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is desirable that the young shoots should have begun to be woody throughout half 

 their length. 



Crossing' rhododendrons, O. Schulz (Mbller's Deut. Gart. Zt</., 19(1904), No. 23, 

 pp. 971-278, figs. 4)- — Rhododendron griffithi was crossed with pollen from R. arboreum 

 hybridum and a number of fertile seeds obtained. These germinated readily and 

 made good plants, but it was 10 years before any of the seedlings thus obtained came 

 into bloom. Part of the seedlings resembled the mother plant as regards flower and 

 growth, and part the father. Illustrations are given showing the coloring and mark- 

 ing of some of the blooms obtained. 



[New hybrid orchid] (Gard. < nron., 3. set., 35 (1904), No. 910, p. 360, fig. 1; Sup. , 

 pp. 1, 2). — At the seventeenth annual exhibition of the Royal Horticultural Society 

 of England, a hybrid orchid was exhibited by Mr. C. Vuylsteke, of Ghent, which is 

 described as one of the most remarkable hybrids ever raised, and the most remarkable 

 of recent years. It has been named Odontioda X Vuylstekese (Cochlioda noetzliana X 

 Odontoglossum pescatorei) . 



The flowers resemble those of 0. pescatorei in size and form, but with the thicker 

 substance of the other parent and much of its reddish-orange color. "Sepals and 

 petals broad and flatly displayed, reddish-orange on the inner two-thirds, the color 

 having light irregular banding of white; margin of sepals and petals rose-colored; 

 lip whitish with yellow crest; side lobes reddish-orange; front lobe spotted with red." 



Manures for passion vines, J. Taylor (Agr. Gaz. Neiv South Wales, 15 (1904), 

 No. 2, pp. 125-129 ) . — Manures were used according to 40 different formulas on passion 

 vines. Some of the formulas used and the yields obtained are given. In general, 

 manuring was found very beneficial and profitable, and complete manures gave better 

 results than where any essential element was omitted. 



FORESTRY. 



The basket willow, W. F. Hubbard ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Bureau of Forestry Bid. 

 46, pp. 100, pis. 7, figs. 27, map 1). — This bulletin treats of the growing of basket 

 willows, their preparation for use, injurious insects, and statistics of production and 

 consumption. After tracing the general history of willow culture the author gives 

 an account of the distribution and characteristics of the willow. The history of 

 willow growing in the United States is outlined, and statements given regarding 

 the present culture of osiers in this country. 



Notes are given on the preparation of the holt or willow plantation, preliminary 

 cultivation, planting, weeding and cultivation, cutting, drafting, and peeling. Sug- 

 gestions are also given for improvements in culture whereby the quality of the prod- 

 uct, as well as the yield, may be increased. The species of willow grown in the 

 United States are said to be the Welsh or purple willow (Salix purpurea), the Lemley, 

 patent Lemley orCaspian willow (S. pruinosa acutifolia), and varieties of the same, 

 and the green or almond willow (S. amygdalina). 



Tables are given showing the estimated expenditures and receipts from willows 

 grown on upland and bottom lands. When grown upon upland an average net profit 

 of $17.88 per acre for 14 years is estimated, while on the bottom lands subject to 

 inundations the net return is estimated at $87.28 per acre for 12 years. An account 

 is given of willow growing in Europe, in which considerable advance has been made 

 in scientific willow culture, and certain facts are deduced which it is believed would 

 be of value to the growers in this country. 



Notes are given on the insects injurious to the basket willow. The bulletin con- 

 cludes with statistics on the imports of raw and manufactured willow from 1855 to 

 1901, and also of the American production of willows and of willow basket ware. 



