570 JOUKNAL OF THE ROYAL HOKTICULTUIUL SOCIETY. 



anywhere else. Seventy-one thousand tons reached Marseilles m 1900. 

 The sources of supply are Bombay, Mozambique, and Senegal. The oil is 

 used for many purposes, as nutrition, lighthig, lubricating and blending. 

 It is a component of the famous Marseilles soap. — G. H. 



Pears, their Commercial Culture. By M. B. ^Vaite (U.S.A. Dep. 

 Acjr. 1900, p. 369). — A treatise on growing Pears for profit, with full 

 instructions for their cultivation. — C. W. D. 



Pear-leaf Blister Mite {(rard. Mag. 2,491, p. 489, 27/7/1901).— 

 An illustration of this insect pest (PJiytoptus pyri), with descriptive note, 

 and the remedy agamst its attacks, by spraying. — W. G. 



Pelargonium Endlicherianum (Gard. Climn. No. 765, p. 149, 

 fig. 48, 24/8/19Q1). — This species is a native of Cilicia, and is found to be 

 nearly hardy in Sir Trevor La^^Tence's garden nea • Dorking. It bears a 

 tuft of from five to fifteen glowing pink flowers, veined with a darker purple, 

 on a stem from one to two feet long, and is worthy of the attention of 

 growers of herbaceous plants. — G. S. S. 



Pellaea atropurpurea cristata. By William Trelease (Eep. 

 Miss. Boi. Gard. vol. xii. p. 77, 1901). Plate 34. — Description of a 

 crested variety of this Fern from limestone, near Eureka, Missouri, dis- 

 covered by Gusta\'us Pauls in 1899. — G. S. B. 



Pentstemon, Species of. By Ya\. Andre [Bol. B. Sac. Nac. 



Hort. iii. pp. 20-22 ; one fig. ; 1901). — A descriptive list of thirty-one 

 species, and some striking hybiids, embracing those most desirable for 

 cultivation on account of the beauty and quantity of bloom produced. 

 Under each species the colour of the fiower is stated, also the general 

 form and colour of the leaves. P. JietcropJiylhis is described in detail, 

 as, although this species was introduced into our gardens from New 

 California by Douglas in 1834, it is not as much utilised as it deserves to 

 he.—G. M. ^ 



Perfume Plants in Victoria {Dep. Agr. Vict. Ann. Bep. 1883). 

 — States that twenty-seven kinds of scent plants have been cultivated 

 experimentally on the Dunolly scent farm, and only five have given satis- 

 factory results. These are LavandidcL vera, African Geranium, Roses, 

 Peppermint, and Rosemary, which might even be reduced by exclusion of 

 the latter two. It also reports the closure of the Cheltenham experi- 

 mental scent farm, after upwards of two years' trial, on account of the 

 results being unsatisfactory. — M. C. C. 



Persimmons. By R. L. Watts {Bull. Univ. of Tennessee Agric. Exp. 

 St. ; 10 illustrations ; 1899). — The author deals with the botanical 

 characters, varieties, cultivation, and propagation of the American and 

 Japanese Persimmon, with notes on the chemistry of the fruit by J. B. 

 M'Bride.— D. H. 



