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until autumn. Flowers stand well after cutting. Introduced from the 

 Caucasus by MM. Levier and Sommier (Florence) as M. alhanum. 



C. T. D, 



Muraltia brachypetala, demissa and recurva. By A. H. 



Wolley Dod [Journ. Bot. 468, pp. 397-8 ; 12/1901).— Description of new 

 species from the Cape Peninsula. — G. S. B. 



Musa Apnoldiana [Jour. Soc. Nat. Hort. Fr., p. 995).— A new 

 variety of Musa, of value for outside summer decoration, from the Congo 

 State. It stands the sun well, has fine foliage with reddish centre stems, 

 and leaves of great substance, which resist the wind, not tearing into 

 ribands as the leaves of Musa Enscte do. First-class certificate of the 

 Society awarded. — G. P. 



Musas, New. By Em. Rodigas {Bull. Soc. Hort.- Loir et, tome vi. 

 No. 15, p. 695 ; 1901). — Notice of ten species, calling attention to the 

 advantages of M. religiosa for sub-tropical gardening, owing to its leaves 

 resisting wind, and more especially its habit of forming a resting bulb at 

 the base, from which it can easily be preserved for another season. 



E. A. B. 



Narcissus Parasite. M. Boudier has described (in Bulletin de la 

 Soc. Bot. de France, xlviii. 1901, with plate) a new disease on the 

 leaves of iVarcissi^s ^oe^/cws, after flowering. This parasite is a mould, 

 Cercosporella Narcissi, with short hyphcne (20 fj) and conidia, of the 

 usual form (50—130x4 — 5 yu), produced upon discoloured spots. 



M. C. C. 



Native Plants of South Dakota. By D. A. ^s^unders {U.S.A. Exp. 

 St7i., S. Dakota, Bull. 64). — This bulletin of 180 pages gives a list of the 

 native plants of South Dakota, with the scientific and common names, 

 the locality, and a few synonyms. — F. J. C. 



Native Trees of Phcde Island. By Levi W. Russell {U.S.A. 

 Stn. Bd., Rhode Is., 1900; 19 plates). — This pamphlet gives an annotated 

 list of the trees of Rhode Island, with illustrations of the chief. The 

 form of the tree and the characteristics of the wood of those useful as 

 timber are noted. — F. J. C. 



Naturalisation of Plants in France. By Ch. Flahault {B^dl. Soc. 

 Bot. France, xlvi., 1899 ; Sess. Extraord. a Hyeres, Mai 1899 (published 

 November 1901), pp. xci-cviii). — An account is given of the various 

 modes in which foreign plants have been accidentally introduced into 

 France, and of those which have been naturalised by cultivation. Only 

 twenty-five of these, the names of which are given, are regarded by 

 M. Flahault as being definitely acclimatised ; and of these only one, 

 Nicotiana glauca, is a woody plant. All other foreign trees and shrubs 

 are dependent on the care of man for their maintenance. — A. W. B. 



Neonicholsonia. By U. Dammer {Gard. Chron. No. 787, p. 178 ; 

 September 7, 1901). — A new genus of Palms from Central America. The 

 species are stemless, with pinnated fronds of from 4 to 6 feet in length, 

 and said to be worthy of cultivation. — G. S. S. 



