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several other West Indian Islands where it is a serious pest, possibly 

 rivalling the well-known Aleyrodes citri Eiley and Howard, in Florida. 



V. G. J. 



Wisteria multijuga (Gard. Mag., No. 2935, Jan. 29, 1910, 

 pp. 85).— The value of Wisteria cJmiensis is well known, but W. 

 multijuga is not so often seen. _ If it is not quite so free flowering 

 it has other charms which more than compensate, A rampant grower, 

 its great distinction lies in the production of racemes which are often 

 three or even four feet in length of an equally beautiful colour as 

 cJiinensis. It is very suitable for a fence, pergola, or arch. — E. B. 



Xeronema Moorii {Bot. Mag. tab. 8342). — Nat. ord. Tiliaceae; 

 tribe Asphodeleae. New Caledonia. Herb, leaves 1^ feet long, finely 

 dotted ; scape with raceme 6 inches long, abruptly bent ; flowers erect, 

 reddish purple, 8 lines long; stamens twice as long as the perianth; 

 anthers dark purple. — G. H. 



Yucca filifera. By Charles Cochels (Rev. Hort. Sept. 1, 1910, 

 pp. 339-402 ; one illustration.) — The illustration, a reproduction of 

 a photograph, represents a most extraordinary specimen of this species 

 growing at Saint- Anne's, Herault, France. It was planted about 

 1869, and has now a trunk of about 13 feet high and about 10 in. 

 circumference, bearing a number of branches forming a huge arbore- 

 scent head about 40 feet high and 20 in diameter, the whole clothed in 

 decumbent leafage. The more remarkable feature, however, is the 

 regular annual production of a number of huge pendulous bunches of 

 flowers of a lemon-like odour, about a foot through and 8 or 9 feet 

 long, white with greenish exterior, the whole forming a most hand- 

 some j^lant. It is to be noted that this is not a synonym of 

 Y. filamentosa, which is of different habit. Will stand —15*^ Cent, 

 = 27° frost Fahr. Should be planted quite in the open, in full sun. 



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