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parts of mutton tallow. The excess of grease is removed by drawing 

 the calico between two sticks as it leaves the mixture. — ^S'. E. W. 



Buddleia officinalis {Bot. Mag. t. 8401).— China. Family, 

 Loganiaceae; tribe, Euloganieae. Shrub, 2-8 feet high, with numerous 

 branches. Leaves lanceolate 4 inches long. Flowers in dense 

 panicles, or thyrses 3-12 inches long, composed of short, subglobose 

 glomerules. Corolla, pale lilac, with orange throat. — G. H. 



Bulbs in Park and Garden. By W. Wiirth (Oestr. Gart. Zeit. 

 vol. vi. pt. xii. pp. 457-60). — The following bulbs are recommended for 

 planting in parks and gardens: Crocus (on the lawn), single tulips (such 

 as 'Due von Thol,' ' Artus, ' 'Yellow Prince'), Galanthus nivalis, 

 G. Elwesii, and G. cilicus, Leucojum vernum, and L, aesUvum, Nar- 

 cissus poeticus, incomparahilis , hiflorus and Pseudo-Narcissus, S cilia 

 hifolia, sihirica, ■nutans, Peruviana, and canifanulata, Chionodoxa 

 luciliae, Puschkinia scilloid,es, Muscari hotryoides, racemosum, 

 azureum, and plumosum, Ornithogalum umhellatum, caudatum, 

 comosum, nutans, and pyrenaicum, Fritillaria Meleagris, and Eranthis 

 hiemalis. — S. E. W. 



Bulgaria, Botanizing" in. By 0. F. Ball (Gard. Chron. p. 252, 

 April 20, 1912, and p. 274, April 27, 1912; 4 figs.).— A concise and 

 instructive account of the good plants met with on an expedition to 

 Mount Vitosha, the Shipka Pass, Kasanlik, and the Eilo Mountains, 

 and also in the Eoyal Gardens at Sofia and Yrana. — E. A. B. 



Cabbage Root, Effect of Club Root Disease on Ash Con- 

 stituents of. By H. S. Eeed {Phytopathology , i. 5, pp. 159-63). — 

 The author shows that much more calcium, magnesium, phosphoric fc 

 acid, potassium and sulphuric acid are contained in diseased than in | 

 healthy roots. The greatest increase is in the potassium, and this is li 

 connected with an increase in protoplasm and in starch. The propor- Iji 

 tion of potassium to sodium is greater in the diseased roots, as is that of I 

 calcium to magnesium. The proportion of magnesium to phosphorus | 

 remains about the same. The author regards the differences found as i 

 sufficient to indicate a definite correlation in the metabolism both of ) 

 healthy and of diseased plants. — F. J. C. I 



Cabbag-e Seed Beds, Observations on Screening- {U.S.A. i 

 Exp. Stat., New York, Bull. 334, p. 13; Feb. 1911).— This bulletin | 

 gives the results of tests with cheesecloth for the protection of cabbage | 

 seed-beds against insect injuries. | 



The important insects attacking seedlings are the turnip flea-beetle, | 

 Phyllotreta vittata Fab., which injures the leaves of the young plant; | 

 and the cabbage-maggot, Pegomya spp., which attacks the underground | 

 portion of the plant. i 



Cheesecloth conserves the moisture, increases the temperature, i 

 and in the early season furnishes more congenial conditions for growth. ] 

 Plants raised under cloth start sooner, grow faster, and obtain the ^ 



