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Irrigation, Amount of Water needed for. (Extract from " Irri- 

 gation in Humid Climates," by F. H. King, Farmers' Bulletin No. 46, 

 U.S.A. Dep. of Agr.) (Bull. Bot. Dep. Jam. ix., Pt. 6, p. 92).— G. H. 



Ivy. By J. R. (Joum. Hort. p. 120; August 7, 1902).— Amongst 

 other hints for the management of Ivy the writer advises that it shall be 

 cut back annually in August instead of in March as usual. In either 

 case the leaves have grown again in six weeks, but the long, untidy 

 shoots which grow in June in the latter case remain hanging for nine 

 months, but if cut back in August they do not grow again till the 

 following June, so the Ivy remains neat and close for nine months. 



C. W. D. 



Kalanchoe kewensis (Garden, No. 1,599, p. 26 ; 12/7/1902).— 

 "A remarkable and decidedly beautiful hybrid" raised at Kew. Two 

 illustrations are given. The flowers are bright rose-pink in colour. 



E. T. C. 



Kniphofia multiflora. By Sir J. D. Hooker (Bot. Mag. tab. 7832); 

 — Nat. ord. Liliacece, tribe Hcmcrocallidece . Native of Natal. Thirty- 

 four species of this genus are now known. This is one of the very few 

 with erect flowers like E. pallidiflora of Madagascar. It flowered at Kew 

 in 1900. It has leaves from 3 to 6 feet long, 1 inch broad. Flowers 

 densely crowded, white or suffused with green ; filaments long. — G. H. 



Lselio-Cattleya x Doris 4 Marquis de Colbert ' (Cogniaux in 

 Diet. Icon. Orch., L.-C. x pi. 22 ; 6/1902).— A fine variety of this hybrid 

 raised by M. Fournier, of Marseilles, out of C. Triancei by L. harpophylla. 

 Flowers a peculiar shade of reddish-orange ; lip crimson-purple, with 

 yellow base. — C. C. H. 



Lselio-Cattleya x Gladys (Cogniaux in Diet. Icon. Orch., L.-C. x 

 pi. 20; 6 1902). — A hybrid raised by M. Fournier, of Marseilles, out of 

 C. Harrisoniana by L. cinnabar ina. Flowers white, shaded rose ; lip 

 sulphur-yellow. — C. C. H. 



Lselio-Cattleya x highburiensis Fournieri (Cogniaux in Diet. 

 Icon. Orch., L.-C. x pi. 15a ; 9/1902). — A particularly fine colour 

 variety of the well-known hybrid between C. Laiorenceana and L. cinna- 

 barina. Sepals rich orange-colour ; petals orange-yellow, suffused with 

 bright crimson ; lip vinous-purple ; throat orange-yellow, lined with purple. 

 Raised by M. Louis Fournier, of Marseilles. — C. C. H. 



Lselio-Cattleya x Lucasiana (Cogniaux in Diet. Icon. Orch., L.-C. 

 x pi. 25 ; 9/1902).— A hybrid raised by M. Maron, of Brunoy, in 1900, 

 between C. labiata and L. tenebrosa. Sepals, petals, and lip rich violet- 

 purple.— C. C. E. 



Lselio-Cattleya x ' Mme. Marguerite Fournier ' (Cogniaux in 

 Diet. Icon. Orch., L.-C. x pi. 21 ; 6/1902). — A fine new hybrid raised by 

 M. Fournier, of Marseilles, out of L. Digbyana by C. labiata. Flowers 

 white, shaded rose ; lip large and fringed ; margin deep rose ; throat 



