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^ " Lilium pardalinum. By S. Mottet (Rev. Hort. May 1, 1911; 

 pp. 214-215; illustration). — The illustration shows that the lily prac- 

 tically rises from a long rhizome rather than a bulb, evidencing a 

 transition between the two types of loot stocks, the rhizome resem- 

 bling that of Solomon's Seal except that it is scaly. This results 

 from the primary bulbiform root stock creeping horizontally, its 

 vitality persisting for several seasons, a cylindrical scaly mass result- 

 ing, the lily being terminally produced during the season. — C. T. D. 



Lime-water Bordeaux for Spraying-. By D. Mc Alpine (Jour. 

 Agr. Vict. Nov. 1910, pp. 728, 732).— Formula for 50 gallons : Copper 

 sulphate, 10 oz. ; lime-water, 8^ gallons. Water to make up to 50. 

 gallons. The object of using lime-water instead of milk of lime is the 

 considerable reduction in the amount of copper sulphate needed, which 

 is a saving of cost and also adds less copper to the soil, which might 

 be detrimental. In spraying experiments with this mixture on apple 

 trees at the School of Horticulture, Burnley, in 1908, lime-water 



I Bordeaux was tested on apple trees, along with the ordinary Bordeaux 

 mixture, with the result that both were equally efficacious in pre- 

 venting black spot in apples. The former adhered just as well as 



I the other, and it had the additional advantage of being free from gritty 

 particles, of acting at once on the spores of fungus, and of containing 

 a much smaller proportion of blue-stone. 



I The preparation is both quickly and easily made. The fresh quick' 

 lim.e has first to be slaked. This may be readily done by just sufficient 

 water to start the process and then adding more gradually, as it is 

 absorbed. The process may be hastened by the addition of hot water, 

 but it must be remembered that lime, contrary to the usual rale, is less 

 soluble in hot than in cold water. When the slaked lime is mixed 

 with water it may either form a cream or a milk of lime, according to 

 the amount of water added. Lime is only very slightly soluble in water 

 at the rate of about 1 lb. in 80 gallons of water, so that 1 lb. of lime 

 will be ample for 50 gallons of lime-water. When sufficient water is 

 added to the milk of lime, it is thoroughly stirred and then allowed to 

 settle, and the clear liquid which forms on the top in about a quarter 

 of an hour is lime-water. The lime-water is allowed to run into the 

 barrel of the spray-pump, the necessary blue-stone in solution is added, 

 and the barrel holding 50 gallons is then filled up with water, when 

 the material is ready for spraying. Where spraying is done on a 

 large scale, it will be found convenient to i-ig up barrels with cocks or 

 spigots on an elevated platform. The lime-water could be made in one 

 barrel and ordinary water contained in the other, so that both liqufds 

 could be run into the barrel of the spray-pump as required, without loss 

 of time.— C. H. H. 



Lonicera Henryi (Bot. Mag. tab. 8375). China. Family 

 Caprifoliaceae ; tribe, Lonicereae. Shrub; leaves, oblong-lanceolate, 

 If-^f inches long; flov/ers on 2-flowered peduncles; corolla, rose 

 coloured. — G. H. 



