210 JOUR>'AL OF THE EOYAL HORTICULTUKAL SOCIETY. 



1901). — A. Buyssens discusses the best periods for taking cuttings, 

 the requisite soil, &c. — G. H. 



Cider and Cider Fruits. By M. Lucien C. Baltet (Jour. Soc. Nat. 

 Hort. Fr.; January 1901). — Recommends the establishment of a school of 

 cider-making, with laboratories and means of determining the value of the 

 products made from fruit of each variety ; designating the qualities 

 which any variety worth cultivating must possess. The use of liquid 

 carbonic acid in the process of manufacture for export is recommended. 



G. P. 



Cladrastis tinctoria (Leguminosce), W. U.S. (Bot. Mag. tab. 7767). 

 — It is the "yellow or " gopher " wood of N. America, one o£ the rarest 

 trees, and confined to western bases of Alleghany Mountains, remarkable 

 for its silvery bark, like that of the Beech. Only two other species are 

 known in E. Asia, showing the afhnity between the floras of N.E. Asia 

 and N.E. America. A large tree is at Kew, from which the drawing was 

 made. It bears compound racemes of white flowers. — G. H. 



Climbers for Country Homes. By Byron D. Halstead {Xeir 

 Jersey Agric. Exp. St. Bull. 144 ; sixteen plates and thirteen other illus- 

 trations : June 1900). — A useful and interesting booklet, showing how the 

 country house and its surroundinrjs can be made more beautiful bv the 

 judicious use of suitable climbers and shade plants. — D. H. 



Cockchafer {Anoplognathus) Grubs destroying Strawberry 

 Plants. By W. W. Froggatt, Government Entomologist (Agr. Gaz. 

 K.S. Wales. Vol. xii. Part 4. p. 473 : April 1901). — Full information is 

 given as to the manner in which the damage is done to the plants, 

 description of the insects, with figures, and remedies to be applied. 



Codlin Moth {Carpocapsa poinonana). By A. Petts {Gard. Chron. 

 p. 32 ; fig. 15 ; 12/1 1901). — A description of this common pest, and how 

 to deal with it. — G. S. S. 



CCElOgyne Veitchii {Ore hi dec?), New Guinea (Bot. Mag. tab. 

 7764). — The flowers are sub-globular in form, ^ in. diameter, creamy 

 white. — G. H. 



Cold Chambers in Horticulture {Bull. d. JR. Soe. Tosc. Ort. 2, 

 p. 55 ; February 1901). — Useful for retarding vegetative period of plants. 

 Plants most usuallv treated in this wav are Lilies and Lilies of the VaUev, 

 as at Thomas Rochford's establishment at Cheshunt. After the usual 

 flowering period of the plants has elapsed they are taken from the cold 

 chamber and planted in the open, where they at length flower at an 

 unaccustomed time. — TF. C. IV. 



Conifers, Some Diseases of New England. A preliminary Report 



by Hermann von Schrenk {U.S. Dept. of Agric, Dir. Veg. Phys. and 

 Path. Bull. 25; fifteen plates; Aug. 1900). — This paper gives, some 



