FOREIGN NOTES. 



Turnip Tops have been selling for $250 per acre in 

 England. Green food and vegetables are exceedingly 

 scarce. 



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The Best Apples, it is said, now imported to England 

 come from New Zealand. Those from Nova Scotia are 

 inferior. 



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At the next Meeting of the international court of 

 arbitration an effort will be made to change the phyl- 

 loxera laws of Europe. 



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A Botanical Directory is about to be published at 

 Leipzig. It will contain the names of all living botan- 

 ists, and also a list of all botanical societies and jour- 

 nals. 



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Late Chrysanthemums. — The best varieties of late 

 chrysanthemums are Golden Gem, golden yellow ; La 

 Favorite, Boule-de-Neige, white : Soliel d'Or, bright yel- 

 low ; Etoile de Lyon, pale yellow ; Madame Hoste ; 

 Meyerbeer, violet rose. These varieties will flower as 

 late as the early part of February. — Revue Horticole. 



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Frozen .^\pples may be used for cider by allowing 

 them to thaw gradually. Submit them to pressure as 

 soon as all the frost is out. The cider will be less rich 

 in sugar, and consequently in alcohol, but it contains 

 more acid than normal cider. Often even after the ad- 

 dition of sugar, the quality of the liquid is so poor that 

 it is hetter to use it for making brandy. — Le Jardin. 



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A Trap for Night-Flying Insects can be made as 

 follows : Remove the top and bottom from a barrel, 

 and then smear it well with tar. Across one end nail a 

 strip of wood, and to this fasten a cord, so that the bar- 

 rel may be hung where desired. It should hang from 

 two to three feet from the ground, and a large pan or 

 tub should be placed beneath. In the evening, suspend 

 a lighted lantern from the strip, lowering it about to the 

 center of the barrel. By using thirty of these traps, the 

 injurious insects were almost exterminated in a large 

 orchard and garden. — f , in De?- Prakt. Ratgeher. 



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The Opuntia in South Africa. — Some of the species 

 of opuntia, or prickly pear, have obtained a foothold in 

 South Africa, and threaten to become a very serious 

 pest, especially to sheep growers. Neither cutting the 

 plants down nor uprooting them has had any other effect 

 than to propagate them more rapidly. A very effective 

 method of destroying the plants is to uproot them, chop 

 them into short lengths and pile them up in heaps, with 

 stones on top to keep them down. This causes fermen- 

 tation and destruction. Another method is to pass the 

 stems through a machine, such as is used to chop up 

 turnips. — TJie Gardening World. 



Begonia semperflorens, var. atropurpurea, or B. 

 J'eriuvi is, without doubt, one of the most beautiful ac- 

 quisitions which horticulture has received in several 

 years. All parts of this plant are highly decorative ; 

 its growth is upright, and each stem has many short 

 branches, resembling in this respect the pink variety 

 from which it was obtained. The flowers are dark red, 

 and this color is heightened by the glossy bronze tints 

 of the leaves. The culture of B. Vernon is the same as 

 that required by the pink and the white varieties, but it 

 will be found superior to these for decorative purposes. 

 — Revue Horticole. 



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Obituary. — Achille Rame, a well-known French hor- 

 ticulturist and entomologist, died April 15. 



Dr. A. Schenk, professor of botany in the University 

 of Leipzig, died March 30. 



John Wilson, a prominent horticulturist of northern 

 England, died May i. 



William McCorquodale died April 17 aged 81 years. 



He was forester to the Earl of Mansfield, and was well 



known and highly respected, not only in England, but 



throughout Europe. His knowledge of forestry was 



broad and thorough, but his experiments with the coni- 



feras first brought him into prominence. 



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Two New Roses. — Soiiv. de Mad. Sablayrolles [Tkea 

 Devoniensis X Souvenir d' Eliza Vardofi). This is a vig- 

 orous variety, and is distinguished from other tea roses 

 by its upright growth and dark green foliage. The flow- 

 ers are usually solitary, and are borne upon a firm stem. 

 They are spherical in form, large, and very full. The 

 color is rose-apricot, tinged with yellow ; the borders of 

 the petals have a carmine shade, which passes into white. 



Elise Fitgier. This variety resembles Niphetos. The 

 buds are long, and the flowers are very double. The 

 color is white, but the center has a shade of yellow ; the 

 outer petals are large and shaded with rose. The foli- 

 age is beautiful, and the plant is hardier and more vig- 

 orous than Niphetos. — Garten iind Bhiinenzeitung. 

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New Vegetables — Arezzo Celery. — This is an Italian 

 variety, which is very extensively grown in Tuscany. 

 It is considered to be one of the most delicate and pro- 

 ductive varieties, and grows to be quite large. When 

 bleached it is pale yellow in color. 



Celeriae, with variegated leaves (Vilmorin). The root 

 is round and regular, and of excellent quality. The 

 leaves are yellow and green, with rose-colored margins. 



Cabbage, Arnager Extra Late. This cabbage was not 

 injured by the severest cold of France, and it may well 

 rank as the most hardy of late cabbages. It originated 

 in Denmark. The stalk is quite long ; the leaves are 

 smooth, rounded and silvery gray ; the head is round 

 and firm, and weighs between four and five pounds. 



Broccoli, Extra Early White (Vilmorin). The leaves 

 are short and less wavy than those of the Early White. 

 The head is quite large, firm, and very white and fine. 

 It is the earliest variety. — L' Illustration Horticole. 



