1 Frs., 1899.] QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 105: 
Colonel Halford Thomson, F.R.H.S., the inventor of Jadoo, in a lecture 
geurered before the Vine and Fruitgrowers’ Association of Worthing, England,. 
said :— 
Take the case of a greenhouse. As a rule, the way in which pests of any 
kind find their way into a greenhouse is by getting into the soil. Now, Jadoo 
has been kept at the boiling-point for thirty minutes, and upon that depends 
much of its success, for whatever living organisms may have been in the 
material must in this way be destroyed. 
Jadoo will have no effect at ali on the tap-root, but an enormous effect on 
the fibrous roots near the surface. Look at this picture of a Zacsonia. That 
shows you something of its effect on the fibrous roots. Itis a photograph of a 
Tacsonia that I had in a large stone bed in a conservatory. It was flowering: 
very badly. I took off the top three inches of earth, laid bare the roots, put a 
layer of Jadoo around them, and covered it with a board. In less than six 
weeks that Jadoo was simply a mass of fibrous roots; the whole three inches 
were full of roots, and the plant flowered grandly. 
In the case of fruit trees, I have found that Jadoo enormously increases 
the crop of fruit. One of the greatest advantages is that Jadoo prevents 
flagging. When you plant out a tree, put a small quantity of Jadoo above 
and below—above only, if economy has to be considered—and that tree will 
never flag. You are certain then that you will not lose it. We have had 
lately some very strong certificates from the Government Forest Department 
at a place in Denmark, and they say that they have obtained extraordinary 
results by planting out in this way, and also by sowing in the Jadoo mixed 
with earth. The Agricultural Society of India recently sent some certificates 
showing the difference that Jadoo makes in the time that seed takes to 
germinate. In the case of tea it was eleven days for Jadoo against thirty- 
seven for earth; in the case of coffee, it was rooted in one-half the time it took 
in earth. Every kind of thing they put into Jadoo always rooted in at least 
half of the usual time. And that brings me back to the old point—Jadoo 
encourages fibrous rooting. That is what you want. If you are using Jadoo 
you are attracting out surface roots. You have the whole thing under your 
hand, and your are putting in something of which you certainly do not lose 
the effects in any reasonable period. You are improving the soil; the peat 
moss of which the Jadoo is largely composed remains, and is almost imperish- 
able, so that whenever you give food afterwards, you have a medium there that 
will store it and convey it to the plant. 
Tun Fruitgrowers’ Newspaper, London, referring to the use of Jadoo fibre, has 
the following article on : 
FORCED PEACHES. 
Of the many tests made during the past year none is more instructive or 
important than our experiments with peaches under glass. ‘his fruit, provided 
it is handled in a proper manner, can be made exceedingly profitable, and the 
result we secured passed all expectations. We found that our hint to ensure 
a cool root or the roots resting in cool surroundings was a good one. Before 
starting our crop we carefully went through our notebook, and we found that 
this point was emphasised from the results secured by other crops, hence one 
we should ensure in dealing with the forced peach crop. If we look at the: 
culture of forced vines we find the root of the plant itself set outside the house,. 
in outside soil, and our observations have led us to conclude that vines thus 
planted produce the best results when forced. In dealing with our outdoor 
grapes we find that the bunches of fruit can be considerably improved by 
covering them over with a glass cover of any shape or form, which focuses the 
heat and ensures to the grapes a larger supply of heat than is otherwise- 
