728 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



is suggested for proposed experiments. (See R.H.S. Journal, vol. xxvi. 

 p. ccxxii ; also p. 844.) — G. H. 



Bean, Velvet. By H. K. Miller (U.S.A. Exp. Stn. Florida, Bull. 

 GO ; January 1902). — This work deals entirely with the Velvet Bean 

 Mucuna utilis, which is apparently a coming plant for culture in this 

 State. As a member of the natural order Lcguminosce, it possesses the 

 power of enriching the soil in nitrogen, acting in the same manner as 

 our own Clovers, and, being of free growth, may be looked upon as a 

 valuable means of renovating the soil from the free nitrogen of the 

 atmosphere. It is also an excellent forage plant, on which stock seem to 

 thrive well after it is made into hay in the usual manner. It can also be 

 used as green pasturage, and in addition gives capital cover. An analysis 

 is also appended showing the value of the Bean itself as an article of focd. 

 Five plates are given illustrating the seeds, leaf, and flower, the root 

 nodules, and a field of the Bean in full growth. — E. F. H. 



Bee Flowers Of the West Indies. A list of. Extract from " Bee- 

 keeping in the West Indies " (Bull. Bot. Dep. Trin. No. 33, p. 429 ; April 

 1902). — E. A. B. 



Beet Army-WOPm (Laplnjgmaexigiia,Yihn.). ByF. H. Chittenden 

 (U.S.A. Dep. Agr., Div. of Entom., Bull. 33, pp. 37-46.)— This insect, 

 which is identical with the British Caradrina (Spodoptera) exigua, Hbn., 

 is described, and the serious injury which it does to both garden and 

 sugar Beets by eating off not only the leaves but the crown of the root 

 as well is noted. The caterpillar feeds also on Chcnopodium album, 

 Amaranthus, Atriplex, Corn, Potato, Pea, Onion, Sunflower, leaves of 

 Apple, Mallow, Nicotiana glauca, Cleome, and Plantain. A single natural 

 enemy, a Tachine fly (Frontina archippivora, Will.), is known in America. 

 Spraying with kerosene emulsion or Paris green seem the most effectual 

 remedies. — F. J. C. • 



Beet Sugar in England, The Growth of. By A. D. Hall 



(Joimi. S.E. Agr. Coll. Wye, No. 10, pp. 3-15 ; February 1901).— Gives 

 the following conclusions : " In dry and warm seasons Sugar Beet may 

 be grown in England of average quality, on land suited to the cultivation 

 of Mangolds, &c. At the present price of sugar, no factory could afford to 

 pay for Sugar Beet a price that would be remunerative to the farmer." 



Further trials in the use of Sugar Beet as fodder conclusively prove 

 that it cannot profitably replace Mangolds. 



Manurial experiments upon Hops show that on the typical Hop lands 

 of East Kent, or the "Rag" soil of Mid Kent, general manuring is 

 required, but on clay and sandy soils, &c, specific treatment is needed, 

 as, for instance, phosphates for Marden, potash for Frant, and lime for 

 Farnham soil. — J. C. E. K. 



Beet-Sugar Industry in the United States, Progress of the. 



By C. F. Savior and B. T. Galloway (U.S.A. Dep. Agr. Report 72 ; illus- 

 trated). — An exhaustive pamphlet, of which the first part concerns the 



