574 JOUENAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL S(^CIETY. 



Deals with the preparation of the ground and of the trees before planting, 

 selection of kinds, proper methods of pruning, kc.—D. H. 



Pseudosopubia Delamerei. By Spencer Le M. Moore (Journ. 

 Bot. 464, p. 261 ; 8/1901). — Description of a new species from British 

 East Africa, in a genus recently discriminated by Engler from Sojmbia. 



G. S. B. 



Pueraria Thunbergiana. By C. Raede {Die Gart. p. 604; 

 21/9/1901). — Description, culture, and use. — G. B. 



Queensland, Cultivation of Indigenous Plants in (Qu. Agri. 

 Journ. ix. pt. 2, August 1901). — Hon. A. Norton recommends the cultiva- 

 tion of Stenocarpus sinuahis, locally known as the Tulip-tree, Barklya 

 syringifolia, Castanospermiun cmstrale, Grevillea robusta, the crimson 

 Sterculia, and others. Amongst climbers, Millettia megaspcrmum, 

 Bignojiia jasminoides, Passiflora aurantia, Hoya australis. Garden 

 flowers, such as Eurycles C mininghami, CalantJie veratrifolia, Eurycles 

 ambomensis, and Curcuma australasica. — 3/. C. C. 



Quince Rust (U.S.A. Exp. St. Hatch, Report 10, 1898).— This 

 disease, caused by Gynmosporangiuin clavipes, affects principally the 

 fruit, and also the young wood. Was unusually prevalent during the 

 preceding season. — il/. C. C. 



Rabbits, Extermination of. By O. Appel and A. Jacobi {Kais. 

 Ges., Div. Biology, Leaflet No. 7 ; April 1901). — Recommends a drastic 

 method of treating warrens. A piece of canvas sacking (one foot square) 

 moistened with bisulphide of carbon (an evil-smelling compound fatal to 

 life) is pushed down each hole and the mouth closed with earth ; every 

 hole is to be treated at a time when rabbits are in them. Cost of 

 materials per hole is less than a penny. — W. G. S. 



Railway Tariffs for Fruit &c. from S.W. France {Jour. Soc. 

 Nat. Hort. Fr. p. 583). — New and much reduced tariffs are recorded as 

 being adopted by the Orleans and Northern Railways of France over the 

 Eastern Railway at Paris to the northern ports of Boulogne, Calais, or 

 Dunkirk, with the idea of favouring the exportation to England of fruits 

 and vegetables of the country from Brive to Montauban. A charge of 

 40 fr. per 1,000 kilos is made, including all charges. — G. P. 



Rainfall, May 1901. Anon. {Agr. Jour. Cape G.H. vol. xix. No. 1, 

 pp. 63-66, July 1901). — Returns from various provinces in South Africa. 



B. N. 



Raspberry Moth, The. By F. M. Duncan {Card. Mag. 2,491, 

 p. 480, 27/7/1901). — An account of the Raspberry Stem-bud Moth 

 (Lampronia rubiella). The life-history of the insect and a clear descrip- 

 tion of it are given, together mth remedies against its depredations. 

 The illustration that accompanies this account is that of the Wood Wasp, 

 inserted by mistake. The correct illustration of the Raspberry Stem-bud 

 Moth and Caterpillar is given in No. 2,494, p. 537.— TF. G. 



