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838. Anonymous. New rose, Frank W. Dunlop. Florists' Exchange 47:900. Fig. 1. 

 1919. — Originated by John H. Dunlop, Toronto, Canada. Parentage and distributors in 

 U. S. A. given. — L. A. Minns. 



839. Anonymous. New seedling rose, Mrs. John Cook. Florists' Exchange 47:493. 

 Fig. 1. 1919. — Parentage, description and originator given. — L. A. Minns. 



840. Anonymous. Raffia. Nation. Nurseryman 27: 13. 1919. — An article is quoted 

 from the Australian International Nurseryman by E. E. Prescott on the source of raffia 

 (raphis raffia). The palms from which it is obtained grow in profusion in Madagascar, and 

 are described as magnificent and gigantic, the leaves often measuring 60 feet in length and 

 30 to 40 feet in width. They are not of use economically until their seventh year, and they die 

 shortly after their twentieth year when they flower. Its use at the "front" as a material 

 for camouflage purposes is described. — J. H. Gourley. 



841. Anonymous. Rose Mme. Butterfly. Florists' Exchange 47: 597. Fig. 1. 1919.— 

 Parentage, description and originator given. — L. A. Minns. 



812. Anonymous. Rose Premier. Florists' Exchange 47: 547. Fig. 1. 1919. — Parent- 

 age, description, good qualities and originator given. — L. A. Minns. 



843. Anonymous. Sobarias. Nation. Nurseryman 27:65, 66. 1 fig. 1919. — The So- 

 barias are usually listed by nurserymen as spiraeas. The commonest species in cultivation 

 is S. sorbifolia. S. arborea is illustrated. The first mentioned blooms earliest followed by 

 S. stellipilla, S. astirgens, and S. arborea. S. Aitchinsonii blooms in September. — W. N. 

 Clute. 



844. Anonymous. List of seeds of hardy herbaceous plants and of trees and shrubs. 

 Kew Bull. Misc. Inf. [London] 1919: Appendix 1-23. 1919. — This is a list of seeds, matured 

 at Kew during 1918, and available for exchange. — E. M. Wilcox. 



845. Anonymous. The dahlia. Missouri Bot. Card. Bull. 7:41-46. PL 12-13. 1919.— 

 The history, varietal classification, and culture of dahlias. Forty-nine varieties are listed 

 that were grown in the St. Louis gardens in 1918, with descriptive characters. — O. T. Wilson. 



846. Anonymous. Agricultural possibilities of the Sahara. Sci. Amer. Supplem. 87: 

 297. 1919. 



847. Anonymous. Notizie varie. [Various notices.] Bull. R. Soc. Toscana Orticult. 

 4:67-6S. 1919. — Notes concerning: varieties of Nymphea, "Veronica Traversi," "Amygda- 

 lopersica Formonti," and the color of roses. — W. H. Chandler. 



848. Anonymous. The castor bean and its many uses. Sci. Amer. 120: 528, 530. 1919. 



849. Arnold, Geo. Forget-me-nots naturalized. Florists' Exchange 47:495. Fig. 1. 

 1919. — The author reports places (near Rochester, N. Y.) where biennial forget-me-nots, 

 probably Myosotis alpestris of the catalogs, have become naturalized to a considerable extent 

 on uncultivated and unmown soil. Very favorable growth is made in shade of trees. The 

 eoil is gravelly loam, and not especially moist, but the air is unusually moist as the place is 

 surrounded by a lake, deep glens and wooded hills. — L. A. Minns. 



850. Baxter, Samuel Newman. Pagoda tree of Japan. Nation. Nurseryman. 27:97, 

 98. 2 fig. 1919. — Snphora Japonica lias the habit of blooming in midsummer making it a 

 desirable tree for planting. The largest specimen in the vicinity of Philadelphia grows on 

 the Buist estate and measures ''Tee feel in diameter at the base with a spread of 70 feet. 

 The ground surrounding this tree has been set aside as a park in order to preserve it. — W. N. 

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