774 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Cranberry Cultivation and Weather Reports (U.S.A. Dep. Agr. 

 Year Book, 1911, p. 211). — An account of the relations of the 

 meteorological office and the large Cranberry industry carried on in 

 New Jersey, Massachusetts, and other American States. 



The industry has assumed large proportions, one bog of 250 acres 

 being entirely planted with this fruit. — E. A. Bd. 



Creosote, Quantity and Quality of, found in two treated Piles 

 after long service. By E. Bateman (U.S.A. Dep. Agr., Forest 

 Service, Circ. 199, May 22, 1912). — This is the result of analysis of 

 the quantity and quality of creosote found in two treated piles after 

 a long period of service. The piles had been thirty years in the waters 

 of the Gulf of Mexico, and the experiments were made with the object 

 of determining whether the difference in their durability could be 

 accounted for by the amount of creosote in each wood. — A. D. W. 



Cross-pollination of Fruit Trees (Jour. Bd. Agr. vol. xx. 

 No. 7, pp. 612-613). — The Board's attention was drawn to an 18-acre 

 orchard of Amber Heart Cherry, which, although planted some thirty 

 years ago, had never borne a proper crop. Upon investigation it was 

 found that the variety is self-sterile. — A. S. 



Crossties, Prolonging the Life of. By Howard F. Weiss 

 (U.S.A. Dep. Agr., Forest Service, Bull. 118, November 9, 1912). — In 

 prolonging the life of crossties the following points have been considered : 

 (1) Treating the wood with chemical preservatives, (2) protecting the 

 ties from mechanical wear, and (3) the use of sawn instead of hewn or 

 split ties. The consumption of crossties in the United States railroads 

 is considerable, and it is supposed that by paying attention to these 

 matters great saving can be brought about. — A. D. W. 



Crotalaria agatiflora (Bot. Mag. tab. 8505). — Family Legu- 

 minosae, tribe Genisteae. East Tropical Africa. Shrub 3 feet high. 

 Leaves trifoliate ; leaflets i-2| inches long, ovate. Racemes, 8-14 

 inches long. Corolla very large, pale greenish-yellow. Standard 

 1 J inch long; keel long, acuminate; stamens, monadelphous below 

 one-third of length. — G. H. 



Crotalaria Species, A New, from German East Africa, dangerous 

 to Cattle. By E. G. Baker, with a note on other poisonous East 

 African Crotalarias by H. Harms (Not. Konig. Bot. Berlin, vol. vi., 

 No. 52, pp. 66-69, September 1913). — This article gives the Latin 

 description of the distinguishing characters of the new species, 

 Crotalaria Zimmermannii. The records of other poisonous species 

 from East Africa, as well as from other parts of the world, are called 

 attention to by Harms. In German East Africa there are at least 

 three distinct poisonous species, viz. C. Zimmermannii, C. Quartiniana, 

 and C. polysperma. — R. B. 



