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JOUENAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



oleaginous Pea, both as fodder and bedding for cattle, and as an 

 article of human food. Compared with other Leguminosae this plant 

 contains : 



Composition 



Soya 



Haricot 



Pea 



Lentil 



Bean 



Yellow 

 Lupin 





6-91 



15-0 



13-92 



13-4 



16-46 



16-61 



Nitrogenous matters . 



38-29 



26-9 



21-72 



24-0 



24-88 



35-32 



Fatty substance . 



18-71 



3-0 



2-01 



26-0 



1-67 



4-97 



Non-nitrogenous extractives 



26-20 



48-8 



54-27 



49-4 



47-16 



29-17 



Cellulose .... 



5-33 



2-8 



4-50 



6-9 



6-81 



14-15 



Ash 



4-56 



3-5 



2-57 



3-7 



2-28 



3-78 



As fodder, both seeds and green tops are invaluable. When the 

 oil has been extracted, the residue forms an oil-cake containing 45.5 

 per cent, protein. Like other Leguminosae this plant enriches the 

 soil with nitrogen. 



As food for man, the beans are used in the East as substitutes for 

 butter, oil and niilk. The expressed juice makes an excellent cheese 

 known as To-fu, which can be eaten raw or fried like potatos. The 

 beans are the principal ingredient of Indian Soy Sauce. The small 

 starch content also renders them a valuable article of diet in diabetes. 

 Recipes are given in the article. — F. A. W. 



Strawberry Leaf-spot {Jour. Bd. Agr. vol. xvii. p. 476, Sep- 

 tember 1910, plate). — The following method of combating the disease 

 has proved highly satisfactory when strawberry beds are badly rusted. 

 The beds should be mown soon after the fruit is gathered, covering 

 the dry leaves with a sprinkling of straw or dry litter and burning 

 them.— W. S. 



Strawberry **Reg'ina." By Abbi Touraine {Le Jard. xxic. 565, 

 p. 262; September 5, 1910; 1 fig.). — A new perpetual strawberry, out 

 of Cemina and Suavis. Thrives on poor soil. The runners are very 

 fertile ; those taken off in the spring will flower in August and fruit in 

 September. Fruit large, triangular, firm and juicy. Deep pink, white 

 inside. — F. A. W. 



Styrax Hemsleyanus {Bot. Mag. tab. 8339). — Nat. ord. Styra^ 

 caceae. Central China. Tree 20-30 feet high; leaves obovate-elliptic, 

 5 inches long; inflorescence racemose or subpaniculate, 3-6 inches long; 

 flowers IJ inch across ; corolla white. — G. H. 



Sugar-Beet Seed, Conditions influencing- the Production of 



in U.S. By C. 0. Townsend {U.S.A. Dep. Agr., Year Book, 1909).— 

 About three-quarters of a million dollars annually are spent by the 

 United States abroad in purchase of seed, which probably could be 

 equally well raised at home. 



The first step towards high-grade seed is the production of roots 

 of satisfactory shape, size, equality, and these can be found in practi- 

 cally every section of the sugar-beet belt. 



