678 Journal of the royal horticultural society 



tigs.). — Records a series of experiments in vegetable farming in the 

 mountain glades of the Alleghany Mountains. These glades vary in 

 extent from a few acres to several thousands of acres, and are found at 

 different elevations, from 1,700 feet above the sea to 3,000 feet, among the 

 head waters of the streams which rise in the mountains of West Virginia. 



Starting as shallow flat-bottomed depressions, first surface water 

 stands in them, then fine soil is washed into them, and last, by the annual 

 process of vegetable growth and decay, they become transformed from 

 bogs into shallow pockets of rich alluvial soil mixed with a small percent- 

 age of fine sand on a subsoil of clay, crossed by shallow sluggish streams, 

 and washed by the surface drainage of the surrounding mountain- tops. 



The natural conditions of the particular glade in which the experi- 

 ments were conducted made drainage the first and most difficult question. 

 This once accomplished, however, the soil yielded readily to cultivation, 

 and in conclusion the bulletin reports that the glade-land region compares 

 to ,ureat advantage with the very best land for vegetable-farming in 

 America, and that gardening in the glades of the Alleghany Mountains is 

 commercially profitable. 



Tile-drains are necessary for the lower glade-lands, and the soil must 

 on no account be worked wet. Autumn ploughing and spring harrowing 

 suit this land best, and the time gained in the spring by too early planting 

 is usually paid for at a high rate in the yield of the crop. 



Glade-land will give good crops of Hay, Corn, and Buckwheat without 

 fertilisation, but for vegetable-growing 30 bushels of lime per acre is of 

 decided benefit. Stable manure gives good results in a dry season, but in 

 a time of heavy rain causes the soil to hold too much moisture. 



The experiments here recorded were continued for three years, and 

 included the culture of Cabbages, Onions, Squashes, and Celery ; the 

 Celery alone proving unsatisfactory so far. 



It is declared inadvisable to grow Cabbage for two years on the same 

 soil and the continuous cropping of Onions might also be detrimental. 



Of the nineteen varieties of Squashes tried the three yielding best were 

 ' Boston Marrow,' ' Golden Hubbard,' and 1 Livingstone Pie.' — M. L. H. 



Mulberry Leaf-mould (Sur le "blanc" des feuilles de Miirier de 

 Madagascar, Ovulariopsis moricola [Del.], by Dr. G. Delacroix (Bull. 

 Soc. Myc. Fr. xix. p. 342, with fig.). — This disease appears to have 

 attacked the leaves of the Mulberry (Morns alba) in Madagascar, and 

 seems to threaten the silk industry. The patches resemble those of an 

 Oidium on the under surface of the leaves. The conidia form the 

 ultimate cell of the hypha?, and are solitary, of an elongated lemon shape, 

 and hyaline (60 x 20^). Pycnidia are afterwards developed amongst the 

 mycelium, resembling individuals of the genus Phoma (80 yu diam.) con- 

 taining hyaline stylospores (6x2 or 2] /u). The hyph;p and conidia 

 appear to be faintly tuberculose.— M. C. C. 



Narcissi, New. ByF. W. Burbidge, Y.M.H. (Gard. Mag. No. 2608, 

 p. 709; 21 / 10/03). — The Daffodils of recent introduction are reviewed, 

 and a comparative list of prices of the new ones in 1902 and 1903 is given, 

 showing the drop in one season. — W. G. 



