obtained by the native collector, and Mr. Wylie on two trips to Zululand obtained a large number, many of them being rare and some new. All such of them as were required have been placed in the Herbarium, and the remainder are now available for distribution. As a result of the very welcome publication of another Part of the Flora Capensis, I am now enabled to give a further list of additions to the ‘ Preliminary Catalogue of Natal Plants,” this being the eighth list givenin my Annual Reports since the publication of the Catalogue in 1894. Before my next Annual Report is printed, I hope to revise and make ready for printing the “ Handbook’’ which is now nearly finished, but which pressure of other work has hitherto prevented me from completing. Additions to “ Preliminary Catalogue of Natal Plants ” :— Aptosimon albomarginatum, M. & EH. ... Scrophulariaceae Aster (Diplopappus) serrulatus, Harv. ... Compositae Astrochlaena malvacea, Hallier A ... Oonvolvulaceae Brewerva capensis, Baker a3 ete i Convolvulus arvensis, L. ft Ve i . Bullerianus, Rendle ... ne 5s Convolwulus calycinus, E.M. capensis, Burn farinosis, L. hastatus, Thb. sagittatus, Thb. ke ulosepalus, Hallier ... Orassula brevistylis, Baker » sesstlifolia, H. Baker Cuscuta appendiculata, Hnglm. Gerrardi, Baker » natalensis, Baker Diascia capsularis, Bth. cordata, N.H.B. expoltta, Hiern ae purpurea, N.H.B. Ee » rotundifolia, Hiern aon Floscopa Mannw, C. B. Clarke Hoslundia decumbens, Bth. Ipomoea cardiosepala, Hochst. ‘ ficifolva, Ldl. .. geminiflora, Welw. Gerrardiana, Rendle Greenstockiz, Rendle Lambtoniana, Rendle Oenotherae, Hallier Saundersiana, Baker sublucens, Rendle quinquefolia, Hochst tetraptera, Baker Wightii, Choisy Leonotis urticifolia, Briq Lessertia perennans, D.C., var. pubescens Lithospermum officinale, ip Lycium acutifolium, H.M. » pendulinum, Miers Myosotis afropalustris, C. H. Wright 4 sylvatica, Hoffm Nemesia coerulea, Hiern - floribunda, Lehm Nerine Schlechter’, Baker Olea capensis, Li. a Orthosiphon inconcinnus, Brig Physalis minima, L.... Plectranthus dolichopodus, Briq x Draconis, Brig fs elegantulus, Briq “ gallatus, Brig . nummularis, Brig ” ? 99 ? 9 99 Convolvulaceae Commelinaceae Labiatae Oonvolvulaceae Labiatae Leguminosae Boragineae Solanaceae 9 Boragvneae +t ay Scrophularvaceae .. Amaryllideae .. Oleaceae ... Labiatae wee Solanaceae ... Labiatae 6 Plectranthus pachystachyus, Brig Pycnostachys Sehlechtert, Briq ae ss Salvia natalensis, Briq & Schinz ... a) 33 » WSchlechteri, Briq Labiatae 99 Solanum acanthoideum, K.M. Solanaceae i bifurcum, Hochst Be ‘ + didymanthum, var. pluriflorum, Dunal a “ exasperatum, H.M Bas ay 3 at ferrugineum, Jacq AM aan 3 33 geniculatwm, E.M. ie as 3 incanum, L. ais + sodomoeoides, ‘O. Kuntze .. ; tomentosum, L. y Stachys leptoclady, Briq Labiatz 55 lupulina, Briq ey %, petrogenes, Brig of Syncolostemon, Ooopert, Briq BAG Trichilia pterophylla (Cas) D.C. Meliaceae Vitis qudrangularis, L. Ampelideae Alterations in the names of species published in the Preliminary Catalogue or in additional lists :— Trichilia alata, N. EK. Brownis T. pterophylla (Cas), D.C. Ipomoea holosericea, H.M. is_ LT. ficifolia, Ldl. Convolvulus malvaceus, Oliv is Asterochlaena malvacea, Hallier The following additions have been made to the collection in the Museum