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stances were at work crossing each other and comphcating the results 

 that these tables are not easy to read and are sometimes misleading, 

 but it was possible to draw the above general conclusions from them. 



M. L. H. 



Sweet Peas : History of Varieties, By Leon E. Eenault {Rev. 



Hort., June 1, 1910, pp. 262-265 ; 3 illus. of types). — An interesting 

 account of the origin of some of the best, with cultural notes. — C. T. D. 



Trees, Remarkable. By F. Kanngiesser {Oester. Gart. Zeit. 

 vol. V. pt. V. pp. 172-183; 4 figs.). 



Ahies pectinata. — In the Thuringen Forest, on the Wurzelberg, a 

 fir tree survives which is about 470 years old. It is about 145 feet 

 high, and 24 feet in circumference 4 feet from the ground. 



Acer platanoides. — A maple in the Lautenthal, Hanover, measures 

 14^ feet in circumference 4| feet above the surface of the soil, 

 high, and nearly 29 feet in circumference 4:^ feet above the ground. 



Acer Pseudoplatanus. — A sycamore at Kerns, Obwalden, is 85 feet 

 high, and nearly 29 feet in circumference 4 J feet above the ground. 



Corylus Avellana. — In the Weser district there is a hazel 120-130 

 years old with a circumference of 7^ feet 4J feet from the ground, height 

 about 45 feet. 



Euonymus europaeus.- — The largest spindle tree exists in Hanover. 

 It is probably 200 years old, and measures 24 feet in height and 27 feet 

 in circumference 3 feet from the ground. 



Fagus silvatica. — In Westphalia there is a beech measuring 23| feet 

 in circumference 3 feet from the ground. 



Fraxinus excelsior. — The hotel garden at Logierait, Perthshire, 

 contains an ash 41^ feet in circumference 4 feet from the ground. 



Pyrus torminalis. — The largest service tree in Germany grows near 

 the top of the Eummelsberg. It is 65 feet high, and more than 6 feet 

 in circumference 4 feet from the ground. 



Quercus Rohur. — The Wenzel oak in Bohemia is said to be about 

 1,007 years old. The Bound oak at the boundary of Bloxham and 

 Bere Eegis is at least 600 years old. The Korner oak near Carlsbad is 

 1,600 years old. Other celebrated oaks are the Killerods oak in 

 Sweden, 700 years old; the Namiest oak, 800-1,000 years old, on the 

 Dani&h island Laaland. The largest oak is probably the Newland (Eng- 

 land), circumference 42| feet 4 feet from the ground. 



Tilia europaea. — Staffelstein, in Bavaria, possesses the largest living 

 lime-tree; circumference 55 feet 4 feet from the ground. 



Ulmus campestris. — The largest English elm grows at Schimsheim, 

 in Hesse. It is about 49 feet high and 40 feet in circumference 4 feet 

 from the ground. — S. E. W. 



TOmatOS, Irish Blight in. By D. McAlpine {Jour. Agr. Vict. 

 Jan. 1910, pp. 48-49). — Diseased potatos and tomatos are mutually 

 infective; diseased potatos or the spores infect health}'^ tomatos, and 

 vice versa. Eternal vigilance is the price that the State must pay for 

 freedom from this as well as other pests. — G. H. H. 



