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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



ToMATOS — 



Large Red. 

 Large Yellow. 

 Pear-shaped. 



Basil — 

 Common. 

 Bush. 



Haricots — 

 De Soissons. 

 Scarlet Runners. 

 Princess. 

 Riz. 



De Canada. 

 Dwarf China. 

 Cream-coloured. 



Large Gunnesk. 

 Water. 



Harrison's Hybrid Cantaloupe. 



Miscellaneous — 

 Flanders Spinach. 

 Brussels Sprouts. 

 Seakale. 

 Asparagus. 

 Couve Tronchuda. 

 Early Cauliflowers. 

 Celeriac. 



Dwarf Curled Kale. 



Tall Curled Kale. 



Green Curled Savoy. 



Yellow Curled Savoy. 



Kohlrabi. 



Large Flag Leek. 



Rampion. 



Altrincham Carrot. 

 Early Horn Carrot. 

 Purple Egg Plants. 



Then follows correspondence respecting the introduction of European 

 forest trees into New South Wales, the Busby Vines, the introduction and 

 distribution of economic plants to the Hunter River, &c, the supply of 

 plants to Brisbane, Adelaide, Melbourne, and Hobart, &c. — H. G. C. 



Bowenia spectabilis serrulata. By Ch, P. (Rev. Hort. Beige, 



xxvii. No. 12, p. 270 ; with photo). — A Cycad resembling a Fern, with 

 elegantly dissected foliage, very useful for decorations. It is easy of 

 culture, and is not subject to the attacks of insects. — G. H. 



Brassavola Hybrids {Orch. Bev, p. 82; March 1902).— The whole 

 of the hybrids — natural, artificial, and bigeneric — are enumerated, and 

 are classed in proper order. — H. J. C. 



Brassavola, " The Genus." By R. A. Rolfe (Orch. Bev. p. 65; 

 March 1902). — A most interesting, usefui, and comprehensive article is 

 given, showing first the distinguishing characters of the genus, among 

 which are included those species, B. glaiica and B. Digbyana, which have 

 been removed by Bentham to the genus Lcelia. This will be of great 

 interest to hybridists. The whole of the hybrids having Brassavola 

 Digbyana as one of the parents — many of them will be found in the 

 Certificate (Orchid Committee) list of the Royal Horticultural Society 

 under the heading of Lcelia and Lcelio-Cattleya — will have to be transferred 

 to Brasso-L(dia and Brasso-Cattleya if the writer's contention be adopted. 



Brunsvig-ia grandiflora. Anon. (Journ. Hort. p. 80; Jan. 23, 



1902). — This handsome Cape Amaryllid, of which a portrait is given, 

 grows in its home with its roots reaching down into soil perennially 

 moist, but the bulbs and upper roots must be absolutely dry for nine 

 mouths after flowering. The best plan is to let the pots stand about 

 one- third their height in a saucer of moist sand, never watering the soil 

 during their time of rest. — C. W. D. 



h. j. a. 



Cabbage, Variety Tests of. By 0. M. Morris (U.S.A. Exp. Stn. 



