September t, 1S9T,] Snpplemeni to ihe *'Tyopmt AgncuHmisV^ 
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already been sold is the best possible proof of 
the usefulness aud popularity of Mr. Warring- j 
ton's manual."' 
Panehutano is the name of the shrub, the extract I 
from the root of which has been found a good 
substitute for quinine. 
"The Rural Economy and Agriculture of 
Australia and Xew Zealand " is the title of Pro- 
fessor Wallace's new book which is just out. The 
volume consisting of four or five hundred pages, 
is furnished with ten maps, 90 full-page plates, 
and 24 text illustrations, and is priced at one 
guinea. The publishers are Messrs. Sampson Low, 
Marston & Co., London. 
Following the experiments of Fetchner in 
applying electricity to vegetation, a Russian 
agriculturist, M. Spechneff, is reported to have 
made a trial of seeds, which he electrified for 
two minutes by means of a current and repeated 
the operation ten times upon peas, beans, rye, 
&c. He found that, as a rule, tlie electri- 
lisation of seeds nearly doubled the rapidity 
of their growth. He then tried to electrilise 
the earth, and the effect of the continuous 
current upon the vegetation is said to YiAxe been 
very marked. ' Aradish grew 17'3inches in length, 
with a diameter of inches, and carrot l0'6 
inches in diameter weighed 6 6 lbs. The harvest 
was in all four times superior to the ordinary for 
roots, aud two or three times for plants, and the 
extra growth did not appear to affect the quality 
of the roots or plants in any way. 
Our thanks are due to the Editors of the follow- 
ing publications for copies of their latest issues : 
St. Thomas' College Magazine, Richmond College 
Magazine, Jaffna College Miscellany, Hindu 
Organ, Jaffna Patriot, and Catholic Messenger. 
We have also to acknowladge with thanks copies 
of the Journal of the Society of Arts, the Agri- 
cultural Gazette of New South Wales, the Agri- 
cultural Journal of Cape Colony, and Bulletin No. 
21 of the Agricultural Department of Jfadras, and 
Kew Bulletin No. 48. 
The husks of maize or Indian corn are now 
being used in the making of some kinds of paper in 
I the United States. They are first made to yield a 
I glutinous substance by treatment with boiling 
I caustic ,soda, and this paste is separated from tlie 
j fibres of the husk by a liydraulic press working 
over a finely perforated bed plate. The glutinous 
! matter is passed througli the machines in the 
j usual way and made into paper, while the fibres 
are sold for use in other industries. 