Department : SPECIMENS oF Woop. Cedrela australis Australia. Dysoxylon Fraserianum ‘¢ Rosewood ”’ _ Oastanospermum australe ty Dysoxylun Muellerr “ Red Bean ”’ 3 Villarsea Moorer Callitris columellaris Weinmannia rubifolia Frenela robusta Duboisea myoporoides Acacia melanoxylon Melia composita Stenocarpus salignus Casuarina torulosa Tristania laurina Hucalyptus microcorys Grevillea robusta Fagus Mooret “White Maple” ‘Cypress Pine”’ * Corkwood ” “White Pine ”’ ‘* Corkwood ” “* Blackwood ” “White Cedar ” ‘¢ Beefwood ” “Forest Oak”’ ‘“ Water Gum ”’ ** Tallow-wood ” ‘Silky Oak” ‘“‘ Negrohead Beech ” ‘r Banksia integrifolia ) Strychnos Henningsir Santalum album Eucalyptus tereticornis Grevillea robusta Eugenia cordata Rhus longifolia Olea foveolata Brachylaena discolor Strychnos Atherstoner Elaeodendron velutinum Euclea natalensis Ekebergia natalensis Mimusops caffra Trema bracteolata Acacia natalitia Mimusope obovata Millettia caffra Xanthoxylon Thunbergii Ficus natalensis Chaetachme Meyerr Sideroxylon inerme Scolopia Eckloni Myrsine melanophleus Olea verrucosa Calodendron capense Podocarpus elongata Podocarpus Thunberqu Curtisea faginea Kiggelaria africana Royena lucida Buddleia salvifolia Cathastrum capense Clerodendron glabrum Scolopia Zeyherr Halleria lucida Leucosidea sericea Trimeria alnifolia Acacia horrida Rhus lucida Toddalia lanceolata Protea lanceolata Schmidelia africana Oreodaphne bullata Olea laurifolia Apodytes dimidiata Albixnia fastigiata 7 ‘“‘ Honeysuckle ” ‘¢ She Beech ” ‘‘ Umealoti”’ Australia. Natal ‘“ Sandal wood’? Grown in Botanic Gardens, Durban “Silky Oak” ‘* Waterboom ”’ * Tsi- Fuca ” ‘“‘Msityana ” ‘“‘ Tmpahla”’ = Nqui ” ‘“ Untungamusi ” ‘‘ Hssenwood ”’ ‘¢ Milkwood ”’ “* Pigeonwood ” ‘“‘y-Munga ” ‘* Milkwood ”’ “ Umzimbiti ” ‘am-Numbambili”’ “ um-Tombi” “ am-Kovoti”’ ‘isi-Qulabahlati ”’ “ Tronwood ”’ ‘“‘ ym-Baba”’ ‘‘ Bastard Y ellowood ‘* Yellowood ” ‘* Assegai wood ” “ Skali” ‘‘am-Timatane ”’ ‘*1-Lotyane ” ““um-Q waqwana ” ““y-Meinza ”’ “um-Tyityi ’ **i-Dhebenhlovu ”’ ’ “um-Zana ’, “isi-Qalaba ” “in-Qala ”’ ‘¢ Stinkwood ”’ ‘*Tronwood ” ‘White Pear ”’ “ Flatcrown ” 9) ata 8 SEED VESSELS. Harpagophytum procumbens Transvaal. Cola natalensis Natal. Callitris cupsessoides 5 Hucalyptus capillata Australia. 55 resinifera. var grandiflora x a hemiphloia. var albicans " 33 robusta i - diversicolor a 53 eugenrordes A 53 haemastoma \ 53 amygdalina ‘ o prlulares 5 - maculata i 5 hemiphlova 5 resinifera Melaleuca leucadendron Angophora cordifolia 3 lanceolata ” Casuarina nana r +, paludosa 9 33 torulosa 9 F suberosa As lepidophlova 3 Mueller Leptospermum lanigerum. var grandifloruin Banksia colloua » mtegrifolia Pyrularia pubera N. America. Hicoria alba ro - ovata Quercus lyrata » fenestrata aloe. : i Pergularia africana Natal. Dichrostachys nutans ; Melaleuca hypericifolia Australia, Syncarpia laurifolia 5 Vanilla. sp. Grown in Natal. Myristica Hookeriana Albizzia. sp. Central Africa. Beaumontia grandiflora Pinus serotina 5 pungens » australis Grown in Natal. N. America. 