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successful cultivators are inclined to regard Southern India or Southern 

 China as its home. On account of its dwarfed size, its gracefulness, and 

 resistance to cold, it is one of the best species for room and table 

 decoration. According to one successful grower of the plant, it is easy of 

 cultivation when not kept in the suffocating atmosphere of a warm stove. 

 Palms from warm or temperate regions demand air and light rather than 

 heat. Like Kentia, this Palm must be grown in a temperate house. 



W, C. W. 



Phosphatic and Potash Fertilisers. By J. J. Willis {Gard. Chron. 

 No. 780, p. 411, December 7, 1901). — This paper, which is not concluded, 

 deals with certain manures, giving their composition and the conditions 

 in which they are most useful. — G. S. S. 



Phrag-mipedilum (Selenipedium) x macrochilum. J. E. 



Rothwell (in Amer. Gard. xxii. p. 763, fig. 160; 9/11/1901).— A hybrid 

 from P. Boezlii and P. caudatum Lindeni, with a graceful habit, bearing 

 8-4 flowers of a yellow shade. As P. Boezlii is now considered to be a 

 form of P. longifolium, the correct name of this hybrid is P. x grande 

 macrochilum. It is interesting to note that the lip of this hybrid is quite 

 normal, while that of one of its parents is petaloid. — C. C. H. 



Phylica Dodii. By N. E. Brown (/ozmi. Po«^. 46B, p. 399; 12/1901).— 

 Description of new species from Paulsberg, Cape Colony. — G. S. B. 



Pineapple Growing^. By Peter H. Rolfs {U.S.A. Dept. Agr. Bull. 

 140 ; 1901 ; figs, and tabs.). — This pamphlet of forty-seven pages gives a 

 short and concise history of the gradual adoption and cultivation of the 

 Pineapple in the open in the U.S.A., derived from experimental research 

 and from the limited amount of literature at present available on the 

 subject. 



It touches on all the principal points connected with the cultivation 

 gathering, shipping, storing, and canning, and the diseases of this im- 

 portant crop, and, besides being illustrated with several figures, contains 

 tables of soil analysis in Florida and elsewhere. 



The mechanical fertility of the soil appears to be, where the Pine is 

 concerned, of far more importance than the presence of chemical and 

 organic elements of plant food, notwithstanding these have to be applied 

 in the form of fertilisers as required. The epiphytic nature of the Pine 

 family to some extent explains this trait. 



A mean temperature of from 75° to 80° suits the Pine best. Amongst 

 eighteen varieties named, the "Red Spanish" is that most universally 

 grown. 



Florida, the Keys, Hawaii, Porto Rico, the Philippines, &c., all possess 

 good Pine-growing lands. 



Proper handling at the time of gathering is most important, also that 

 the fruit should be dry when gathered. 



In Florida it is packed, after grading, in barrel and half-barrel crates. 



In the Bahama Islands and West Indies it is still shipped in bulk. 



Cold storage for Pines has not yet been developed in the States. 



