COMMONPLACE NOTES. 



ing the* frequency with which reversion to type-forms takes place among 



many popular flowers." 



GA8LIME KOK CliL'JillfNG. 



Here is the gist of a letter from a gentleman who once had great faith 

 in gaslime aw a preventive; of clubbing, and who haH used upwards of 

 400 tons of it in that belief. He now Hays : " My experience with gas- 

 lime is that it is of very little value a.s a manure, and utterly useless to 

 prevent clubbing. 1 have used it in quantity, hut am now convinced that 

 it is not worth tin; labour bill of carting and spreading. In theory it 

 ought perhaps to stop clubbing, but practical experience, is against it, and 

 I have never heard an opinion worth noticing in its favour. Year after 

 year, for five; or six years, have 1 used it, but still there is club root." We 

 should be very glad if any one who has in any way found a means of 

 stopping "clubbing" in gardens would communicate his experience, as 

 lamentations concerning its prevalence reach us from all sides. 



