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Cerasus laurocerasus schipkaensis. By H. Martinet (Le 



Jardin, vol. xxi. No. 484, p. 115; with 1 fig. ; April 20, 1907).— A new 

 variety of cherry-laurel from the Balkans ; extremely hardy and of 

 graceful habit.— F. A. W. 



CereilS Scheerii. By N. E. Brown (Bot. Mag. tab. 8096).— Mexico. 

 Nat. ord. Gactaceae ; tribe Echinocacteae. Stems erect, 6 inches high ; 

 angles acute, with 8-10 spines radiating outwards ; flowers carmine-rose, 

 4 inches across. — G. H. 



Ceropegia fusca. By N. E. Brown (Bot. Mag. tab. 8066).— 

 Grand Canary. Nat. ord. Asclepiadaceae. A bushy succulent, almost 

 leafless, from 1-6 feet high; flowers in fascicles; corolla 1^ inch long, 

 dull reddish-brown. — G. H. 



Chamaebatiaria (Spirea) millefolium. By S. Mottet (Le Jardin, 

 vol. xxi. No. 482, p. 84 ; fig. ; March 20, 1907).— A curious plant 

 resembling Achillea so much more than Spirea that it has often been 

 proposed to place it in a new genus (Chamaebatiaria). A shrub about 

 3 feet high. Flowers best in a sunny position in light soil. The branches 

 are covered with minute white blossoms. — F. A. W. 



Cherry with Proliferous Double Flowers. By J. Gerome (Rev. 



Hort., pp. 249, 250 ; fig. ; June 1, 1906). — Description and illustra- 

 tion of double-flowered cherry, an old tree in the garden of the Natural 

 History Museum (where not stated). The flowers are pure white, very 

 large and very persistent, the tree remaining in flower long after the 

 normal period. In the centre of each flower originates a second one and 

 sometimes several on a smaller scale : the first is naturally barren, but 

 the succeeding one is perfect, the supplementary ones defective. It is a 

 form of the 1 Grottier ' variety. — C. T. D. 



Chillies or Capsicums. By W. R. Buttenshaw, M.A., B.Sc. 

 (Jour. Imp. Dep. Agr. W.I. vol. vii. No. 3 ; 1906).— This article is 

 written to illustrate the uses of the " red peppers," the variety of the 

 cultivated forms, the production of capsicums, their consumption, their 

 cultivation in the island of Zanzibar, in British Central Africa, in the 

 West Indies ; the market for capsicums, their cultivation, drying and 

 preservation. It is intimated that only two fungoid pests cause any 

 serious trouble, and these are the "pink anthracnose," Gloeosporium 

 viperatum, and the " dark anthracnose," Colletotrichum nigrum. — M. C. C. 



Chinese Plants, New. By S. Mottet (Le Jardin, vol. xxi. No. 479, 

 p. 36 ; with 4 figs. ; February 5, 1907). — Summary of the recent dis- 

 coveries of the expeditions promoted by the Museum of Paris and 

 M. Vilmorin ; by Kew and Messrs. Veitch ; and by the American 

 Universities, with which the author associates the names of Professor 

 Sargent and Miss Willmott. 



Part II. (Le Jardin, vol. xxi. No. 486, p. 150 ; with 8 figs. ; May 20, 

 1907). — This part of M. Mottet's article deals more particularly with 

 the Chinese plants introduced by MM. Vilmorin and the bouse of 

 Yilmorirj, Andrieux et Cie, A long list is cited. — F. A. W. 



