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JOUENAL OF THE ROYAL HOKTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Chrysanthemum Mildew. By M. Chifflot {Gard. Chron. No. 753, 

 p. 3ol ; 1/6/1901). — The ^niiter, spuing, and suminer treatment of plants 

 attacked by this fungus is given, and the most appropriate remedies. 



Ct. s. s. 



Cider, Normandy. Anon. {Jo nr. Bd. Arjr. vol. viii. No. 1, pp. 81- 

 84, June 1901). — Report of the Foreign Ofhce on the French cider 

 industry. The production was greater than the last decennial average 

 bv over 300 million gallons. — R. X. 



Citrus sinensis, variegated. By A. v. d. H. {Bee. Hort. Beige, 

 t. xxvii. p. 193, September 1901. Col. pi.). — A variety with gold-edged 

 leaves and orange fruit to 2 inches diameter. — G. H. 



Clematis. By G. Ugohni {Bull. B. Soc, Tosc. Ort. 6, June 

 1901, p. 177), — An interesting description of nineteen species which are 

 hardy in Italy. — Tl'. C, IT. 



Clianthus Dampieri grafted on Colutea arborescens {Gard, 



Chron. No. 757, hg. 157 ; 29 G 1901.)— M. Marc Micheh has successfully 

 made this graft with the result that the Clianthus is rendered perennial, 

 and flowers freely in a wann greenhouse. — G. S. S. 

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Clianthus Dampieri, on the Grafting of. By S. Mottet {Bev. 

 Hort. p. 256 ; June 1901). -Witli illustration of same grafted on Colutea 

 arborescens, which is recommended as preferable to C. frutescens a.s stock. 



C. T. B. 



Cocoa, Fungoid Diseases of. By Mr. Alb. Howard, Mycologist, 

 Imp. Dep. of Agr. W.I. (Bull.Bot. Dep. Jam. vol. viii. p. 113). — Treats of 

 " Brown-rot " of the Cocoa pol, and the damage done by it ; also 

 " Root " disease. In the conclusion remedies are given. — G. H. 



Coco-nuts, imperfect. By Dr. ]\lacdougal. New York Bot. Gard. 

 (Bull. Bot. Dep. Jam. vol. viii. p. 104). — Reports on specimens from the 

 Bot. Gard. Jam. Deficiency in weight was upwards of 300 grams. They 

 contained no seed, the hollow being almost entirely overgrown with 

 woody fibres of the husk, only a narrow cavity being left. In this were 

 three centres about which a small quantity of shell substance had begun 

 to form ; other details are given. The canse appears to be imperfect 

 fertilisation, which had stimulate.! the ovary without impregnating the 

 ovules. — G. H. 



Cola, Notiz uber. By A. Tschirch {Flora, vol. Ixxx^dii. Pt. 2, 

 pp. 242-4 ; four figures ; March 1901). — A discussion with K. Schumann 

 on the botanical sources of the Cola Nut. The plant at Buitenzorg is not 

 Cola vera, K. Schum., but C. acuminata, Schott and Endl., or closely 

 alhed thereto.— J/. H. 



Coleus SOmalensis. By Spencer Le M. Moore {Journ. Bot. 464, 

 p. 265; 8/1901). — Description of a new species from Somalilaud 

 nearest to C vestitus. — G. B. 



