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1559. Viaud-I'.kcant. Nouveaux Chrysanthemes. [New Chrysanthemums.] Revue 

 Horticole 91:213-216. Fig. 89-71. Jan., I0l«.). The following varieties are listed and 

 briefly described. Mmid IVIlct early, bronze; Gustave Pellel clear amber; I. a Paix — 

 stocky plant, floriferous, fine rose; Marechal Foch — large flowered, bright rose with silvery 

 reflections; Louis Legrand — large flowered, crimson purple; Marechal P<5tain — nasturtium 

 red, suffused with a very warm tone; Le Tigre— stocky compact plant, carmine purple, 

 variegated white at base; La Victoire — large (lower, incurved, delicate, clear rose, the bucks 

 i isy saffron, very down}-; Hommage au Poilu — -large flower, spreading incurved, brilliant 

 yellow, the backs touched with rose, very downy. — E. J. Kraus. 



1560. Viguier, P. Les Araliacees cultivees. [Cultivated Araliaceae.] Revue Horticole 

 91:22S-229. Feb., 1919. — The following genera placed by the author in group 1, having 

 simple leaves, are listed and characterized: — Hedera L; Gilbertia Ruiz and Pavon; Fatsia, 

 Decaisne and Planchan; Tetrapanax C. Koch; Echinopanax Decaisne and Planchon; Oreo- 

 panax Decaisne and Planchon; Kalopanax Mi quel; Trevesia Vis; Meryta Forster; Pseudo- 

 panax K. Koch. The article is to be continued. [See also next following Entry, 1561.] — 

 E. J. Kraus. 



1561. Viguier, R. Les Araliacees cultivees. [Cultivated Araliaceae.] Revue Horticole 

 91:250-252. Mar., 1919. — A continuation of a former article on the same subject (Revue 

 Horticole 91:228-229. 1919). In the present paper the author presents an analytical key 

 to the several genera and further characterizes in detail the genera of two more groups as 

 follows: (2) Aralias with palmately compound leaves; Schefflera Forst; Dizygotheca N. E. 

 Brown; Tupidanthus Hook, and Thorns; Acanthopanax Decaisne and Planchon; Pseudo- 

 panax K. Koch; Nothopanax miq.; Oreopanax Decaisne and Planchon; Cussonia Thunb.; 

 Panax L.; (3) Aralias with pinnately compound leaves; Polyscias Forst; Aralia L.; Delar- 

 brea Vieillard. [See also next preceding Entry, 1560.] — E. J. Kraus. 



1562. Wagner, J. P. Les consequences de la guerre pour l'horticulture en pays neutre. 

 [The results of the war upon horticulture in a neutral country.] Revue Horticole 91: 246-248. 

 Mar., 1919. — The earlier French influences on the horticulture of Luxemburg have been 

 largely replaced by those of German origin because of commercial and geographical limita- 

 tions. A return to the former is advised and several means by wdiich this may be achieved 

 are suggested. — E. J. Kraus. 



1563. Wheelwright, R. A. Reference table of native ferns. Landscape Architecture 

 9:129-130. Fig. 1-2. 1919.— Text consists merely of brief explanation of tables. Two full- 

 page tables list fifty-two species of native ferns, of which both botanical and common names 

 are given and also such characteristics as height, evergreen or deciduous, sun and shade 

 requirements, soil, depth to be planted, spacing and other directions for use in landscape 

 planting. — E. Gorton Davis. 



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1564. Alvarez, O. P. Descripcion geografica de la Isla de Formosa. [Descriptive geog- 

 raphy of Formosa.] [Chapt. Ill, Botany.] Bol. R. Soc. Geogr. Madrid 60:445-499. 1918. 

 [Through abst. by Fragoso, R. Gz., in Bol. R. Soc. Espanola Hist. Nat. 19: 2S8. 1919.] [See 

 Bot. Absts. 4, Entry 312.] 



1565. Bertraxd, Gabriel. Sur les conserves de fruits preparees a froid, sans addition 

 de sucre, d'alcool ni d'antiseptique. [Preservation of fruits without heating.] Compt. Rend. 

 A.cad. Sci. Paris 168: 1162-1164. 1919.— An attempt was made to devise a method for the 

 preservation of fruit without heating and without the addition of sugar or of other preserva- 

 tive. Fruits were washed carefully and sealed in jars in water from which air bubbles had 

 been excluded. The jars of fruit were allowed to stand for almost a year. In certain cases 

 alcoholic fermentation set in but after 11 months 17 cans out of a total of 45 were in perfect 



