1876.] 
CEDRELA SINENSIS. 
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The time of applying liquid manure will vary according to soil, climate, &c. 
Where the soil is of a sandy nature, it may be judiciously applied when the flower- 
stems have made half their growth. My soil being of a strong character, I com¬ 
mence its use only when the leading flower-buds have fairly made their appearance. 
—George Eudd, Underclijfe^ Bradford^ Yorks. 
CEDBELA SINENSIS. 
« HIS plant, which was originally described in the Eevue Horticole (1865, 
p. 366), under the name of Ailantus jlavescens.^ proves to be the Cedrela 
f sinensis, of Jussieu, a fact which M. Carriere has ascertained by the 
examination of authentic specimens. The living tree was originally 
described as of vigorous habit, slightly ramified, with pale green smooth bark, 
and imparipinnate leaves, consisting of 13-17 pairs of leaflets, the rachis—ex¬ 
ceptionally attaining 3' 4" in length in very vigorous young plants, placed in the 
most favourable conditions for development—being glabrous, covered with a 
yellowish bark, and the leaflets oval-lanceolate, very slightly falcate, acuminate, 
