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Abutilons. By Numa Schneider {Rev. Hort. pp. 32-34, Jan. 16, 

 ]912). — -An interesting article giving a descriptive list of numerous 

 floriferous varieties and suggestions as to propagation and cultivation. 



G. T. D. 



Abutilons, Hybrid. By E. de Noter {Le Jard. xxv. 593. p. 328, 

 Nov. 5, 1911; coloured plate. — A plea for the Abutilon ( x ' de Noter ') 

 in bedding out, as an alternative to Begonias and Pelargoniums. 

 These hybrids, which are all fertilized from ' Triomphe,' if sown Jan.- 

 Peb. in the greenhouse or hot-bed, flower in May, and can be bedded 

 out. In September they may be lifted back to the greenhouse, or 

 any place free from frost (in fact they are said to survive — 5° 0.), 

 kept almost dry, and planted out again the next spring. The eighty 

 varieties offered by M. de Noter all have large cup-shaped corollas, 

 5-8 cm. across, instead of the old bell-shaped flowers. — F. A. W. 



Agave marmorata {Bot. Mag. t. 8442). — Mexico. Family 

 Amaryllidaceae ; tribe Agaveae. Eosette 2 yards in diameter; leaves 

 44 inches long; inflorescence 12 feet tall; perianth bright yellow. 



G. H. 



Ag'ave protuberans {Bot. Mag. t. 8429). — Mexico. Family 

 Amaryllidaceae; tribe Agaveae. Herb; tuber, globose, 2 inches wide. 

 Leaves somewhat fleshy, 6-8 inches long, green blotched with 

 brownish-purple; scape 2 feet high; spike 4 inches long, dense; 

 perianth, greenish blotched with purple. — G. H. 



Almond Peaches. By Pierre Parry {Le Jard. xxv. 595, p. 356). 

 An interesting discussion on the nature of certain hybrids of peaches 

 ,and almonds produced by M. Beaumont at Bellenavis (Allier). For 

 some years these were held to be ornamental only, there being a fine 

 show of blossom but no fruit. In 1908, however, a quantity of fruits 

 formed, from which twenty-five young plants were raised. This 

 ; fertility tends to show the close relationship between peaches and 

 1 almonds as upheld by Knight and by Augustin Saferet, grandfather of 

 M. Parry.— F. A. W. 



Ang-ioptepis evecta, On the Vegretative Multiplication of. 



I By W. Docters van Leeuwen {Ann. Jard.. Bot. Buit. ser. ii. vol. x., 

 I pt. 2, pp. 202-209; 1912; 1 plate and 2 text figs.)— The giant fern 

 I ^'figiopteris evecta produces four potential bud-rudiments upon each 

 of its leaf -bases. The leaf -blade and petiole are shed by the plant 

 j after two or three years, whilst the leaf -base persists for some years 



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