930 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



various fertilisers, nutritive and stimulant, showing the composition and 

 uses of such as the phosphoric acids, nitrogen, farm manure, &c. The 

 bulletin well repays a careful perusal. — V. J. M. 



Fertilising- Field and Garden. By F. E. H. W. Krichauff, J.P., 

 Corr. Memb. R.H.S. — In Tasmania, Apple and Pear orchards are fre- 

 quently manured with 6 cwt. of bonemeal and 2 to 4 cwts. of kainit 

 per acre. 



For Peach orchards it is recommended to use 90 to 180 lb. of nitrate of 

 soda, 320 to 840 lb. of phosphatic fertiliser, and 110 to 220 lb. of 

 muriate or sulphate of potash per acre. 



Olive pits, before being planted, should be cracked or placed for twenty- 

 four hours in a solution of half a pound of caustic soda to a gallon of 

 water. 



In South Australia, at Uj)per Stuart, in 1892, an Apple tree belonging 

 to Mr. Wescombe, forty years old, yielded 70 bushels of fruit. 



For full-grown kees the author has used and recommends, in the case 

 of Plums, 12 lb. of kainit, 4 lb. of Thomas phosphate, 21, lb. of nitrate of 

 soda ; for Cherries, 14 lb. of kainit, 5 lb. of Thomas phosphate, and 1 lb. of 

 nitrate of soda per tree each year. 



In experiments on Raspberries by Mr. Ewers, 748 lb. of blood 

 manure, 133 lb. of double superphosphate, and 265 lb. of muriate of 

 potash gave 2,957 lb. fruit per acre, against 1,792 lb. from unmanured 

 canes; 5681b. of nitrate of soda, 1441b. of double superphosphate, and 

 143 lb. of muriate of potash gave 2,598 lb. — C. H. H. 



Fig's in Australia. By C. T. Cole {Qu. Agri. Journ. ix., p. 4; 

 October 1901).— The Smyrna Fig trees were imported some years ago 

 with success. Artificial caprification is declared to be unnecessary. " May 

 not the cause of figs falling oft" the trees before they reach maturity be 

 improper kinds, unsuitable localities, and last, but not least, the absence 

 of knowledge of proper and judicious pruning ?" — M. C. C. 



Flora of Africa, Contribution to the (xxii. continued). By A. 

 Engler {Engl. Bot. Jahrh. xxx. pp. 289-445 ; tt. ix.-xxii. ; 19/11/1901). 

 The second and concluding part of the systematic account of the plants 

 collected by W. Goetze at lakes Rukwa and Nyassa, and in the intervening 

 mountainous country. Includes the Dicotyledonous division of Seed- 

 plants, the different families elaborated by specialists. A large number 

 of new forms are described, and, in addition to the plates, there are eight 

 figures in the text. — A. B. B. 



Flower Border for late Summer and Autumn {Gard. p. 363 ; 



30/11/1901). — How to plant a flower border for colour effects in late 

 summer and autumn, together wdth a design. — E. T. C. 



Food of some Birds inhabiting an Orchard. By R. N. {Gard. 



Chron. No. 768, p. 197; September 14, 1901).— The writer watched 

 various birds feeding in an orchard, and gives an account of what their 

 food consisted of. Eleven difterent kinds of birds are reported on in this 

 and a subsequent paper. The number of different kinds of insects eaten 

 by the birds is surprising. — G. S. S. 



