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from Earope about twelve years ago by Prof. Ворр 
of Ames, Ia, who says that 
as 
d at the station in 1883. So far as 
observed, it is not catalogued by any nurseryman, 
although it is grown to some extent in western 
nurseries, It appe 
tiial as a late sour Cherry, 
еа ello type 
slender; fruit firm, good rd 2 acid, аз 
large as Englieh Morello or nearly 
round, "tec similar to that . а} — dut the 
flesh is not so 
f extended 
Description—tree of 
here the tree has prov be very productive, 
ripening its * as late as, or later, thau the Eaglish 
Morello. V. Y. Agricultural Experiment Station, 
Geneva, N. Y 
Trees OF Wesr PaUSSIA — Herr 
ku 
and appressed to the stem, 
whilst the lower ones ds spreading. 
DiASTASE IN FOLIAGE LEAVEB8.— Professor J 
REYNOLD3 GREEN, 
the diastase is utilised for the conversion of starch, 
‘this theory is opposed to the view that at enzymes 
do not in — The author's experi- 
ments were carri on diastase i n solution and 
on actua! leaves, таа the jfi — it was not 
sed to 20 p 
apr thérefore | "a 
n SESS greater in the 
— than in the living leat, and pa is accounted 
r by the fact that the proteids i in the cells have a 
— action. Pharmac — al. 
JAPANESE MATTING.—The demand forJapanese 
nd b probably made qos the calms of L»pironia 
macronata, appears, from a recent report from Hirgo 
and Osaka, to bestill i increasing, Ж progress . in 
* manafacture of this a is more 
averag 
vius h shows what an тайке tan 
freight this indastry has assume 4. 
matting 
particularly good and abundant during the year, aud 
the result has been that the trade proves 
eat expansion withou 
prices, to — considerable advantage of both the 
Japanese and foreigners engaged in it. To all 
appearance, the ts re for floor matting is likely to 
increase in the 
долон or Suo ЗЕТТЕО г олоор ЕМ ON 
PLANTS.— M. NOUYIN has carried out some 
8 don . those prora recorded 
b ов Strawberry plants іп fail leaf were 
exposed in the one casa to the actioa — ser 
hydrogen gas acco omp nied with free exposure to the 
ys the 
yellowish spote, and then withe red and rotted, but 
the plant recovered its normal appearance slowly if 
removed to а pure atmosphere. If, on the other 
hand, the gas acted on һд, plants in aconfiaed space, 
the effect was much mo n twenty-four 
med a а colour, 
and 8 свом Манве withered, and died 
off, and no subseq tent removal to nh air was able 
to — ie plant. M. Bar neludes, 
therefore, that tha action of rarer ther “hydrogen 
o2 plants is directly analogoas to its action on 
animals (Rép de Páarinscie, vii., 386) ex “ * 
ceutical Jo uai 
Book NOTICE 
BioLoaY Norks. 
Uader this title Mr, Houston has got — the 
reme series м. notes on biological matters, issued 
for the benefit of the students receiving denm 1 
анта under the auspices of the 
Council, Some o 0 
КЕ taachers i ture, and we have before 
noted the very careful and thorough training they 
receive in botany, zoology, 
, аге given in 
gerve as excellent 
a of carrying out 
— мн Тһе mi а make 
the pupil ve as far as possible, for himself 
et d ine catur tells him, and then to induce 
him farther research for himself, "ias 
— 2 pe Chelmsford is not only а teaching 
ce mara but it ie, as we see from the volume before 
dis бешин, weeds, &c., i» disseminated among the eut- 
tivators of the county. Th us, who, fro 
knowledge of what has been done for years in Bel- 
xs wis piges in this ava earnestly 
way, 
ted the adoption of similar methode here, must 
pair ae at the thorough way in which the 
jec ing 
e, 
evident, however, that unles 
ledge of g 
Horti- 
only congratulate the 
Council on the 8 zeal, and energy displayed 
by their staff le 
esi ie Сек ud ids 
HOME CORRESPONDENCE, 
BOUGAINVILLEA MARE ANA.—I have on three 
seen 
ons duriog the season 
ypher, of Cheltenham, wa 
specimen of this form, and when well-coloured it 
nstitutes a striking con to B. The 
of a dark tint of mauve-purple; and in the 
case of Мг, Cypher’s specimen, bracts foli 
alike were smaller, though i а fine example 
it did not a pear to me to equal В. glabra. When 
the latter M vigorously grown, and the | e lustr 
it ів a superb exhibition plant, and — to catch 
the eye іп a collection, I am afraid some exhibitors 
he foliage is 
е top, а. to cause one to 
regret that the treatment meted o 
not more generous, an 8 is 80 distinet in 
character that it can be shown as Mr. 
esti 
riana is really a 1 species, 
4 it is, I believe, claimed as su D. 
RUITING * DOUBL H.—We would like 
to know if it is not Cue? [y 4 dote doveri 
Peach to produce fruit of & good size, and excellent 
flavour, out-of- a? Thi een our expe- 
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exceptional season, but the experience is new to u 
Carter Page § Co. 
CHOU DE BURGHLEY.—I have grown a END 
of Nein. t ы Cabbage-Broccoli, as it i ually 
calied, for mber of years, but а * 20 far, 
е surname “Broccoli” to it, 
with the genuine seed, I am at а loss to know. e 
obtain its full value, I have grown it to come in a 
different seasons, to ascertain if any Broccoli heads 
would form, and ha t it remaina uncat until very 
late in the apring—but all to no mus Perhaps Mr. 
ihe Shay should head of true 
etna Br occoli ferme FE. Acton our 
ASCUM СНАІХІ AND RUDBE dido 
MANI —Oa looking gh the — d last 
volume, just issued, of Index Kewensis, I note one 
s two things of general interest to amateur 
eners, First, a plant very often mentioned in 
gardening journals, Verbascam Chaixi (Villars), — 
declared to have no Leg exi , but to 
identical with our e V. nigr Als rame 
nnial, Mallein, about which gardeners 
tim Chaixi, sometime 
vernale (Wierzbick), sometimes as V. Wierzbickii 
hese t specific 
pecies of Rudbeckia, even 
аз a — zx Asa Gray’s & of North 
] st hence conclude that R New- 
mani (Loudon) is renders n to m: botanists, 
and that one of these (06 speci unknown in 
English gardens, where the two pet have hitherto 
[^1 Perm synonymous. C. Wolley Dod, Edge 
Mapas 
lALS AT CHISWICK, — Your ints aeo 
"A D., ” saya, at ыр. EM. а recent over the 
the 
th become sterile.” I should like to 
know — the — statement has been made 
