976 JOUKNAL OF THE EOYAL HOKTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Veg'etable Constituents. By F. E. H. W. Krichauff (in Fertilising 

 Field and Garden, p. 88). — The author states that in a fresh condition a 

 ton (2,240 lb.) of the following contains in pounds the undermentioned 

 constituents : — 



Vegetable 



±j3l y 



Sub- 

 stance 



Nitrogen 



Ash 



Water 



Potash 

 found iu 

 Ash 



Jrnospnonc 

 A.ci(ls ill 

 Ash 



Asparagus . .• lb. 



150 



7 



11 



2,072 



1 3 



2 



Cabbage, Head of . ,, 



224 



6 



21 



1,989 



1 



4 



,, Stem of . ,, 



24() 



5 



35 



1,954 



13 



3 



Carrots, Roots of . ,, 



33G 



5 



18 



1,881 





3 





t/ V7 «/ 



1 



X 



■ O'x 



X, 1 1 O 1 



a 



D 





Celery . . . „ 



356 



5 



39 



1,840 



17 



5 



Lettuce . . . ,, 



134 



5 



18 



2,083 



8 



2 



Onions . . . 



314 



0 



17 



1,903 



5 



3 



Peas, Seeds and Pods of ,, 



1,919 



80 



52 



189 



23 



19 



,, Vines of . . „ 



1,881 



23 



97 



239 1 



22 



8 



Potatos, Tubers of . ,, 



515 



8 



21 



1,690 ' 



13 



4 



,, Haulms of . ,, 



1,919 



11 



44 



26G 



22 



8 



Turnips . . . ,, 





3 lb. 12 oz . 







1 lb. 0 oz. 



0 lb. G oz. 



„ Leaves of . ,, 





2 lb. 14 oz . 







11 oz. 



2 lb. G oz. 



Swedes . . . ,, 





5 lb. 







1 lb. 3 oz. 



4 lb. 9 oz. 



,, Leaves of . „ 





2 lb. 





! 



5 oz. 



1 lb. 2 oz. 



G. H. H. 



Vegetables. By L. C. Corbett {U.S.A. Exp. Stn. W. Virg. Bull. 

 49, 1897).— Chiefly concerned with statistics of varieties of Lima Beans 

 and Tomatos cultivated, with comparative values of the varieties. 



M. G. G. 



Vegfetables, Exhibition. By Edwin Beckett {Garden, No. 1580, 

 p. 142 ; 1/3/1902). — A practical article, continued in several successive 

 numbers, upon the culture of vegetables for exhibition. The preparation 

 of the land, rotation of crops, quality of vegetables versus size, the b^st 

 varieties to grow, staging th3 exhibits, and datailed cultural directions for 

 each vegetable make up a valuable paper. — E. T. C. 



Vegetation of the Carolines, with special reference to that 



of Yap. By G. Volkens {Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xxxi. pp. 412-477, tt. 

 xi.-xiv. ; 10/12/1901). — The author gives a short general account of the 

 islands which he visited in 1899 and 1900, including a detailed descrip- 

 tion of the geology, climatology, and vegetation of Yap, where he spent 

 seven months. The island is three miles long, one-and-a-half broad, and 

 includes a mangrove and sea-shore vegetation of the usual Indo-Malayan 

 character. The flora of the high lands, however, is apparently of an older 

 character, and has an eastern and south-eastern origin. — A. B. B. 



Veronica. By Rev. C. Wolley-Dod {Garden, No. 1,574, p. 40, 

 18/1/1902; No. 1,575, p. 56, 25/1/1902; No. 1,576, p. 66, 1/2/1902; 

 and No. 1,577, p. 92, 8/2/1902).— The introduction deals with the 

 n.omenclature of this genus and its early history. Subsequent chapters 

 contain descriptions of a number of select species as cultivated in the 

 garden at Edge Hall. There are interesting remarks with reference 



