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illustrations of gardens, showing the school children at work, add greatly 

 to the interest of the article. — V. J. M. 



School Gardens in Germany {Garden, p. 209; 27/9/1902).— An 

 article outlining the training of children in the agricultural districts in 

 the intelligent cultivation of the land, as in Germany. A significant 

 fact is worth noting, that those districts are most advanced and pro- 

 sperous where some influential landowner, not necessarily connected in 

 any way with school management, has been found to take a personal 

 interest in the matter, a case in point being the mayor of a town in the 

 neighbourhood of Geistingen, who began the work of reformation in 

 fruit-growing in his own vicinity by himself planting, as a beginning, 

 some 4,000 fruit-trees of good sorts after approved methods. — E. T. C. 



Senecio (Ligularia) clivorum. By A. Henry (Gard. Chron. No. 821, 

 p. 217, supp. plate ; Sept. 20, 1902). — This fine plant is a native of Central 

 and Western China and Japan ; it has recently been introduced by Messrs. 

 Veitch. It grows in open, moist, grassy spots on the mountains, and 

 occasionally in woods ; it is a tall, vigorous, succulent, perennial plant, 

 growing to height of about 3 feet. The flowers are in loose corymbs of 

 about ten or twelve blossoms, which are of an orange-yellow colour and 4 

 inches in diameter. Descriptions and notes are also given of five other 

 nearly allied species. — G, S. S. 



Senecio, Monograph of North and Central American 

 Species Of. By Jesse More Greenman (Engl. Bot. Jahrb. vol. xxxii. 

 1902, pp. 1-33 ; 13 5 1902). — The first part of the monograph only is 

 here published. It comprises a general account of the morphology of the 

 genus, a review of the systematic grouping of the species in sections and 

 sub-genera, a nominal enumeration of the species in their respective 

 sections, and an account of their geographical distribution. The second 

 part, which is to follow, will contain the special systematic portion. 



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Shortia uniflora. By W. T. Hindmarsh (Gard. Chron. No. 804, 

 p. 337; fig. 116 ; May 24, 1902).— This charming little plant is said to 

 be one of the most beautiful of rock plants, and to be very superior to 

 S.galacifolia. It has very pale bluish-white or bright rose-coloured blossoms, 

 about H inch in diameter. It appears at present to be a very rare plant 

 in this country.— -G. S. S. 



Shrubs of Wyoming-, The. By Elias E. Nelson (U.S.A. Exp. Stn. 

 Wyoming, Bull. 54 ; illustrated). — An interesting account of the principal 

 shrubs and small trees of Wyoming, some of which might be improved 

 by cultivation and brought into gardens, either for ornament or for their 

 fruits. Amongst the illustrations are those of ' Winter-fat on the Plains ' 

 (Eurotia lanata), which is good for forage, and greedily eaten by stock ; 

 ' Ninebark ' (Neillia Torreyi, syn. Opulaster monogynus), belonging to 

 the Rose family, as does also Spircea discolor (syn. S. dumosa, Holodiscus 

 dumosus), very pretty when in flower. The ' Riverbank Grape ' (Vitis 

 vulpina) has given rise to several cultivated varieties. The 'Buffalo 



