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A species with precisely the habit of P. waciferus, Hook. f. (Fl. 
Brit. Ind., VL, p. 81; Ic. Pl, t. 2145), and, indeed, confounded with 
it in both the works cited, mourn it is constantly different in having the 
spur-like mentum over three times as long as the rest of the flower 
instead of only equalling it as in the Indian plant. It has now béen 
introduced from Borneo essrs. Linden, L’ Horticulture Interna- 
where it is flowering profusely. The flowers are semipellucid white, 
with the oa and lip tipped with ed purple, and the sepals less 
distinctly so 
CCCLXKXIX.—COLD STORAGE OF FRUIT. 
Ina précis of pamphlets issued by the Department of Agriculture v 
Forests in New South Wales, given in the First Report, 1894, 
issued, particulars are given (at pp. 6 and 7) of experiments carried ed 
with regard to the cold storage of “deciduous fruit," and the results 
obtained with each. The experiments lasted from 28th January to 26th 
August 1893. "The fruits experimented = were as follows :—Apples, 
pears, plums, peaches, nectarines, grapes, mangoes, pine-apples, tomatoes, 
and passion fruit. e latter was probably ie fruit of Passiflora edulis. 
The result of the experiments are concisely given below 
eries of experiments "i the cold storage of fruit, extending from 
ash Januar y to 26th August, 1893, were conducted by the fruit expert 
(M nson) for a Departmen nt of Agriculture, at the cold 
oaks? rooms attached to the Government meat market, at Darling 
Harbour, Messrs. Hadson Bros., lessees, having kindly placed a 
chamber of 50 tons’ capacity ships measurement at the disposal of the 
F free of all charge. 
system of cold storage employed was one in which an even 
tem er rature combined with a constant influx of cold fresh air w 
maintained, and this system, or rather principle, is the only satisfaetory 
one for use in the case of rei as a merely cold air without the necessary 
ventilation and influx of fre r has been qiia to be insufficient to 
keep fruit in good condition t€ ii length of tim 
The fruits experimented with consisted of E followitig varieties, 
viz.:—Apples, pears, plums, peaches, nectarines, grapes, mangoes, 
pine-apples, tomatoes, and passion fru it, and were obtained from fruit- 
growers in various parts of the Colony. 
' Different materials were tried for packing, and oe fruit was tested 
under various conditions, wrapped and unwrap ight cases and 
open well-ventilated cases, and in various states or apres of ripeness. 
The average temperature maintained was 41°74 degrees, and was very 
evenly maintained. The peng te limit of yariation ranged from 37 
degrees to 51 degrees, and these extremes were only r reached on two or 
three occasions. The ventilation was at all times satisfactory. 
The = results of the experiments may be summarised as 
follows 
1l. cud midseason and late variety cf pears, solid-fleshed plums 
and tough skinned fleshy grapes may be kept in perfect condition 
