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orable conditions occasioned by gas, smoke and restricted areas, also with reference to dis- 

 tinctly ormancntal species. Directions for the care and planting of young trees are outlined. 

 —R. C. Thomas. 



1709. Brodie, Ian. Seedling daffodils selected to grow on at Brodie Castle. Jour. Roy. 

 Hortic. Soc. 45: 113 155. 1919. 



1500. Brooks, A. J. Work in the gardens and observations on plants. Report on the 

 Agricultural Department, St. Lucia, 1917-18: 1-5. [Imp. Dcpt. Agric, Barbados.] 191S. — 

 Contains a list of economic and ornamental plants introduced. Notes are also given on 

 several plants which are under trial. These include: hybrid hibisci, dracaenas, ixoras, 

 bougainvilleas, Swicteniamahogani, S. macrophylla, Carum Coptic urn and Hyuscyamus mutiens. 

 —J. S. Dash. 



1501. Burnham, Stewart II. Commercial fern gathering. Amer. Fern Jour. 9: 88-93. 

 1919.— The author gives accounts of the commercial gathering of ferns, especially the shield 

 fern, in Vermont. It seems that the ferns are bearing up under the strain of annual pickings, 

 but it is hoped that some one with the opportunity will make accurate observations of the 

 real effect of commercial picking. — F. C. Anderson. 



1802. Clute, Willard N. An unknown honeysuckle. Amer. Bot. 26: 17. Fig. 1. 1920. 

 — The plant sent out by the Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction Division of the U. S. Bureau 

 of Plant Industry as No. 39697 from Nanking, China, collected by Joseph Baillie has flow- 

 ered at Joliet, but the Division was unable to supply the name. [This plant has since been 

 named Lonicera Maackii var. podocarpa by Dr. C. S. Sargent.]— JF. N. Clute. 



1803. Clute, Willard N. [Editorial.] Amer. Bot. 26: 34. 1920.— Attention called to 

 variations of commercial importance or of unusual interest in the writer's grounds. Red- 

 leaved peaches, red forms of Rubdeckia hirta, a Podophyllum with multiple fruits, single-leaved 

 locust, and various giant races mentioned. — W. N. Clute. 



180-1. Const antin, L. L'Epiphora de Pobeguin de Finet (Epiphora Pobeguini). Rev. 

 Hortic. 91: 398-399. 1 pi. (colored). Dec, 1919.— This species is an introduction from the 

 Nenkan plateau, French Guinea. The plants are small, entirely epiphytic, and should be 

 kept at a temperature of 18° to 22°C. throughout the year. In its native habitat it blooms in 

 February or March, but certain plants which were brought into the greenhouses showed a pro- 

 gressive modification of the time of flowering as follows: June 14, 1910; September 31, 1912, 

 and October 15, 1913. — E. J. Kraus. 



1505. Crawford, Mrs. Wm, My experience with the peony. Flower Grower 7: 24-25. 

 1920. — Observations on the cultivation and propagation of the peony. — W. N. Clute. 



1506. Cummings, Alex., Jr. Hardy roses for the garden. Gard. Chron. Amer. 24: 135. 

 1920. — Methods of cultivating and pruning described. [See also next following Entry, 1807.) 

 — W. N. Clute. 



1807. Cummings, Alex., Jr. Hardy roses for the garden. Gard. Chron. Amer. 24: 94- 

 96. 1920. — Garden roses considered as tea roses, hybrid teas, dwarf polyantha or baby ram- 

 blers, and pernetiana. A list of 14 new or comparatively new roses is given. [See also next 

 preceding Entry, 1806.]— W. N. Clute. 



1808. Cushman, L. B. Aegopodia podagraria variegata. Amer. Bot. 26: 13-14. 1920. — 

 This plant identified as a familiar form with variegated leaves in old gardens. — W. N. Clute. 



1809. Daveau, J. Ficus Saussureana et F. eriobotryoides Kunthet Bouche. Rev. Hortic. 

 91: 389. Dec, 1919. — In 1840 A. P. de Candolle described Ficus Saussureana, basing his 

 description upon a specimen then known as a Galactodendron, growing in the greenhouses of 



