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Borer, Flat-headed (Chrysobothris femorata). By A. J. McClatchie 

 (U.S.A. Exp. Stn. Arizona, Bull. 47, 11/1903; fig.).— The larvae of this 

 beetle attack apple, pear, quince, plum, peach, cherry, ash, elm, maple, box- 

 elder, sycamore and willow trees, boring into bark, and sometimes girdling 

 the tree, causing its death. Sickly and newly planted trees are usually 

 selected, and the eggs are laid in April and May. A wash of the following 

 is recommended : Dissolve \ gallon soft soap in \ gallon hot water, add 

 \ pint carbolic acid. Mix, and then add 5 gallons of warm water and 

 enough lime to make of about the consistency of paint. Stir in \ lb. 

 Paris green. 



Apply to trees in April to prevent the beetles from depositing their 

 eggs. 



Protecting the trunks of the trees with newspaper is also suggested. 



F. J. G. 



Bowkeria Gerrardiana. By S. A. Skan (Bot. Mag. tab. 8021).— 



Nat. ord. Scrophulariacece, tribe Chelonece ; Natal. An erect shrub, 

 8-10 ft. high, leaves 2-6 in. long. Inflorescence, cyme ; flowers, 8-9 

 lines long, pale yellow. — G. H. 



Braehyglottis repanda. By W. B. Hemsley (Bot. Mag. tab. 

 8057). — Nat. ord. Composites, tribe Senecionidce. New Zealand. A 

 shrub or small tree, 8-20 ft. high. Flower-heads numerous, 2-3 lines 

 diameter in pyramidal panicles. Flowers 8-12 in a head, white. — G. H. 



Brunsvigia gigantea. Anon. (Gard. Chron. No. 952, p. 181, 

 fig. 73, and Supp. 25 Mar. 1905). — This fine plant, more properly known 

 as B. multiflora, has generally in this country to be grown under glass, if 

 not to protect it from the frost, to enable the bulbs to ripen sufficiently to 

 produce flowers, but it flowered last July in Lord Walsingham's garden 

 near Ventnor, at the base of a rockery, very grandly, the umbel 

 measuring no less than 37 ins. across. The plant is well figured in the 

 Supplement. — G. S. S. 



Bulbophyllum crenulatum. By E. A. Eolfe (Bot. Mag. tab. 8000). 

 Nat. ord. Orchidacece, tribe Epidendrcce ; Madagascar. An epiphyte, 

 scapes 5-6 in. high, raceme drooping, 2 in. long ; dense-flowered, dull 

 purple. Flowers 2 lines long. — G. H. 



Burbidgfea sehizoeheila. By C. H. Wright (Bot Mag. tab. 8009). 

 — Nat. ord. Scitaminecs, tribe Zingiberece ; Malaya. Stem, 9-15 in. high ; 

 leaves 5 in. long ; panicles 9-1 2 -flowered ; flowers orange-yellow. 



G. H. 



Cabbage Hair-worm (Mermis albicans).— By F. H. Chittenden 

 (U.S.A. Dep. Agr. Bur. Entom. Circ. 62). — A white hair-worm from 2 

 to 8 inches in length has been found among the leaves of cabbages, etc., 

 and numerous rumours of its poisonous properties have circulated to the 

 detriment of market-gardeners, who could not find customers for their 

 stock. It is pointed out that these worms, which are internal parasites 

 of insects, are quite harmless to human beings or domestic animals. 



F. J. C. 



