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JOURNAL OF THE ROY.U. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Logwood, Diseased Lemon Trees, Date Palms, Sunflower Seeds, and 

 Oil of Eucalyptus. 



Feb. 1901. On Grafting Mango trees. 



March 1901. Articles upon Tobacco, Irrigation and Alkali 

 Lands, Breadnut, Analysis of Cocoanut, Coffee Statistics, and 

 Varieties of Banana. 



April 1901. Articles on the Juniper Cedar of Jamaica and the 

 Banana Conference. 



Mav 1901. On the Oil of Akee, Blighia {Cupania) sapida. 



G. H. 



Calla iEthiopica. {Bcv. Hort. Beige, March 1901).— The German 

 method of forcing this plant is described, so that flowers are obtained in 

 December and January. — G. H. 



Cannas, Forcing' of. with list of varieties. By J. Rudolph {Ber. 

 Hort. p. «9 ; January 1901).— C. T. D. 



Caoutchouc from the Congo. By Louis Gentil (Gard. Chron. 

 p. 262 ; 27 4 1901). — Produced from various plants, of which descrip- 

 tions and methods of cultivation are given. — G. S. S. 



Cape Weed {Cryptostemmci calcndulaceiim). Anon. {S. Z. Dep. 

 Afjri. 8th Rep., p. 308 ; 1 fig. ; 1900).— A native of South Africa, and is 

 sometimes designated the Cape Dandelion, both in Austialia and New 

 Zealand. It is a soft herb rarely reaching one foot in height, flowers 

 resembling a miniature sunflower. Is plentiful amongst Grass in the 

 Auckland district, and is becoming common in Taranaki and Hawke's 

 Bav. It is a verv undesirable weed, and is said to taint milk. — B. X. 



Carnations, Improvement of (Anon.) (Gard. Mag. 2469, p. 116; 

 23 2 1901).^ — Abstract report of an interesting and instructive address 

 given by Mr. F. Dorner " On the Improvement of Carnations " before the 

 Indiana Horticultural Society. A detailed account is given of the results 

 of cross-fertilisation as affecting the colours of flowers thus experimented 

 with. The paper may be useful to those engaged in this work, as the 

 experiments appear to have been carried out in a methodical and thorough 

 way. — TT'. G. 



Carnation, The Improvement of the, in America. By C. W. 

 Ward {Trans. Mass. Hort. Soc. ; six plates ; 1900). — The development 

 of the Carnation from the gardener's point of ^-iew is fully described and 

 illustrated. The author incidentally teUs us how cut blooms may be kept 

 fresh from two to three weeks, and also refers to the enormous Carnation 

 trade of the United States, employing " something Hke 5,000. possibly 

 more, people," receiving each an average wage of ^45 a month. — D. H. 



Cattleya x granuglossa (Amer. Gard. xxii. 318, p. 61 ; fig. 16 ; 

 26 1/1901). — A new hybrid raised by Mr. E. 0. Orpet, of S. Lancaster, 

 Mass., U.S.A., between C. granulosa and C. aniethystoglossa. — C. C. H. 



