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approach it in size. 2E. indica has very striking foliage, the leafstalks are 

 a rich red colour, and the leaflets are sometimes a foot in length, and 

 vary from seven to nine in number. JE. parviflora has long slender 

 racemes of small pinkish white blossoms, with darker stamens which are 

 nearly twice the length of the flower. — G. S. S. 



Horticulture in Maryland (U.S.A. Hort. Soc. Maryland, vol. iv. ; 

 1901). — A perusal of this report gives an excellent idea of the general 

 state of horticulture in Maryland, U.S.A., and especially of the supervision 

 exercised over the nurseries in the district in order that the dissemination 

 of insect pests and fungoid diseases should be checked. Local inspectors 

 are appointed in each district who report to the chief of the department 

 any outbreak of disease, &c, among plants, who at once investigates the 

 matter and initiates measures towards its suppression. Some of the 

 subjects dealt with at the annual meeting are noted under their proper 

 headings. — F. J. C. 



Horticulture, Laws relating* to {U.S.A. St. Bd. Agr. Missouri; 

 March 1902). — Purposes of the fruit experiment station. — Appointment of 

 manager and inspector (must be scientists and graduates of some scientific 

 college). — Board of Trustees. — Request by five residents for manager and 

 inspector to examine cases considered infectious and dangerous to the 

 neighbourhood.— Duty of manager on receipt of petition to go to locality, 

 give aid and instructions as he may think best for the prevention, cure, or 

 eradication of the diseases or insects with which he may find the plants 

 infected, and request said petitioners to report to him, in writing, the 

 result of the treatment prescribed. — Proceedings when trees &c. are 

 found to be diseased, and the disease or insects are liable to spread, order 

 if cannot be cured to dig up and burn at cost of contingent fund of the 

 said experiment station. — The manager or inspector has the right to 

 enter and inspect fruit trees and plants on any premises. — Protection of 

 fruit trees entering the State from another country or State. — All trees, 

 bushes, scions, cuttings, and buds to be inspected by a State or experiment 

 station entomologist. — C. H. H. 



Hunnemannia fumarisefolia. By M. Micheli (Rev. Hort. p. 112 ; 

 March 1, 1902). — Woodcut and coloured plate depicting a very beau- 

 tiful Poppy-like flower with finely cut foliage. It is a native of 

 Mexico, and though an old plant as regards introduction appears to have 

 dropped undeservedly out of cultivation. Evergreen and all but quite 

 hardy. Blooms freely from June to frosts, and flowers very persistent. 

 Sow seed in autumn or spring, preferably in the open, with winter pro- 

 tection ; nearly related to Eschscholtzia. Both description and illustra- 

 tion fully justify cultivation. — C. T. D. 



Hybridisation, Experiments in Plant. By C. C. Hurst (Orch. 

 Rev. p. 45, February 1902). — A clear and interesting practical illustration 

 showing clearly how Mendel's law might be applied in the production 

 of species. — H. J. C. 



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