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was a good crop of fruit. In this case it would seem as though the 

 mere cooling of the ground by the ether, not anaesthesia, had produced the 

 desired effect— -P. A. W. 



Anthurium trinerve. By N. E. Brown (Bot. Mag. tab. 8251). — 

 Nat. ord. Araceae. Brazil and Guiana. Herb, 4-12 inches high, clothed 

 with fibrous remains of leaves ; leaves petiolate ; blades 4-7 inches 

 long, 1-3 inches wide ; spathe erect, to f inch, green ; spadix sessile, 

 f-2 inches long, white ; berries inch long, ellipsoid, lilac. — G. H. 



AntS and Roses (Garden, July 3, 1909, p. 323).— Mrs. A. Gorell 

 Barnes has got rid of Ants from Boses by sponging the roses with a 

 solution of Quassia and soft soap, and trapping the ants in inverted pots 

 filled with grass and leaves. Edmund Charrington finds the use of wood 

 ashes to be successful. J. J. K. has been successful by laying dead 

 sparrows on the bed as a counter-attraction, and J. B. Burton by Vaporite. 

 On the other hand A. H. Woolley Dod (July 10, 1909, p. 334) finds 

 trapping in pots, though it kills large numbers, to be no cure, while 

 Vaporite is only effective in making the ants move on "a few inches." 

 Thomas Davies finds puddling the ground to be effective. — H. B. D. 



Aphelandra tetragona. By 0. Stapf (Bot. Mag. tab. 8272).— Nat. 

 ord. Acanthaceae ; tribe Aphelandreae. Trop. S. America. Shrubby ; 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate, 8-10 inches long ; spikes 3-5-nate, the terminal 

 6-7 inches long ; corolla brilliant pink ; limb 3-4 lines wide, tube, 

 2 inches long. — G. H. 



Aphides in N. America. By H. F. Wilson (Jour. Econ. Entom. 

 ii. (1909), 5, p. 346). — A new aphis pest of the banana Pentalonia 

 nigronervosa) is described and figured and two other species Aphis 

 angelicae on angelica and ivy, and Drepanosiphon platanoides on maple 

 (both of which occur in Europe) are described from California. — F. J. G. 



Apple Culture in Vermont. By Wm. Stuart (U.S.A. Exp. Stn., 

 Vermont, Bull. 141 ; April 1909 ; 13 figs.). — Modern commercial apple 

 culture is in its infancy in Vermont, and this bulletin deals with the various 

 aspects of the business from the choice of a site to the disposal of the crop. 

 The cost of production of a barrel of apples (picked, graded, and packed) is 

 estimated at 75 cents to $1, and the profits at $20 to $175 the acre, well- 

 managed apple orchards in Western New York being made to pay 10 per 

 cent, or more on a valuation of $1,000 the acre, while orchards in some 

 of the Western States have changed hands at more than twice this figure. 



A. P. 



Apple, New Varieties. By W. A. Taylor (U.S.A. Dept. Agr. Year 

 Book, 1907, pp. 305-6 ; 2 plates).— Delicious, a new variety, resembling 

 ' Williams Favourite ' ; Ensee, a new variety of the Washington type. 



E. A. Bd. 



Apple Worm, Eggs and Stages of the Lesser. By E. P. 



Taylor (Jour. Econ. Entom. ii. (1909), 3, p. 237.)— This insect (Enarmonia 

 prunivora Walsh) is shown to lay its eggs, of which a description is now 



