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variety have the utmost difficulty in bringing the tree 

 dcce For sale. 



\Ye are in favour of the old " Ca|>e Lemon" ; -k for 



certain varieties, and although we rly in the face of mo>t otliers 



-ninn is of value on this point, we are quite prepared 



ur view. It is well known to us that for 

 varieties grown in Australia, this is the only root that gi 



n. and the <ame will he proved here in course of time. \\ e 



cannot understand why this variety is so bitterly condemned as 



k. because it is a well-established fact to those who have 



studied the matter, that a great number of the orchards of fifty 



id upwards, are worked on this root where they are 



not seedlings. In fact, quite a fair proportion of our olde-t 



orchards i and surely it has been the survival of the fittest ) are 



worked on rough lemon. \Ye do not for a moment advocate the 



\vriole>a!e adoption of the rough lemon a> a stock, but we wish 



in out to growers that in our opinion there are other stocks 



which have already stood the test of time in the country we live 



in. 



Since writing the foregoing in 1900 our opinion then ex- 

 <\ ha' been generally verified throughout the country. 

 \Ye have ourselves made -everal >erie- of wide experiments 

 and we are satisfied that for general purposes the Rough Lemon 



as known at present 



IMPROVEMENT IN VARIETIES. 



A movement has been going on for the last forty ye 

 never, however, at any time with any great degree of spirit, to 

 improve the varieties of Citrus t ving in Africa. The 



credit for this movement, we believe should belong entirely I 



ve know of no instance within our knowledge in the 

 where any steps have been taken to bring in the n 

 more popular vari- 'ern nurserymen, particular!) 



managing the several ISotanical (hardens, have done most ex< 

 in the field, so that to-day we find the new varie : 

 Citrus fruits' 1 entirely disseminated by F.aste- 



They were also introduced to t' from this source. Among 



grower- then- Me uncertainty as to whether 



the right and proper thing is being done in discarding <eedling< 



arrived at either by budding 



or grafting: we are verv solid on this, and give below the p 

 in favour of the 



