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The various chapters dealing with climate, timber production, forest 

 industries, and recommendations generally are written by one who knows 

 the island well ; while the list of trees of the district in the appendix 

 is peculiarly interesting if only from a botanical point of view. 



In addition there are eight plates and a map. — A. D. W. 



Lycaste Locusta. By R. A. Rolfe (Bot. Mag. tab. 8020).— Nat. ord. 

 OrchidacccB, tribe Vandece ; Peru. A tufted epiphyte, 2 ft. high. 

 Flowers dull green, with white fringed margin to the lip. Column 

 arched and white.— G. H. 



Meconopsis integrifolia. By W. B. Hemsley (Bot. Mag. tab. 

 8027). — Nat. ord. Papaveracece ; Western China and Tibet. A perfectly 

 hardy biennial (alt. 10,000 to 15,500 ft.), 1^-3 ft. high, covered with silky 

 hairs. Leaves linear-lanceolate, 6-12 in. long. Flowers yellow, 5-6 in. 

 diam. — G. H. 



Melon, Cantaloupe, Rust-resisting. By Philo. K. Blinn 

 (U.S.A. Agr. Exp. Stn. Colorado, Bull. 104, Nov. 1905; 10 plates).— 

 The " cantaloupe rust or blight " is the effect of a parasitic fungus, called 

 Macrosporium cucumeri?ium } E. & E., which has for a number of years 

 inflicted serious injury on the cantaloupe industry in Colorado. In 1898 

 spraying with various fungicides was tried, but for several reasons it 

 was considered unsatisfactory or impracticable. The next step was the 

 development of a resistant strain of cantaloupes. The experiments 

 and observations detailed between 1904 and 1905 show that the 

 Pollock melon was the most rust-resisting strain in cultivation. It is 

 recorded that " the relative merits of the Pollock melon, and the interest 

 created by the investigation of its rust-resisting tendencies, led many 

 growers to plant it this past season, and many other growers are anxious 

 for any evidence toward the improvement of the cantaloupe industry." 



Finally, it is recorded that, " in the light of investigation, the rust- 

 resisting tendencies of the Pollock strain seem to offer the most immediate 

 solution of the rust problem." — M. C. C. 



Mistletoes in New Zealand. By Joseph Mayo (Gard. Chron. 

 No. 971, p. 105, August 5, 1905). — The writer calls attention to two 

 species of Loranthus which are indigenous to New Zealand, but the 

 specific names are not given. One is described as growing readily on 

 many kinds of trees in the North Island, forming large bunches of foliage 

 and shoots, which are covered with crimson flowers about the size of 

 those of a myrtle, and are very conspicuous ; the berries are scarlet, and 

 the leaves rather broader than our English species. The other species has 

 greenish-yellow flowers and berries. — G. S. S. 



Mitraria COCCinea (Die Gart. No. 34, p. 400, May 20, 1905).— This 

 pretty low-growing Chilian shrub is grown much more frequently on the 

 Continent than in England. There it is usually hardy. The bell-shaped, 

 bright, orange-yellow flowers appear in great number during the summer. 

 It prefers a moist, shady position in the open, but it is also a fine pot 

 plant. — G. B. 



