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Islands suffer from an affection of the hands at ** bunching " time, 

 the nature of which has not yet been satisfactorily ascertained. 



M. L. H. 



Gardeners, Mortality of. By F. Kanngiesser (Gartenflora, vol.lx. 

 pt. XV. 329-31). — A three years' average shows that the deaths of 

 gardeners in Germany are due to the following causes : — 



Tuberculosis 



36*3 per cent. 



Apoplexy 



3'6 per cent. 



Heart diseases 



12 „ „ 



Kidney diseases 



3-6 „ „ 



Nervous diseases . 



4-3 „ „ 



Stomach diseases . 



3-6 „ „ 



Suicide 



4-3 „ „ 



Appendicitis . 



3-2 „ „ 



Accidents 



4-3 „ „ 



Cancer . 



2 „ „ 



Liver . 



4 „ „ 



Diabetes 



1-7 „ „ 

 S. E, W. 



Gipsy and Brown-Tail Moths througrh Imported Nursery 

 Stock, Dangrer of General Spread of the. By 0. L. Marlatt 

 [U.S.A. Dep. Agr., Farm. Bull. 453; April 1911; 7 figs.).— This 

 paper gives a record of the infested importation during the last two 

 years and descriptions of nursery conditions in Europe, showing the 

 nature of the infestation there, and concludes with a brief description, 

 with illustrations, of the two moth pests which are now being 

 imported. — V. G.J. 



Gladiolus, A new * Glory' {Rev. Hort. p. 414; Sept. 16, 1911). 



Described as the commencement of a new race raised in the United 

 States, and exhibited in France by MM. Cayeux and Le Clerc. The 

 flowers are large, open, with broad, beautifully undulate petals, 

 creamy-rose, with a crimson central spot. Very vigorous, reaching 

 a height of over four feet. Spike of 8 to 15 flowers. — C. T. D. 



Gladiolus Gandavensis * Schwaben.' By P. Schmidt {Oestr. 

 Gart, Zeit. vol. vi. pt. xh. pp. 464-6; 1 plate). — This new Gladiolus 

 bears twenty yellow flowers on a stem. — S. E. W. 



Gramineae, Systematic Description of. By Ernst H. L. 

 Krause {Beih. Bot. Cent. Bd. 27, Abt. ii. Heft 3, pp. 412-24).--> 

 Notes on the correct systematic position of thirty-two genera of grasses.^ 



G. F. S. E. : 



Grape Insects, A Preliminary Report on. By Frederick Z. 

 Hartzell {U.S.A. Exp. Sta., Neio York, Bull. 331; Dec. 1910; 15 

 plates, 7 figs.). — This is a report of the studies on the grape flea-beetle, 

 the grape-blossom midge, the rcse-chafer, the grape root-worm, and 

 the grape leaf -hopper. — 7. G. J. 



Green-houses, Painting* interior of {Oestr. Gart. Zeit. vol. vi. 



pt. xii. pp. 452-5). — The durability of the paint used for the interior of 

 a green-house is increased by the addition of paraffin wax dissolved in 

 hot turpentine or petroleum. — S. E. W, 



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