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with utter disregard of displaying the natural grace of a Chrysanthemum 

 poised on a slender stem, with the handsome foliage to serve as a foil to 

 the colours. 



We are a conservative race, and probably the present generation will 

 pass away before the real aim and object of a flower show is realised. 



If one does occasionally see artistically arranged flowers, it is not at 

 flower shows, but in a country house where a lady possessing taste and 

 artistic feeling knows instinctively how any particular class of flowers 

 should be arranged so as to display them to the best advantage both in 

 form and colour. Let us hope that the " lessons " Mr. Molyneux has 

 gleaned from reading r about American Chrysanthemum shows will be 

 reflected! in the] English exhibitions, so that a Chrysanthemum show 

 in London upon which he has influence will be as enjoyable to the 

 majority of visitors as those in New York and Paris, and not merely a 

 display of "points," understood and appreciated only by the expert. 



[W. G. 



Chrysanthemums : Revised List of the Best. By G. T. Grignan 

 [Rev. Hort. April 16/1903, pp. 186-90). — A list divided into ten groups 

 according to various characters, and compiled by the Societe nationale 

 d' Horticulture ; 430 varieties.— C. T. D. 



Citrous Fruits, Principal Diseases in Florida. By W. T. 



Swingle and Herbert J. Webber (U.S. A. Dep. Agr.,Biv. Veg. Phys.d: Path., 

 Bull. n. 8, 1896 ; 8 plates). — The diseases described in this bulletin are : 

 (1) Orange blight, which so far has not been traced to its cause. (2) Die- 

 back, of which the cause is not yet thoroughly understood. (3) Sooty 

 mould, produced by species of Mcliola or C a Imodium. (4) Foot-rot, or 

 Mai di gomma, which may possibly be accelerated by the presence of 

 Fusarium limoni. (5) Melanose, probably caused by some parasite, 

 not yet determined. — M. C. C. 



Citrus Fruit, Specking of. By Albert H. Benson (Qu. Agr. 

 Journ. xii. April 1903). — After recounting that "specking " is responsible 

 for a loss of from 2 to 50 per cent, on fruit shipped during the season, it 

 proceeds to determine the cause as that of infection by a mould fungus, 

 under the name of Penicillium cligitatum, which causes the softening 

 and rotting of a portion of the skin of the fruit. This mould is said to 

 be confined to Citrus fruits, and'spreads yery rapidly when it once makes 

 its appearance. It is recommended to leave no mouldy fruit on the 

 ground or on the tree, and always to gather and destroy it when the 

 mould is in the white stage, and before the spores are developed. Also 

 to see that the skin of the fruit is perfectly dry prior to packing. Experi- 

 ments are about to be made during the current season as to the possibility 

 of treating the skin of the fruit without injury to the fruit itself, so as to 

 render it impervious to attacks of the mould fungus. — M. C. C. 



Clerodendron myrmecophila. By Sir J. D. Hooker (Bot. Mag. 

 tab. 7887). — Nat. ord. Verbenacece, tribe Viticece. Native of Singapore. 

 This is a sparingly branched shrub, about 3 ft. high, with leaves 1 ft. 

 long. The panicle is terminal, many-flowered ; corolla of an ochreous-red 

 colour, and red ascending filaments. — G. H. 



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