Price (to Non-Fellows) 5s. NOVEMBER 1908. 



Vol. XXXIV. Part II. 



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JOURNAL 



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EDITED BY 



F. J. CHITTENDEN, F.L.S. 



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CONTENTS. 



PAGF, 



Yellow-Stripe in Daffodils. By H. R. Darlington, F.R.H.S 161 



Absorption of Rain and Dew by the Green Parts of Plants. By Rev. 



Professor G. Henslow, M.A., F.L.S., V.M.H 167 



Annual Flowers. By A. Watkins, F.R.H.S 179 



Dessert Cherries in Pots. By J. Hudson, V.M.H. ... 189 



The Future of Cacao Planting. By H. Hamel Smith 193 



Mushrooms Propagated by Spores. By Dr. /M. C. Cooke, M.A., 



V.M.H 219 



Parasitic Rose Canker. By H. T. Gussow, F.R.M.S 222 



Contributions from the Wisley Laboratory. IV. The Inoculation of 



Leguminous Crops. By F. J. Chittenden, F.L.S 231 



Book Reviews 255 



Notes and Abstracts 262 



Garden Peas at Wisley, 1908 288 



Dahlias at Wisley, 1908 291 



Cannas at Wisley, 1908 299 



Report on Wisley School of Horticulture 303 



Meetings :— General, p. xciii ; Scientific Committee, p. cx ; Floral 



Committee, p. cxx ; Fruit and Vegetable Committee, p. cxlvi ; 



Orchid Committee, p. cl 



Notices to Fellows c,xv 



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