93 33 Macadamia ternifolia Australia. Lodoicea seychellarum ‘““Coco de mer” Seychelles Oncoba spinosa Zululand. FIBRES. Sisal Hemp. Grown in Botanic Garden, prepared by Mr. D. W. Watt. Fourcroya Hemp - 3 5 Banana fibre ‘‘ valued at £14 per ton?” Urera tenaw Returned from Hngland to ascertain name of plant, the fibre was said to be the second best in the Colonial and Indian Exhibition, the best being that of Cannabis sativa, also sent from Natal. Phoenix reclinata. Fibre from roots Natal. Sisal Hemp. “ Agave rigida, var sisalana, Prepared in Jamaica Sanseviera thrysiflora Natal. Crotalaria juncea “ Jute”? Grown in Botanic Gardens, Durban. Gomphocarpus physocarpus Natal. Hibiscus cannabmus Yucca baccata Sesbania aculeata ? 99 Furcraea giganteu Grown and prepared in Natal. Fibre and bark of “‘ Umunga” (Acacia sp.) Zululand. Fibre of Usantolo, known as Usi a MISCELLANEOUS. Polyporus lucidus .. wf see Natal Rubber from Barberton ves ts Transvaal », st. Lucia Natal Oil fora seeds of Aleurites triloba. Extracted i in Natal Polyporus dichroos ... ne Natal Native Emetic Medicine from Zululand Hexagramma polygramma abe = Natal Pelargonium flabellifolywm. Root. Said to be a Remedy for Dysentery ... Bos Kalchbrennera Tuckoi 4 * Morolane”’ Native Remedy for e Dysentery Transvaal 9 Polystictus conchefer N. America Irpex coriaceous ne er 3 Lentinus Geyhert ... see . Natal Trametes hydnotdes ... aes ... Florida Seeds Voandzeia subterranea .. Natal Root Unknown, Supposed Cure for Dysentery O.R. Colony Polystictus pergamens N. America 5 cunnabarinus 2 Bersama lucens. Bark. Isindiyadiya ” Natal Arachis hypogaea ‘“ Ground Nut” Legumes 99 10 Arachis hypogaea Seeds if . American variety with Legumes in situ. Indigo. Manufactured in Natal from Indigo- fera arrecta, by Dr. Addison During the past year a number of specimens have been sent for identification by numerous applicants, but as a rule the specimens sent are not complete, and very little care is taken in drying and preparing them. Surely if a person wishes for information about our indigenous plants he should nut object to carefully press and dry the specimens, and so save us much unnecessary trouble and vexation. Printed directions for drying specimens will be sent ou application. During the month of June Mr. J. Burtt-Davy, the Govern- ment Botanist and Agrostologist of the Transvaal, has been working in the Herbarium, and all the assistance in my power was afforded to him. As stated in my last Annual Report, a large Show-case was obtained for the centre of the Museum room, and is now fairly well filled with specimens, but I regret that so few of them are the produce of Natal, but hope to have contributions from time to time of specimens illustrative of the botany and vegetable resources of the Colony. A few have already been received, and are very acceptable. Amongst those contributing are Mr. Carl Hall of Durban, Mr. A Galloway of Malvern, Mr. T. R. Sim of Maritzburg, and Mr. J. Hawkins of Somkeli. Parcels of specimens, if under the limit of size and weight, will pass free through the post in the Colony, or by rail through South Africa. Printed direction labels will be supplied on application. At the close of 1903 Miss Lauth left on the eve of her marriage, and her place is now efficiently filled by Miss M. Franks, late junior assistant. In March I obtained the services of Miss Dean, who is now engaged with assistance from Miss Franks, in making the drawings for Vol. IV. of “ Natal Plants,” while Miss Franks is making those of the grasses for Vol. V. of the same work. J. MEDLEY WOOD, DIRECTOR.