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The last twenty pages of this report deal with the treatment for San Jose 

 scale and an essay on petroleum ; for spraying purposes, petroleum with 

 a high specific gravity is recommended. — C. H. H. 



Stable Manure, Value of (U.S.A. Dep. Agr. Bull 133, Exp. Stn. 

 Work, xviii. 1901). — This valuable product is often wasted round Okla- 

 homa. Not only is it not used by the farmers, but liverymen have to pay for 

 it to be taken away. As an instance of its value, on one-half of an acre 

 of land which had been in Wheat for eight years unmanured, the appli- 

 cation of 15 tons of stable manure gave an increase of 18 bushels of 

 Wheat the first year.— C. H. C. 



StanofePia paradoxa, Th. Moore. By L. Graebener {Die Gart. p. 

 109; 7/12/01; with illustration). — Pretty Cycad, a native of South 

 Africa. Before flowering and Avhen for naming with only imperfect 

 herbarium material it was named by Kunze Lomaria coriacca. And even 

 Th. Moore, in 1851, called it the ^cmza like Fern. Flowering in 1854, it 

 was at once se^i that it belonged to the Cycadece. Its leafage resembles 

 more that of a Fern than the Cycas. — G. B. 



Stapelia atrosanguinea. By N. E. Brown (Gard. Chron. No. 781, 

 p. 425, December 14, 1901). — This distinct and somewhat remarkable 

 species, from the Northern Kalahari Desert, introduced by Capt. Lugard 

 in 1899, is fully described.— G. S. S. 



Staphylea COlchica {Ann. Soc. He. p. 55 ; March 1901). — A hardy 

 shrub, good for forcing, is described and recommended. — C. W. D. 



Stenorrhynchus speciosus maculatus (Cogniaux in Diet. Ilou. 

 Orch., Sten., pi. 1; 3/1901). — ^A curious terrestrial Orchid, otherwise 

 known as Spiranthes colorata. Leaves marbled and spotted with 

 silvery white ; flowers red without, rosy-Avhite within. The species is 

 widely distributed over Central America, South America, Jamaica, and 

 Cuba.— C. C. H. 



Stoebe rosea. By A. H. Wolley Dod {Joum. Dot. 468, p. 399 ; 

 12/1901). — Description of new species from the Cape Peninsula. — G. S. B. 



Stone Fruits in West Virg-inia. By Hon. H. W. Miller {U.S.A. 

 St. Bd. West Virginia, Bep. for 1899 and 1900, p. 353). — A note dealing 

 with the cultivation of stone fruits in this State. It is stated that they 

 do well there, with the exception of the Apricot, which is too early in 

 blooming to mature crops. The Peach is grown and shipped in refrigerator 

 cars, the most satisfactory and cheapest method. The Plum is fully dealt 

 with.— F. /.ill. 



Strawberries {Wobum, 2nd Bep. 1900, p. 35). — Eighty-six varieties 

 from Europe and America tried in competition, results varying consider- 

 ably with season, both as to comparative earliness and yield, so that no 

 one particular Strawberry can be called the best for yield, earliness, 

 flavour, or ability to stand carriage. So far the average crop for flrst, second, 

 third, and fourth years are in the proportion of 31, 100, 122, and 132, the 



