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essence of Roses, the latter being valued at 1,000 francs per kilogramme, 

 whereas an equal amount of the former realises only from 50 to 70 

 francs. — G. M. 



Gerbera Jamesoni, Culture of. By R. I. Lynch, Cambridge 

 {Garden, No. 1624, p. 5, 3 1 1903).— The writer says: "Plant at the 

 foot of a south wall of a plant house which has hot-water pipes behind 

 it. During summer give it the fullest exposure, and in winter fix a small 

 light over the plant to keep off excessive wet. Do not close it in, but 

 shake a little Bracken or similar material over the plant when the 

 weather is cold. In this way I have had flowers from April to well into 

 September, and a development which could never be obtained by pot 

 culture. A plant I have under this treatment must be nearly if not 

 quite fourteen years old, but this age is too great, and perhaps that 

 individual will never again be so fine as it has been." — E. T. C. 



Ginseng". By H. Garman (U.S.A. Exp. Stn. Kentucky, Rep. 1898, 

 pp. 128-156 ; 12 figs.). — An account of this plant (Panax quinquefolhim), 

 which the Chinese and Japanese esteem an excellent tonic producer, is 

 given. Up to the present it has formed an important article of commerce, 

 but is rapidly diminishing in numbers as a wild plant. Its cultivation is 

 urged, and necessary directions are given. — F. J. C. 



Gladiolus x Princeps (Amer. Gard. 1902, pp. 818, 819, fig. 170 ; 

 20/12/1902). — A fine new hybrid out of G. cruentus by G. x Childsii 

 var. raised by Dr. Van Fleet. The flower has a natural " expansion " of 

 5| inches, and its colour is bright scarlet and white. It multiplies 

 with great freedom on a poor soil. — C. C. H. 



Gooseberry, A Disease of the. By A. Lorrain Smith (Joum. Bot. 

 481, pp. 19-23; 1 1903). — Detailed notes on the attack of a fungus, 

 apparently Sclerotinia Fuckeliana, with its conidial form Botrytis vulgaris, 

 previously known on the Vine, from Gooseberry plantations in Hereford- 

 shire. — G. S. B. 



Gooseberry Hedges. By Alger Petts (Gard. Mag. No. 2564, p. 847 ; 

 20/12 1902). — A somewhat unusual way of growing Gooseberries is that 

 of making hedges of them, and the writer describes in detail the way 

 hedges should be made, their planting, pruning, stopping, training, and 

 general culture. The subject is continued in the following number. 



W. G. 



Grafting, Curious Results of. By Lucien Daniel (Rev. Hort. No. 

 20, Oct. 16, 1902, p. 470). — Scopolia carniolica, belonging to the Solatium 

 family, flowers very early in the spring, and dies oft* in May under 

 normal conditions ; but when the perishing tips are successfully grafted 

 on the Tomato early in May, the time when active growth commences in 

 the stock, the Scopolia receives a new lease of life, to the extent even of 

 flowering once again. This fact is adduced as evidence that similarity of 

 habit in stock and scion is not essential, and that the natural period of 

 growth may be greatly modified by such alliances, and successional 

 flowering be obtained. It would also seem to indicate that the perishing 



