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become nearly transparent and ripen naturally without further treat- 

 ment. 



Fresh ripe dates are very soft and deteriorate quickly, due to the 

 inversion of cane sugar, and the flavour is much injured. By artifi- 

 cially ripening they could be placed on the table with their full quota 

 of cane sugar and no loss of flavour. — E. B. 



Fruits, Culture of Small. By C. I. Lewis and 0. A. Cole {U.S.A. 

 Exp. Stn., Oregon, Bull. 105; March 1909; 12 plates).— Full details 

 are given of the routine work of cultivation, gathering, and marketing of 

 all the usually grown small fruits, as well as of black caps, cranberries, 

 and phenomenal berries, the latter, which resemble the loganberry, 

 being one of Burbank's productions (dewberry and raspberry). , 



Strawberry growing has reached a high standard in this State, as 

 much as $1,500 worth having been picked from a single acre. In the j 

 raising of young plants it is recommended to grow parent plants 

 specially for that purpose, such plants never being allowed to fruit, nor, 

 during the first year of growth, to produce any runners, and subse- 

 quently only half the number they would do naturally (p. 5). Young | 

 plants intended for fruiting should be allowed to produce neither fruit 

 nor runners the first year, and should always be carefully summer 

 pruned. Many good varieties are self -sterile in the States, needing ' 

 some variety which is an abundant pollen-producer to be planted in 

 connexion with them (p. 11). — A. P. 



Garden, Botanic, Nongko Djadjar, nr. Lawang- in East Java. 



By M. Buysman {Die Gart, p. 602, November 19, 1910).— At an : 

 altitude of 1,230 metres. Herminiem elaphioxylon, from Senegambia, ^ 

 is a tree which seems to be exceedingly rare and difficult to grow ; it | 

 has orange-coloured flowers, and the wood is very light and is used for | 

 the same purpose as cork. It grows well here, and there will be a j 

 large quantity of seeds to spare. In its native habitat it invariably ■ 

 grows near rivers. The pinnate leaves are of a bright green, and the 

 branches and stem have very large sharp thorns. 



Hunnemannia fumariifolia grows into a large shrub and flowers 

 uninterruptedly, but suffers sometimes through heavy rains. 



Mimosa species grow rapidly, and in less than a year form good- 

 sized trees and are continuous-flowering. 



Platycodon {Campanula) grandijiora is always in flower, but the 

 plants remain rather dwarf. 



Carica Papaya fruited six months after sowing. 



European weeds, such as Senecio vulgaris and many others, all 

 quite plentiful, grow and increase as well here as in Europe. European 

 fruit and vegetables grow fairly or very well, but they are tasteless. 



Oranges grow well and fruit quickly, but no matter how long they 

 remain on the trees they are always green and never sweet ; the 

 same happens on the Philippine Islands. — G. R. 



Grafts, inverse. By L. Damel {Rev. Hort. October 16, 1910; 

 pp. 469-471; three illustrations.) — An interesting article on inverse 



