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Loganberry By-Produets. By C. 1. Lewis and F. R. Brown 

 {U.S.A. Exp. Stn., Oregon, Bull. 117, 1914 ; figs.). — Deals with the 

 preparation of syrups from this fruit, and gives various recipes for its 

 utiHzation in the kitchen. — E. A. Bd. 



Maize, Somatic Variation in. By R. A. Emerson [U.S.A. St. 

 Bd., Nebraska, Bull. 4, 1914 ; figs.). — -A genetic study of a recurring 

 somatic variation in variegated ears of Maize. — E. A. Bd. 



Manure, Loss 0! Weight in Transit. By the Duke of Bedford, 

 K.G., F.R.S., and Spencer U. Pickering, M.A., F.R.S. [Woburn, i^th 

 Rep., 1914, pp. 73-85). — Owing to the deficiency in v\^eight of London 

 manure on delivery, amounting in some cases to 20 to 30 per cent., 

 experiments were undertaken to ascertain the normal loss of manure 

 from evaporation during a two days' journey and the loading and 

 unloading of the trucks. The results show that the loss may vary, 

 according to the character of the manure and the manner of handling, 

 from 8 per cent, to about ten times that amount, and any material 

 excess above these amounts should be regarded with suspicion. — A . P. 



Medicinal Plants in England, The Cultivation and Collection of. 

 By W. A. Whatmough [Jour. Bd. Agr. vol. xxi. No. 6, pp. 492-510 ; 

 plates). — " When this article was first projected it was intended 

 to be an appeal to wholesale druggists and drug merchants to 

 make some effort to prevent the extinction of drug cultivation in 

 England. The advent of the European war has completely changed 

 the situation. Growers of medicinal plants are now being bom- 

 barded with inquiries for supplies, especially of belladonna leaves 

 and root." The first part of the article is given to a short general 

 review of the sources of drug plants, and the rest consists of in- 

 formation relative to the cultivation of such British drugs as are 

 at present of most importance, with brief notes of others more or less 

 affected by the war crisis. — A . S. 



Mistletoe on the Rose {Rev. Hort. Apr. 16, 1914, p. 172).— 

 The rare case is cited of Mistletoe appearing on a cultivated Rose in 

 Alengon. It has been noted on the wild Rose, but has not hitherto 

 been observed on a cultivated variety. — C. T. D. 



Mole, The Food of the Common. By P. B. White {Jour."^ Bd. 

 Agr. vol. xxi. No. 5, pp. 401-407). — In a recent Bulletin of the Kansas 

 Experimental Station, Scheffer discussed the habits and food of the 

 Kansas Mole, Scalops aquaticus, and concluded that this mole is to be 

 regarded as a valuable asset to the agriculturist, not only in warring 

 against certain insect pests (notably " white grubs "), but also in the 

 aeration of the soil — its work in this direction more than atoning for the 

 slaughter of the earthworms on which it largely feeds. The appearance 

 of this article led the Zoological Department of the University College 

 of North Wales to undertake a similar investigation into the nature of 

 the food of the Common Mole, Talpa europaea. An examination of the 



