April, 1910 
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Forest Red Gums, Bundaleer Forest. 
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moisture in the soil ; the drier the soil 
-and the more exposed th» situation, the 
more water it will need. 
The Loganberry may be propagated 
‘either by root division or by layering. 
The growing canes may be layered by 
simply bending the canes down to the 
ground, fastening them with a forked 
stick to keep them in position, and cover- 
ing loosely with a mulch of soil, which 
should be kept moist. The cane will 
produce roots freely and readily from each 
leaf joint under the oil. Hach winter 
“the old and straggling canes should be 
removed so as to allow the new growths 
to become strong and produce good fruit. 
In spring or early summer the strong 
growing shoots should be pinched back so 
as to strengthen the cane and produce a 
-good quanity of fruiting laterals. 
The Loganberry is mentionedin some 
American horticultural magazines as a 
-honey plant, owing to the fact that the 
bees cluster around the flowersin consider- 
able numbers. Still it would not be ad- 
visable to plant it for thit purpose, as 
there are many other plants more suitable 
as ‘bee-plants,’ which flower simultane- 
ously with the Loganberry. 
Having made so marked a success in the 
production of the Loganberry, horticul- 
turists have utilised this plant for further 
hybridizing purposes ; and as a result 
two new berries have been piaced on the 
market. . These are the’ Laxtonberry and 
the Lowberry. The Lowberry is the 
finest of these /\vo, and is a cross ‘between 
the Loganberry and the blackberry. Tt 
produces remarkably large berries, black 
in color, and very juicy, the berries being 
sometimés 1} inches in length. 
Victorian ‘Journal of Agriculture’. 
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A Striking Exhibit at the 
Recent Show. 
At the: Royal Show, held in Adelaide 
last month, there was an .exhibit erected 
by the Pope Brothers that was an object 
lesson to everyone who saw it. We 
should say that everything was there 
that could be produced outside of tropical 
conditions. All of the exhibits having 
_ been produced on the same farm shows 
what patient industry can develop 
Almost every article under the head of 
agriculture, horticulture, and  sheep- 
farming was included, and the manu- 
facture of jams. pickles, and the domestic 
economies were all there. 
rR SR RATE A Rae A 
The banyan tree of East India is 
remarkable for the fact that ita branches 
droop down to the ground and take root 
as separate stems. / 
