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Lissoehilus Stylites {Bot. Mag. t. 8397). — Tropical Africa, 

 Family, Orchidaceae ; tribe, Vandeae. Herb, terrestrial, 3-5 feet high. 

 Leaves linear-lanceolate, 2|-3 feet long; l|-2 inches wide. Scapes, 

 3-5 feet high. Eacemes lax, 1 foot long, 6 -9 -flowered. Flowers 

 purple, showy; sepals reflexed, inches long, pale-green tinged 



with lilac at the base; petals suborbicular, inches long, pale- 



purple. — G. H. 



Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda). By Henry S. Graves {U.S.A. 

 Dep. Agr., Forest Service, Circ. 183). — A valuable tree for afforesting 

 in the south-eastern parts of the United States, where it succeeds well, 

 and is of large size and rapid of growth. The timber, however, is of 

 no great value, being knotty and coarse-grained, but largely used for 

 railroad purposes and box-making. It soon decays when brought in 

 contact with the soil. — A. D. W. 



Malus floribunda purpurea {Rev. Hort. Beige, p. 19, Jan. 1, 

 1911). — Messrs. Barbier, of Orleans, are offering a new ornamental 

 apple, which is said to be richer in colour than any other of the garden 

 varieties. It is a cross between M. floribunda atrosanguinea and 

 M. Niedzwetzkiana, and is said to be an abundant and early bloomer. 

 The flowers are of large size, crimson or bright cerise; stamens are 

 pink, tipped with purple ; buds are blood-red. The foliage is bronzy- 

 purple when young, passing to dark-green shaded bronze. Below the 

 bark the wood is blood-red shot with violet, and becomes pinkish 

 towards the centre. The fruit is very decorative, and is about the size 

 'and colour of that of Prunus Pissardi — that is, dark red, passing to 

 scarlet in the autumn, — M. L. H, 



Malus RingfO. By E. Gienapp {Oestr. Gart. Zeit. vol. vi. pt. viii. 

 pp. 289-91; 1 plate). — Malus Bingo is a highly decorative tree. The 

 variety M. B. fastigiata hifera is specially recommended. The fruit 

 makes a delicious preserve. — S. E. W. 



Manure for Carnations, Roses, and Bulbous Plants {Bev. 



Hort. de VAlgerie, p. 284; Aug. 1911). — Three formulae for chemical 

 manures arrived at by analysis of the respective plants. 

 For Carnations : 



43 kilos of dried meat at 8 per cent, of nitrogen. 



27 ,, ,, dried blood at 10 per cent, of nitrogen. 



21 ,, ,, bone superphospate. 

 9 ,, ,, sulphate of potash. 



Use 50 to 60 kilos to the are in two or three applications. 

 For Eoses : 



37 kilos of dried meat at 8 per cent, nitrogen. 



29 ,, dried blood at 10 per cent, phosphoric acid. 



22 ,, bone superphosphate. 

 12 sulphate of potash. 



Use 10 to 15 kilos to the are of this mixture during the summer and 

 15 to 20 kilos during the growing season in one or two applications. 



