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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



in any stage of its existence, or any tree, plant, or fruit infested with or 

 affected by any insect or disease. — A. W. S. 



Beans cultivated as Esculents. By H. C. Irish (Bej). Miss. 

 Bot. Gard. vol. xii. p. 81 ; 1901). Plates 38-47,— A detailed revision, 

 with descriptions, keys, synonymy and figures of all the seeds of the 

 esculent varieties of Pliaseolus lunatus, P. vulgaris, P. multiflorus, 

 Dolichos Lablab, D. sesquipedalis, Vigna Catjang, Glycine hispid a and 

 Vicia Faba, with notes on diseases, culture and cooking. — G. S. B. 



Beet Sugar Industry in the United States {U.S.A. Dep. Agr. 

 No. 69 ; 1901). — Reports upon the extent of the Beet Sugar Industry in 

 the United States, and the pests and diseases to which the plant is liable, 

 the chief attention being given to the " Bacterial Disease of the Sugar 

 Beet." Beyond this the ordinary leaf-spot {Cercospora) is mentioned, and 

 the large leaf-spot {Phyllosticta). — M. C. C. 



BegfOnias, Crested. By A. v. d. H. {Bev. Hort. Beige, t. xxvii. 

 p. 250 ; Col. pi. and 5 photogr.). — Briefly referring to the origin of our pre- 

 sent Begonias in the three species boliviensis, Veitchii, &nd Pearcei (1866), 

 one of the first " double " appeared in 1875, " Frangois Desbois," with 

 twelve petals. But the novelty now shown by photography is called 

 erecta crisiata. The flower is some 4 inches in diameter, the four large 

 white petals being strongly crested down the middle with golden excres- 

 cences, the stamens being replaced by smaller, totally yellow petals, but 

 not crested. In another the petals are crested, but the stamens are 

 present. A third illustration shows a double flower spotted, and a fourth 

 striated. — G. H. 



Begonia gogocensis x heracleifolia. By G. Bartsch (Die Gart. 

 p. 39 ; 26/10/1901). — Very interesting new decorative hybrid Begonia. 

 Well recommended. — G. B. 



Begonia hybrid a * Gloire de Lorraine ' and its white variety 

 * Caledonia.' By L. Wittmack (Gartenflora, p. 393 ; coloured plate 

 and fig. 60 ; 1/8/1901). — Description of both varieties. — J. P. 



Begonia semperflorens. By A. Voigt {Die Gart. p. 613 ; 

 28/9/1901). — An exhaustive article (and well illustrated) describing the 

 many forms of B. semperflorens, with cultural notes. — G. B. 



Begonia semperflorens Novelties. By De Coene {Die Gart. 

 p. 616; 28/9/1901). — With figures and descriptions of several new 

 French and German, single and double forms, adapted for bedding out 

 and pot culture, much used on the Continent. — G. B. 



Begonias, * Vernon/ with variegated leaves. By Ch. Gros- 

 demange {Bev. Hort. p. 262 ; June 1901). — Origin and description, with 

 woodcuts, of two new Begonias, one dwarf and the other normal size, 

 raised from ' Vernon ' strain, both largely variegated with white, and 

 named respectively ' Edmond Poiret ' and ' President Deviolaine.' 



C. T. D. 



