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same region and amphibious. The leaves are 4-5 ft. long, If to 2 ins. 

 broad, and waved. The flowers are umbellate, with the perianth-tube 

 6 ins. long, lobes of the limb narrow and white. — G. H. 



Crinum, Hybridisation of. By C. Sprenger {Bull. R. Soc. Tosc. 

 Ort. 10, p. 300, October 1902). — Description of six hybrids, viz, : 

 C. Grillianum (C. longifolium (capense) x C. lineare) ; C. Lawsonianum 

 (C. longifolium album x C. variabile) ; C. Malbranchii (C. Moorei x C. 

 jemense) ; C. D'Anconce (C. jemense x C. Moorei) ; C. roseum (C. 

 jemense x C. Moorei); C. maximum (C. Schmidt ■ii x C. jemense). 



w. c. w. 



Crocuses, Autumn-flowering'. By E. Jenkins (Garden, No. 1616, 

 p. 324 ; 8/11/1902). — Starting in early autumn, these maintain a supply 

 of flowers almost throughout the winter months ; perhaps a better display 

 could be had in October than at any other time. Quite at home and 

 delightful in any position, no plants are more easily grown ; they delight 

 in a sandy soil, and are cheap enough to be grown in masses. This 

 article closes with a description of the best species. — E. T. C. 



Crocus Scharojani. By J. Hoog (Gard. Chron. No. 827, p. 321, 

 fig. 107 ; Nov. 1, 1902). — " This bright orange-yellow autumn-blooming 

 Crocus " is the only one of its group with bright yellow flowers, which 

 gives it a peculiar value for horticultural purposes. It was said to be a 

 native of the Caucasus, but the mountain in which it was supposed to 

 grow was recently searched in vain ; it was, however, at last found on some 

 mountains in the same district growing in short grass in open places in 

 the full sun. — G. S. S. 



Crops, British, of 1902. Anon. (Jour. Bd, Agr. vol. ix. No. 3, 

 1902, pp. 332-337). — The statement comprises the figures for all the 

 crops for which estimates of yield were collected, viz. : — Cereals, Beans, 

 Peas, Potatos, Turnips and Swedes, Mangolds, Hops, and Hay. The 

 returns for the Potato crops are given below : — 



" Following upon a year in which the produce was about half a ton 

 per acre above the average, the estimates show that in 1902 the Potato 

 crop in Great Britain was nearly half a ton less than the mean. Here, 

 however, Scotland has an advantage, the yield per acre beyond the Border 

 being about half a ton better than the average ; while in England it was 

 two thirds of a ton, and in Wales three-fourths of a ton, less than the 

 decennial mean." 



Fotatos 



Estimated Total Produce 



Estimated Yield per 

 acre 



Average of the 

 ten years 1892- 

 1901 



1902 



1901 



1902 



1901 



England . 

 Wales 

 Scotland . 



Tons 

 2,225,509 

 155,508 

 813,111 



Tons 



2,627,647 

 182,122 

 861,481 



Tons 

 539 

 4-95 

 0-27 



Tons 

 033 

 5-70 

 062 



Tons 

 6-02 

 5-72 

 507 



Great Britain . 



3,194,188 



3,671,250 



5-57 



636 



5-92 



B. N. 



