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Mediterranean littoral in the open by MM. Nabonnand freres, Vallauris. 

 Forms a low-growing shrub with pendent branches, spreading over the 

 soil, with tips recurved upwards ; leaves slender and leathery, and each 

 branch terminating in a large oval-oblong imbricated inflorescence, with 

 white, yellow, and rose tints, about six inches long, and by the illustration 

 very handsome and attractive. Hardy under glass in Paris ; soil, sandy 

 peat.— C. T. D. 



Psychotria capensis. By W. B. Hemsley (Bot. Mag. tab. 7916). — 



Nat. ord. Bubiacea, tribe Psychotrica. This is apparently a common 

 shrub in S.-E. Africa. It has a compact habit and fragrant flowers. 

 These are yellow, about \ inch diameter. — G. H. 



Quince Parasite (Stromatinia Linhartiana Prill, et Del.). By Dr. 

 G. Delacroix (Bull. Soc. J\Iyc. Fr. xix. p. 847). — This is a description 

 of a parasite on the leaves of the Quince, found in France, of which 

 the conidia have been known as Mo?iilia Linhartiana (Sacc), as Ovularia 

 means (Pass.), and as Bamularia necans (Roum.), all three of which are 

 regarded as the same species. The sclerotia which follow are credited 

 with the production of a Discomycete for which the name of Sclcrotinia 

 Mespili (Frank) was proposed, but which is here called Stromatinia 

 Linhartiana (Prill, et Del.). The Peziza have been found abundantly 

 since 1900.— M. C. C. 



Raspberry Beetle (Gard. Mag. No. 2601, p. 599; 5/9/03).— This 

 is one of the regular Raspberry pests (Byturus tomentosus), though it 

 attacks the Blackberry as well, both wild and cultivated. The insect is 

 described in its various stages of development, but nothing very definite 

 is stated in regard to its prevention or extirpation. — W. G. 



Redwood (U.S.A. Dep. Agr. Bur. Forestry, Bull. 38). — As a timber 

 tree the Redwood is highly valued in the United States, and even in this 

 country it has received some attention in the matter of the quantity and 

 quality of wood produced. Regarding this tree the following facts have been 

 determined by Mr. R. T. Fisher, of the United States Bureau of Forestry : 



That the Redwood reproduces itself abundantly by sprouts on cut-over 

 lands, and occasionally by seed. 



That in thirty years it will produce trees of 16 inches diameter, 80 

 feet high, yielding 2,000 feet board measure per acre ; and that after 

 careful lumbering it pays to hold cut-over Redwood lands for future 

 crops. 



It is interesting to learn that the wood of Deciduous Cypress 

 (Taxodium dUtichum) and that of the Redwood are so nearly identical 

 as to be often called by the same name. The chapters on Diseases of the 

 Redwood and Insect Enemies are carefully compiled, and form, with the 

 other portions of the pamphlet, the most valuable contribution to the tree 

 and its timber that has yet been compiled. The illustrations are 

 numerous and excellent. — A. D. W. 



Rehmannia angulata. Anon. {Gard. Chron. No. 854, p. 290, fig. 

 in supplement May 9, 1903).— This handsome plant was discovered in 



