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Chrysanthemums {Jour. Soc. Nat. Hort. Fr. Dec. 1913, p. 792). — The 

 Chrysanthemum section of the society publishes its yearly list of the best existing 

 varieties of chrysanthemum, divided into fifteen groups. 



1. The easiest grown big-flowered kinds. 



2. Late large-flowered varieties. 



3. Best very large -flowered varieties. 



4. Best dwarf varieties. 



5. Best varieties for standards. 



6. The latest varieties. 



7. Varieties remarkable for form or colour. 



8. Best varieties for succession. 



9. Downy-flowered varieties. 



10. Striped varieties. 



11. Star-shaped varieties. 



12. Best long-stemmed varieties to grow in the open. 



13. Varieties to plant in the open. 



14. Hardiest varieties. 



15. Best single-flowered varieties. — M. L. H. 



Cirrhopetalum Fletcherianum (Bot. Mag. tab. 8600). — New Guinea. Family 

 Orchidaceae. Tribe Epidendreae. Herb of considerable size, epiphytic. Pseudo-bulb 

 clcse-set, sub-globose, with a single leaf. Leaf 2-14 in. long. Scapes 5-7 flowered. 

 Flowers very large, blotched with purple. Sepals acuminate, 2| in. long. Petals 

 ovate, with an acuminate tip, 1 in. long. Lip clawed. — G. H. 



Clematis uncinata forma retusa {Bot. Mag. tab. 8633). — China. Family 



Ranunculaceae. Tribe Clematideae. Shrub, climbing. Leaves proximately 5—7- 

 foliate ; leaflets elliptic, 2 \ in. long. Flowers \\ in. across. Sepals white. — G. H. 



Coccidae of Australia (continued). By W. W. Froggatt {Agr. Gaz. N.S.W. 

 vol. xxvi. pp. 411-423, 511-516; 7 figs.). — The following Scale Insects occur in 

 Australia ; Ceronema banksiae, C. dryandrae, Pulvernaria dodonaea, P. flavicans, 

 P. floccifera, P. maskelli, P. nuitsiae, P. paradelpha, P. salicomiae, P. tecta, 

 P. Thorn psoni, Lichtensia hakearum, Signoretia luzulae, Ceroplasies ceriferus, 

 C. floridensis, C. rubens, Ctenochiton araucariae, C. cellulosus, C. eucalypti, 

 C. rhizophorae, Inglisia foraminijer, I. fossilis, and Ceroplastoides melaleucae. 



Many new species were also discovered, viz. : — Ceronema caudata, found on 

 the foliage of Eucalyptus robusta, differs from C. banksiae by having a curled 

 tail 0-33 inch long. The covering of the male is oval, white with a yellowish tint. 

 The adult female is reddish brown, lighter at the margins. Pulvernaria contexta 

 lives on the twigs of Bossiaea and Dillwynia contexta. The length cf the female 

 and ovisac is \ of an inch. It has slender legs and antennae, and is coloured 

 brown. The male is under 01 inch in length. P. darwiniensis ; the female is 

 dull yellow with white ovisac, length 01, with ovisac 02 inch. P. greeni infests 

 Myoporum deserti. The female with ovisac measures 02 inch; it is wrinkled, 

 yellow brown mottled with reddish brown, and the ovisac is white. The male 

 puparium is o - i inch long. P. newmani is found on the twigs of Jacksonia. The 

 surface of the female is covered with spines ; with ovisac it is \ an inch long. 

 P. theae is found on the leaves of Thea viridis. The yellow -brown female is 

 0-125 inch long. The white ovisac is £ an inch long. The legs and antennae 

 are indistinct. Tectopulvinaria loranthi exists on Eucalyptus and Loranthus. 

 The female is hidden by the white ovisac. It is elongate, oval, convex, and 

 measures 0*33 inch with ovisac. The light yellow larva is hidden under the female 

 in a mass of woolly particles. Ctenochiton serrata, found on the leaves of an 

 Acacia, is a beautiful species. The female is reddish brown, flattened, elongate, 

 oval with a slight dorsal stripe ; length \ inch ; dorsal surface covered with 

 angular plates of wax. The male vest is shaped like a slipper. C. transparens 

 is also found on an Acacia. The adult female is enveloped in an oval mass of pale 

 yellow wax ; it has short, stout antennae and small legs. — S. E. W. 



Codling Moth Parasite {U.S.A. St. Com. Hort., Cal. Bull., vol. iii. No. 5, May 

 1914 ; 14 figs.). — The Calliephialtes parasite of the codling moth was introduced 

 into California from Spain in 1904, and was distributed in large numbers through- 

 out the State. 



On account of the wide differences in~handling the apple crop in California 

 and in Spain, the physical limitations of the parasite, and the fact that the codling 

 moth larvae hibernate, the author of the paper considers that Calliephialtes sp. 

 will be of little, if any, practical use. — V. G. J. 



