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about fourteen days. The seedlin^^H are pricked out in leaf-rnould and 

 sphaf^niuni and kept at a temperature of" 15° to 20° C. In the third or 

 fourth year they flower. After blooming, from March to June, tfie plants 

 are allowed to rest, little water beinj^ given during the summer until 

 about August, when growth may be re-started by supplying more water 

 and a warm, damp atmosphere. The pots should be well-drained and 

 filled with peat and wood charcoal or peat and potsherds, the latter being 

 best.—/. P. 



Antirrhinum majus, Forcing* of. By H. Dauthenay (Jtp.v. 

 Hort. pp. 341, 842 ; July 1901). -Two woodcuts.— C. T. J). 



Apple Blossoms, Origin and Development of. By E. S. Gffo 

 {Trans. Illinois Hort. Soc. 1900). — A short paper of much practical 

 interest, followed by a report of the discussion that followed the reading of 

 the paper. — Z>. //. 



Apple Bulletin. By T. K. Bruney (U.S.A. SI. lid. North Car. 

 1900 ; 4 coloured plates, one map, and 18 illustrations of pests). — After 

 giving information as to suitable trees for Western State cultivation, useful 

 notes by G. E. Boggs are given on the care of trees, thinning the fruit, 

 and gathering and marketing the fruit. Also an interesting letter from 

 W. F. Grabs on care in handling winter Apples. The bulletin concludes 

 with an excellent summary of the diseases and insects affecting Apple- 

 trees in North Carolina, with suggestions for their destruction. — D. H. 



Apple * Rhode Island Greening*.' By G. E. Adams (Amer. 

 Gard. xxii. pp. 599, GOO ; 31/8/1901). — A contribution to the history of 

 Rhode Island's famous apple. — C. C. H. 



Apple Scab Fungus. By T. J. Burrill {U.S.A. Hort. Soc. III.; 

 2 plates, 1900). — An account of the life-history of Fusicladium dendriticum 

 Fckl., including an account of some of the (as then) unpublished results 

 of experiments by G. P. Clinton. Much information about methods and 

 times of spraying is given in the paper and in the discussion that followed. 



D. II. 



Apple, Structure and Varieties of the. By Prof. Lazenby ( U.S.A. 

 Hort. Soc. Ohio, 1900). — A short paper dealing especially with richness 

 and flavour in the Apple fruit. According to this author the following are 

 the qualities demanded in a good Apple by the American public at the 

 present time : First, bright colour ; second, moderate and uniform size ; 

 third, uniform shape ; fourth, richness ; fifth, a spicy flavour ; sixth, firm, 

 but tender and melting flesh ; seventh, a small core with few seeds ; 

 eighth, a smooth, thin skin ; ninth, good keeping qualities ; tenth, good 

 cooking qualities. — D. II. 



Apple-Tree Insect Pests. By E. Dwight Sanderson {U.S.A. Pcnn. 

 Hort. Soc. part ii. 1901, figs. 1-35, pp. 3-52).— Gives an account of 

 twenty-nine insect pests, dividing them into those which injure the roots, 

 those injuring the trunk, those injuring the twigs, those injuring the 



