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that the soil may dry. The balls of soil round the roots or the pots 

 are covered with dry sand. Ether or chloroform is poured into a 

 shallow dish and the chamber closed. After 60 hours' treatment (or 

 longer if it is a wet season) the plants are brought into a forcing-house 

 at 50^-68^ and well watered; after 5 days the temperature is raised 

 to 77^-82° F. About 1| oz. of ether is required for a vessel having 

 a capacity of 22 gallons. In frosty weather a smaller quantity will 

 suffice. A mixture of 4 pints by weight of ether with 1 of chloroform 

 yields good results- 

 Lilacs can be prepared for forcing by immersion in warm water 

 (950 F.) for 10 hours.— ^. E. W. 



Forest Flowers in the Garden {Gartenfiora, vol. lix. pt. xviii. 



p. 400). — It is best to move forest plants in autumn, with a good ball 

 of soil. Plant in a shady spot and cover with leaves or leaf mould. 



S. E. W. 



Fouquiera splendens (Bot. Mag. tab. 8318).— Nat. ord. 

 Fouquieraceae. Northern Mexico and South- Western United States. 

 Shrub 6-20 feet high, branched with spines; leaves IJ inch long; 

 inflorescence terminal, 4-6 inches long, many-flowered; sepals 4 inches 

 long, green; corolla with straight tube, f inch long, with refiexed limbs, ■ 

 red; stamens 15, much exserted. — G. H. 



Freesias, Hybrids of Brugrg-emani. By E. Zeissig (Die Garf ., | 



August 27, 1910, p. 433). — Since the introduction of the pink flowered 

 Freesia Armstrongi from South Africa a number of hybrids have been 

 raised in Holland, England, and France by crossing F. refracta alba, j 

 F. Leichtlmi, and F, Armstrongi with results that at present there are i 

 several forms in culture of lilac, rose, and pink flowers with the fragrance 

 of the old type of Freesia. The Bruggemani hybrids are said to surpass 

 those raised in Holland and England. — G. R. 



Fruit-flies in New South Wales. By W. B. Gumey {Agr. 

 Gaz. N.S.W. vol. xxi. pt. v. pp. 423-433; 8 figs. 1 plate).— The j 



Common, or Mediterranean, Fruit-fly {Ceratitis capitata), with the 

 occasional exception of prickly pear, does not develop in the wild fruits 

 of New South Wales. Infected orchard fruit should be burnt or boiled. 



Queensland Fruit- fly (Dracus Tryoni) is a native of New South 

 Wales and Queensland, and develops in four wild fruits. It is destroyed 

 by an internal parasite, a small red-and-black braconoid wasp. 



The Island Fruit-fly {Trypeta musae) prefers native to cultivated 

 fruits, and rarely attacks sound ones. — S. E. W. 



Fruit Fly Remedy, The Mally. By Mr. P. S. du Toit (Agr. 

 Jour. Cape G.H., Feb. 1910, pp. 146, 147).— In Graaff-Eeinet they 

 have obtained good results by bringing into practice the theory of 

 Mr. Mally by making experiments in the spraying of peach-trees with 

 arsenate of lead and black sugar against the peach-fly (Fruit Fly). The 

 local Fruit Growers' Association having induced them, the people 



