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a cloth over it in a greenhouse or frame at a moist temperature from 

 52° to 56°. Rooted shoots will soon appear from the axil of each petiole, 

 and the stalk may be cut up into little plants. Of course the same 

 method may be used to multiply any Chrysanthemum. — C. W. D. 



Chrysanthemum ' Madame Georges Mazuyer.' By E. Fierens 

 (Rev. Hort. Beige, xxvii. No. 12, p. 265). — This is a Japanese hybrid, 

 of cream-white colour, lightly tinted with lilac, disappearing when in 

 flower. It is of a dwarf and vigorous habit. — G. H. 



Chrysanthemums, New Japanese. By D. B. Crane (Gard. Mag. 

 No. 2516, p. 32, 18/1/1902). — A descriptive list of about a score of new 

 sorts of the Japanese section to which have been awarded certificates of 

 merit. Taken with previous lists of new sorts, the present account shows 

 the great number of novelties introduced yearly since the popularity of 

 this section has been extended. This list is clearly descriptive and critical. 



W. G. 



Chrysanthemums, October-flowering". By D. B. Crane (Garden, 

 No. 1583, p. 193; 22/3/1902).— The early-flowering Chrysanthemums 

 are to many more useful and valuable than the November-flowering ones, 

 and a list of small flowered sorts which bloom during October will be 

 welcomed. No less than twenty-one different varieties are here given, 

 with full descriptions. — E. T. C. 



Cider: its Production in the Department of Creuse. By 



V. Vincent (Ann. Agr. pp. 357-383; August 1901).— C. E. H. 



Cineraria pentactina. By Sir J. D. Hooker (Bot. Mag. tab. 

 7799). Nat. ord. Composites, tribe Senccionidece. — Native of South 

 Africa (?). It is a slender climbing plant with sub-rhomboidal toothed 

 leaves and small yellow heads with a five-flowered ray. It flowers 

 regularly at Kew. — G. H. 



Clematis. By A. Petts (Joum. Hort. p. 293 ; April 3, 1902 ; and 

 p. 321 ; April 10, 1902). — A portrait of C.florida is given on page 321. 

 It is impossible to make soil too rich for these. The intending cultivator 

 must distinguish between the tall climbers like G. Flammula and her- 

 baceous kinds growing three or four feet high, such as C. integrifolia and 

 C. recta. Different modes of growing are described, especially training 

 the climbing kinds round the margins of beds. — C. W. D. 



Codlin Moth, The (Carpocapsa pomonella). By C. P. Gillette 

 (U.S.A. Dep. Agr., Vic. Ent. Bull No. 31,N.S., pp. 5-22).— This exhaus- 

 tive paper was given by the author as his presidential address before the 

 members of the Association of Economic Entomologists held at Denver, 

 Col., August 23, 1901. The author states that he found the insect 

 double-brooded in the south as well as the north ; a statement to which 

 Dr. Howard took exception without further evidence. — R. N. 



Colchicums, Spring" and Autumn. By Ed. Andre (Rec. Hort. 

 pp. 59-01 ; February 1, 1902 ; 2 woodcuts). — An interesting descriptive 



