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the spray barrel and when about half full put in the ingredients and stir as 

 the barrel fills. The Bordeaux stays in suspension better when handled 

 in this manner than if mixed full strength and the water then added. 



The arsenite should be carefully mixed into a thick paste and then 

 thinned and added to the wash. Paris green or green arsenite at 8 oz. 

 to 50 gallons, tor Peach half this strength. London purple varies in 

 strength, but is one of the best to stay in suspension : it should be used 

 with an excess of lime to prevent burning. 



The best pumps are manufactured by Morell and Morley, Benton 

 Harbor, Michigan ; The Deming Company, Salem, Ohio ; Gould's Manu- 

 facturing Company, Seneca Falls, N.Y. — C. H. H. 



Stanhopea Reiehenbachiana, Roezl. (Cogniaux in Diet. Icon. 



Orch. Stanhopea; pi. 8; 2 1902). — A large and beautiful species dis- 

 covered in 1874 by Roezl (probably in the Andes of Colombia). Flowers 

 white shaded yellow and dotted with rose ; the flowering season is in 

 winter, and, contrary to many other species of the genus, the flowers last 

 a long time. — C. C. H. 



Stapelia bella. By A. Berger (Gard. Chron. No. 792, p. 137, fig. 

 40; 1/3 1902). — The origin of this new species is not known; it has 

 hitherto been cultivated under the name of 5'. glaura, from which, how- 

 ever, it appears to be quite distinct. The structure of the flower is 

 curious, as may be seen from the figure, which gives a diagram of the 

 details of the blossom, as well as a general view of the plant in flower. 

 A description of the plant is given. — G. S. S. 



Strawberry-growing' on S.-E. Coast of Queensland. By 



James Pink (Qu. Agr. Journ. ix. pp. 551-554 ; December 1901). — This 

 is simply a description of Strawberry culture and harvesting in the 

 Wellington Point and Cleveland District. Ten years ago Strawberries 

 could not be made to grow at any price, but industry and perseverance 

 have again illustrated what Queensland soil is capable of producing when 

 cultivated by intelligent men. In the course of the present season more 

 than fifty tons of Strawberries have been sent from the above district to 

 the Sydney and Brisbane markets and to the jam factories, and sold at a 

 remunerative price to the growers. This district having proved pre- 

 eminently suitable tor Strawberry culture, there is little doubt that in a 

 few years it will be able to supply all the Strawberries required for jam- 

 making in Australasia. — M. C. C. 



Strawberry, The. By W. J. Allen (Agr. Gaz. N.S.W. p. 1544, 

 December 1901). — An exhaustive article on this most popular fruit, dealing 

 with the soil, situation, preparing the soil, manuring, planting, culti- 

 vation, irrigation, perfect and imperfect blooming varieties, and diseases. 

 The following are the varieties on offer in New South Wales at the 

 present day: 'Bidwell,' 'British Queen,' 'Captain,' 'Commander,' 

 •Comtt de Paris,' 'Counts,' 'Countess/ 'Crimson Cluster,' 'Crescent 

 Seedling,' ' Caroline.' ' Duke of Athol,' ' Due de Malakoff,' ' Dr. Hogg,' 

 'Duke of Edinburgh,' 'Early White,' 'Eclipse,' 'Edith Christy,* 



