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spirit is also made from them in St. Michael, which is sent to Portugal 

 to fortify wines for the English market ! An attempt has been made to 

 introduce the tubers to the English market, but as yet it has failed to 

 satisfy the English palate. — W. W. 



Potatos, The Value of Potatos as a Food {Agr. Gaz. N.S.W. 

 p. 1,369 ; November 1901). — A very instructive paper, dealing with the 

 subject in an interesting manner, under the following headings : — 

 ''Structure of the Potato," "Composition," "Cooking," "Flavour," 

 "Digestibility and their Place in the Diet."— ^4. W. S. 



Primula, Chinese, ' Reve d'Or.' By Ed. Andre {Eev. Hort. 

 pp. 428, 429; 9 1901). -Coloured plate. Raised by M. B. Chabaud, 

 Toulon. Flowers semi-double, edges somewhat laciniate, centre yellow 

 merging into white at margin. Foliage deeply incised, somewhat fuller 

 and fringed.— C, T. D. 



Primula sinensis. New Variety of {Bull. B. Soc. Tosc. Ort. 

 11, p. 349; November 1901). Description of the variety filicifolia 

 gigantea azurea. — W. C. W. 



Prunes and Prune Culture in Western Europe. By E. R. 



Lake {U.S.A. Dep. Agr. Div. Pom. Bull. 10). — Deals with the important 

 producing districts, soil, orchard methods, stocks, pruning and training, 

 varieties, packing and packages, marketing, evaporation, chemical com- 

 position of Prunes. The bulletin is beautifully illustrated from photo- 

 graphs of orchards and trees of various ages, also several showing the 

 method of drying the Prunes. Among the varieties found suitable for 

 Prunes, Czar and Victoria are the only Plums of English origin included. 



C. H. H. 



Puccinia pruni. 'Remarques sur les Uredospores de Pnccinia pruni.'' 

 By P. Dumee and R. Maire {Bull. Soc. 3Iijc. Fr. xvii. 308, 1901 ; with 

 cuts). — This communication recognises the presence of two kinds of 

 Uredospores in the pustules of Puccinia pruni, the one kind resembling 

 the U3ual Uredospores of a Puccinia, the other not unlike the teleutospores 

 of Uromyces, to which genus it has been referred under the name of 

 Uromyces amygdali. It is proposed that experiments should be made 

 with both kinds of Uredospore as to their power of germination and 

 infection. — J/. C. C. 



Raspberries.—* ' Why not g-row Raspberries ? " By L. C. Corbett 

 {U.S.A. Exp. Stn. W. Virg. Bull. 48, 1896, with cuts).— Suggestions 

 for cultivation, harvesting, and curing the fruit, by drying, with forms of 

 evaporators. — 3/. C. C. 



Red Spider. By F. H. Chittenden (Proc. 11th Annual Convention 

 of Soc. Amer. Florists ; Aug. 1901, with fig. 1). — Description and history 

 of this well-known pest, with the usual suggestion of flowers of sulphur 

 mixed with water for spraying, or a solution of neutral soap. — M. C. C. 



Rhus, Species of. By W. T. {Gard. Mag. 2,509, p. 777 ; 

 30 11 1901). — A good descriptive account of the various kinds of Sumach 



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