December, 1908.] 



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Miscellaneous. 



Vintage, Queensl. Agr. Jl. 1900, 

 p. 29. 



Dependence of the fruit development 

 of grapes. . . on the develop- 

 ment of the seed. Exp. Sta. Rec, 

 XI. p. 932. 



Zur Weinbaufrage in den deutschen 

 Kolonien. Dammer. Tropenpfl. 

 1900, p. 437. 



Culture des vines precoces dans le 

 nord de l'Afrique. Rev. Cult. Col. 

 Sept. 1901, p. 161. 



Grape vine culture. Jamaica Bull. 

 Mar. 1904. 



Cultivation of the grape vine at 

 Anuradhapura "T.A." Mar. 1900, 

 p. 158. * 



The cultivation of the grape vine in 

 Poona. Bull. A. H. Soc. W. India, 

 1906. 



Grape vine culture. Jamaica Bull. 

 V. 1907, p. 1, 



The cultivation of the grape vine in 

 the Northern Province, Ceylon, 

 "T.A." Nov. 1907, p. 364. 



The season for pruning and winter- 

 ing the grape in Ceylon, do. 



Voandzeia.— 



Bambarra groundut. Kew Bull. 1906' 

 p. 68. 



Le Voandzobary ou Vouandzu. 

 Jard. Col. 1907, p. 38, 



Walking Sticks — 



Bull. 



Details of commercial requirements. 

 See Report Natal Gardens, Jan. — 

 June 1901, p. 14. 



Weeds. 



Nutgrass — Cyperus rotundus, L. Mai- 

 den in Agr. Gaz. N. S. W. Dec. 1898. 



Illuk or lalang grass. ''T.A-" May 

 1906, p. 328, 



Willow.— 



Willow culture for India and Ceylon' 

 Macmillan in Ind. Gard. 12. 7. 1900' 

 p. 21. 



The Cricket-bat willow. Kew Bull. 

 1907. 



Xiinema.— 



Das 01 von Ximenia americana- 

 Der Pflanzer 29. 8. 1908, p. 204 



Xylia. — 



Xylia dolabriformis, Iron-wood of 

 Pegu. Agr. Ledger, Forest Series 

 4, 1899. 



Yams {Dioscorea). — 



Dioscorea Daemona Roxb. Ind. Merc. 



28. 1. 1899, p. 55. 

 Sur l'igname plate du Japon (D. iapo- 

 nica, Thunb). Rev. Cult. Col. 1902, 

 p. 257. 

 73 



Famine foods : D. pentaphylla. Journ. 



Bombay N. H. Soc. 14, p. 772. 

 Yams. Harris in Jamaica Bull. 1906, 



p. 3. 



Yautia — 



The yautias or tauniers, of Porto 

 Rico. Bull. 6, Porto Rico Exp, Sta, 

 1905. "T.A." Oct, 1907, p. 285, Nov. 

 1907, p. 368. 



Ylang-ylang. — 



Oil of ylang-ylang. Ch. & Drug. 8. 3> 



1902, p. 388. 

 See Schimmel's reports, April 1902, 



&c. 



Cultivation of ylang-ylang. Ind. PI. 



and Gard. 6. 2. 1904, p. 93. 

 Essential oil of ylang-ylang. "T.A." 



Sept. 1907, p. 53. 

 La culture de l'Ylang-Ylang. Journ. 



d'Agr trop. June 1908, p. 171. 



Zacaton.— 



Die Zacaton-wurzel. Tropenpfl, 1906. 

 p. 369. 



VALUE OF SODIUM TO PLANTS. 



Osterhout (in Univ. of California 

 Publications : Botany, vol. 3, p. 331, 1908) 

 following up previous papers, makes 

 out that the presence of a small quantity 

 of a soda salt is of use in protecting 

 a plant against the otherwise harmful 

 action of other salts that may be present. 

 —Ed. 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



By C. Drieberg. 



M. B.— Chicks do not require to be 

 fed till they are thirty-six hours old, and 

 it is a mistake to feed them earlier. 



Market Gardener.— As a rule, cab- 

 bages should be given a liberal dressing 

 of dung, with 3 to 4 cwt. superphos- 

 pate, and an equal quantity of kainit. 

 Then, when the plants are well establish- 

 ed, a little nitrate of soda may be 

 given to each. 



J. G.— The average yield of manioc 

 in the United States is given as 5 tons 

 of roots per acre. In Ceylon the aver- 

 age must be a good deal higher, say 8 

 to 10 tons per acre, though no reliable 

 figures are available. 



Fruit Farmer.— If you plant your 

 pine shoots 20" by 24", you will plant 

 12,000 plants per acre. As regards 

 manure, though a fair amount of nitro- 



