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“ii, Judging from the specimens sent, the soil about the banana plants 
is infested to an ex prong degree wi with nematodes, therefore, it is best, 
in cultivating, to plough deeply, or to occasionally subsoil the land. 
ese nematodes attack the roots of plants, and exist largely within 
eight inches of the surface. As they become rarer as the depth of the 
soil increases, it follows that if the land be ploughed deep and thoroughly 
_so as to turn the soil exactly bottom side up, a soil comparatively free 
they can do much less damage than they could if left at the 
«ii, * * * The main difficulty in dealing with these plants is 
thought to be due to the attacks of the fungus mentioned above, an and here 
n ma 
ae is indieated by discolouration in the root-stock. ow, when 
suekers are cut off from the old plant with a spade, they should be 
inspected, and all brown and rotten portions should be carefully removed, 

CCXXXI.—MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 
m Mons. E. André, Kew has received in exchange a set of his 
South A -— merican Brom eliaceæ, numbering about 70 species. This is an 
important addition to the Herbarium, already fa piriy: rich in a family 
R Niere neglected by collectors on account of the difficulty in drying 
and the bulky nature of specimens 
Rev. R. Baron, well known for the very large additions he 
has made to our knowledge of the flora of ppan memi has forwarded 
ng of 700 numb 
collection is from a district Porth Antananarivo by English collectors, 
t doubtless 
contains a oe number of velties, new ast e the pis 
H 
Pike, Pes 
Lake, in the Great Fish River region, between the lake 
Bay to the north-east, has presented a small clleston of dried plants 
brought thence by him. The common es nclude Vaccinium 
uliginosum, Cassiope tetragona, Andromeda "polifolia, Phyllo 
taxifolia, Ledum palustre, Loiseleuria procumbens, Rhododendron 
lapponicum, and Kalmia glauca. 
Index Kewensis nominum omnium generum et specierum plan 
tarum phanerogamarum, 1735-1885. The printing by the Clarendon 
Press of this work, prepared at Kew by 2 Mr. Daydon Jackson and 
“GARDEN : 
