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mildew have been submitted fur examination. A point of 

 importance in connection with this disease is the fact that the 

 winter fruit or perithecia fall from the shoots during October, in 

 considerable numbers, hence, to secure the greatest benefit from 

 pruning the work should not be delayed bevond the time 

 indicated, as the spores from the perithecia which fall to the 

 ground may infect young shoots in the following spring. 



r^^uV^ ex } )e . riment s on certain species of Dodder failed to 

 prove that dredging with calcium sulphide was a destructive 



measure. 



hi W,*Z , mg °? the tran smission of disease by means of 



b ™ ^Wcelium in potatoes has been continued during the 



ahvav* ^L2V 6 a + ss T umption that the mycelium is often, if not 



Seel ZF men f of a PP a ™% sound tubers were specially 

 S^^^ m d f wble P erCenta ^ e of ^ese have bee/proved 



Black scab of potatoes has also been under investigation. 



fromTariirBS h T been reCeived for examination at Kew 

 nom various Br.tish colonies and dependencies. 



de^cribed'ire^ g x Z ^ e / 5* 7 Ja ™ a T--The plants figured and 



amatorum, C. H. wSh in? pT"?? ^ Hemsl " Herlertia 

 PhUodendron is rem!rfa,Sf £&***£ Fortu ^ Mayr. The 

 hybrid in the genu? it a 2 b ? mg the onl y known artificial 

 is brilliantly coloured t5? ?V B * W eight inches lon ^' and 

 Dr. A. Wonteri r«wT follo ™ g note on its history, by 

 Gardener/ Chronrte for &**** ^nce, Italy, appeared in 

 Corsinlanum belong to l I^ 1 "^ *> 1908 '•-" x PhUodendron 

 more than 20 years Li„ I y ^resting series of hybrids raised 



Florence, by tne LefLn M P f ? garden * ° f ' ^ Cascine,' in 

 gardener to H.E th* Pw» * e i; dinant lo Ragionieri (now head 

 and the Director Cav A i? V . enosa ' at Albano, near Rome), 

 ^tfomim is a cross beiween PtV i '* * Phi ^ndron Gor- 

 « was dedicated to HF i iT. mdemi ? and P - lucidum $. 

 Florence. The entire ^vJ^S 06 ? or8mi > then Mayor of 

 Messrs. Makoy, of Liege » p! • *?£ P lant was purchased by 

 species, and is described aa Z™ Mlok ^wiUcUi is a Caucasian 



ducing yellow flowers ThV^l TP handsome °f those pro- 



into the garden of Mr W f n vf rece n% been introduced 



own, where it flowered in* M^ w bleton ' of Belgrove, Queens- 



t was used in the preparation' £* Ji. Md material Wished by 



f S n Pl '^ t8 ■* K« w whth \, the tigllre ' There are now 



"'"I- Jiflie Botanic GaSen ^^ from 8eed 1>eceived 



mS i? 8 VeUch & SoK J gt ; mvn "* th " anwery of 



t r «hbt 1D8U l i8he,i fr oniTts L i T be Wood ' Jt i« » P^etty 

 gl-brous above aml £ * ** by its thick leaves which 



- y tomentose beneath. The 



