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probably an old lake or sea floor, he found in one place 5808 flowers 

 (3780 of Anthyllis vulneraria) and in another 8876 (Pedicularis 5160 

 and Galium asperum 2960) in the same area. At the Col de Jorat 

 there were 7200 single flowers of Anthyllis and in another place 2360 

 of Cerastium latijolitim. All these "places" were of the same area 

 90 X 90 cm. not to a square metre. — G, F. S. E. 



Forestry [Quart. Jour, of Forestry, January and April 1914). — 

 The account of the visit of several members of the Society to German 

 forests under the leadership of Sir William Schlich is interesting reading 

 and should be fraught with good results, as far at least as the economic 

 management of woodlands is concerned. Other papers are " Ray 

 Tracheids in Sequoia sempervirens," " Protomorphic Shoots in the 

 genus Pinus," and " Ghermes on Larch." — A. D. W. 



Forestry {Trans. R. Scot. Arb. Soc., vol. 28, pt. i. Jan. 

 1914). — There is little to interest the British forester in Part i. of 

 volume 28 ; foreign matter such as " The State Forests of Saxony " 

 and " Some Vegetable Types at High Altitudes " occupying the main 

 portion of the work. 



The article on " Timber Research Work at the Cambridge School 

 of Forestry " is useful, particularly the chapter devoted to Thuja 

 gigantea and Douglas Fir in mixture. Benmore estate, in Argyllshire, 

 has always afforded good examples of carefully-conducted forestry, 

 and Mr. M'Beath is to be congratulated on his excellent paper on 

 these two coniferous trees, which, for afforesting purposes, have much 

 to recommend them. It is indeed pleasing to know that both species 

 are doing so well in Northern Scotland.—^. D. W. 



Fragaria, A Preliminary Mote on the Genetics of. By C. W. 



Richardson [Jour. Gen. iii. p. 171, Feb. 1914 ; plate). — ^The author 

 found, when runner-producing plants were crossed with runnerless 

 {F. de Gaillon), the runner-producing form is dominant, and in alpines 

 red fruit-colour is dominant to white. The monophyllous type is 

 apparently recessive to the triphyllous. The garden hybrids are being 

 experimented with, but their origin seems obscure (see, however. 

 Journal R.H.S. xxxix. p. 541) and no decided conclusions have been 

 reached except that the author considers it probable that most of the 

 characters of the plant, except perhaps the perpetual fruiting of some, 

 are due to simple factors. — F. J. C. 



Fruit and Truck Crop Pest, A New. By E. J. Vosler {U.S. A, 

 St. Com. Hort. Cat., Bull. June 1913, vol. ii. No. 6 ; 3 figs.). — This insect, 

 which has been named Irhisia brachycerus Uhler, and has been 

 recently described by Mr. Hudeman as Capsus solani, belongs 

 to the order Hemiptera. It does not appear to do very considerable 

 damage, although it is occasionally found on rhubarb leaves. 



Other pests noted in this bulletin include the walnut mealy 

 bug, the corn worm, nematode worms, and mottled leaf. There is 

 also a paper on the use of flour paste in lime-sulphur solutions in 

 the control of the citrus red spider. — V. G. J. 



