term, * first ' runner, is meant the first runner produced from pa- 

 rent plant on a given stem, while the ' second ' runner is the next 

 produced on the same stem. The crops for 1907 were small, the 

 plants for the first season not being particularly strong, although, 

 as might be expected the ' first ' were the larger. In 1908, the 

 yield was fair, considering the nature of the season ; and the plants 

 of the two groups were more even in size and strength. In the 

 two years the total yield for five varieties from the ' first ' runners 

 was 713 lb., and from the 'second' runners 607 Ib. 



" The assertion by some growers that the ' second ' runners 

 produce larger crops has thus not been supported by the results 

 for the first two seasons, although possibly the third season's crop 

 may result differently, since the* * second ' were originally the more 

 backward plants, and may, therefore, take longer to reach full 

 vigour. " 



J. A. ALEXANDER. Spice, Condiment and Perfume producing 



Plants. (Journ. Roy. Hort. Soc. London, 35 (1910), N 3, 

 p. 366-383). Expert. Stat. Rec. June 1910. -- Washington. 



This paper gives a general account of a large number of plants 

 yielding spices, condiments and perfumes. 



New Garden Plants of the Year 1909. Royal Botanic Gar- 

 dens, Kew. Bull, of Miscellaneous Information, Appendix III, 

 1910, pp. 57-85. London, 1910. 



Among the new introductions of garden plants recorded 

 during 1909, the Orchidaceae provides, as usual, more species and 

 varieties than any other family, amongst them being Cirrhopetalum 

 lotigissimum, a fine plant introduced from Siam; Dendrobium San- 

 derae, >. acuminatum, both from the Philippines; and Megaclinium 

 purpureorachis, from the Congo. China supplies a fair quota of 

 plants, notably Primula forrestii, P. littoniana, P. Bulleyana, and 

 Rhododendron Souliei, besides sharing with Japan in the supply of 

 vspecies of fuglans. The genus Salix receives additions from Asia, 

 while Mexico furnishes several species of Mammillaria. The Kew 

 introductions include an Encephalartos, Baikiaea insignis, a legu- 

 minous evergreen tree, and Strophanthus preussii, a climbing shrub, 

 all from tropical Africa, also Euphorbia Ledienii, from South Africa. 

 Six new species of the fern genus Nephrolepis and Adiantum grossum 

 are noteworthy. Noteworthy also Populus Comesiana from Italy, 

 and amongst Euphorbiacee Euphorbia Ledienii. 



