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JOUKNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Experiment Station Work in America (U.S.A. Dep. Ayr., 

 Office of Exp. Stn., Bull. 123, 1903). — This bulletin, recording the pro- 

 ceedings of the sixteenth annual convention of Experiment Station 

 workers, is full of interest to all engaged either in teaching or in research 

 in agricultural or horticultural matters. One point of particular interest 

 is the increased attention given to vegetable physiology in the curriculum 

 of the more up-to-date colleges. The bulletin, running to 145 pages of 

 small print, is too long for review here, but would w T ell repay perusal by 

 all interested in horticultural and agricultural progress. — F. J. C. 



Fagelia Prichardi. By A. B. Rendle (Joum. Bot. 504, p. 371 ; 

 12/1904). — Description of a new suffruticose ' Calceolaria,' collected on 

 the Burmeister Peninsula, Patagonia, by Mr. Hesketh Prichard, and 

 belonging to the subsection Scaposa? of the section Eucalceolaria. The 

 species has yellow flowers, spotted with crimson, and comprises two 

 forms— one, from banks of streams on low ground, with leaves 4 inches 

 and peduncles 6 inches long ; the other, subalpine, less than half the size 

 of the first, with somewhat the habit of our common Daisy, and recalling 

 F. Danrinii, which also occurs in the same area. — G. S. B. 



Fairy Rings. By Herr P. Hennings (Gartenflora, May 1, 1904, p. 228). 



An article relating to this strange phenomenon, and which is well worth 

 consulting by those who are interested in mycology and in the various 

 species of fungi which give rise to the formation of these rings. 



B. C. B. N. 



Fegatella conica, On the Structure and Biology of. By 



F. Cavers (Ann. Bot. xviii. Jan. 1904, pp. 87-120; 2 plates, 5 tigs.). — A 

 full account of the structure and development of this British Liverwort. 

 The author is of the opinion that Fegatella is the lowest member of the 

 Marchantioidece- Composite?,. The organisation of the female receptacle, 

 however, approaches that of the Operculata. It appears, therefore, to 

 occupy an intermediate position between the two highest series of the 

 Marchantiacece. — A. D. C. 



Ferns for Amateurs. By G. T. Grignan (Bev. Hort. pp. 263-206, 

 June 1, 1904 ; 5 illustrations).— Interesting article on the best exotic 

 forms, culture, and propagation. — G. T. 1). 



Ferns from Equatorial America. By G. Hieronymus (Engl. Bot. 

 Jafarb. xxxiv. pp. 417-560 ; Oct. 1904). — A systematic account of the 

 Pteiidophyta collected chiefly by the late Consul Lehmann in Guatemala, 

 Columbia, and Ecuador. Novelties are described in several genera. 



A. B. B. 



Ferns, New, of 1903. By W. T. {Gard. May. 2620, p. 58 ; 16/1/04). 



A descriptive list of new Ferns introduced during the year. Most of 

 these are varieties of old species, and remarkable chiefly for their frond 

 variation and elegance of growth.— W. G. 



Fertilisers (U.S.A. Ayr. Exp. Stn. Connecticut Beport, 1904).— A 

 long report on method and results of analysis of a very large number of 



