190 Botanisches Centralblatt. 



Petition allemande. Bern, K. J. Wvss, 1907. 8°. III, 267, 80 und 

 2 pp. m. Abb. u. 1 Taf.) 



Gareia, F. 1907. Melon Culture. (Bull. 63 New Mexico agric. Expt. 

 Stat. 1907. p. 1—38. 10 figs.). [Methods of cultivating and varieties 

 of watermelon, Citrullus vulgaris, and muskmelon, Cucumis melo. 

 Sixteen watermelons and nine muskmelons are described and 

 figured.] 



Garrison, G. 1906. A California onion seed farm. (Amer. Homes 

 and Gardens. III. 5. p. 313—315. 7 ill.). [Account of onion seed 

 farms in the Santa Clara Valley. Some 25 varieties are grown. 

 The seed is planted in December and the crop is gathered in 

 Aug. or Sept. The seed is threshed by machinery, a modified 

 grain thresher. One of the Photographie illustrations shows a 

 large field of Red Wethersfield Onions in seed. — Swingle.] 



Green, S. B. 1907. Principles of american forestry. (New York 



1907. 8°. XIII, 324 pp. 73 ill.) 



Green, W. J. 1907. Report of the Forester. (Bull. 188 Ohio Agric. 

 Exp. Station (Wooster, O.). p. 42—51. 1907). [First report of the 

 newly established department of forestry for 1906 and 1907. — 

 Swingle.] 



Holder, Ch. F. 1907. Life on an olive ranch. (Amer. Homes and Gar- 

 dens. IV. 3. p. 114—116. 5 ills.) [Olive culture in California. There are 

 2,500,000 olive trees in the State.] 



Iorns, M. J. 1908. Report of the Horticulturist. (Annual Rept. 

 Porto Rico agric. Expt. Stat. 1907 [1908]. p. 20—30. 2 pl.) 



Jardine, W. M. 1908. Notes on dry Farming. (Circ. 10, Bureau 

 Plant. Ind. U. S. Dept. Agric. Washington D.C. p. 1—6.) 



Jensen, Hj. 1908. Onderzoekingen over tabak der Vorstenlanden. 

 Verslag over het jaar 1907. (Buitenzorg, Drukkerij v. h. Dept. 



1908. 22 pp. 4 pl.) 



Kanamori, S. 1908. On the agronomical equivalent of artificial 

 magnesium carbonate. (Bull. Coli. Agric. Tokyo. VII. 5. p. 609— 

 612. 1 pl.) 



Kearney, T. H. 1908. Dry-land olive culture in northern Africa. 

 (Bull. Dept. agric. Washington. 1908. 48 pp. 4 pl. and 10 fig.) 



Kruyff, E. de 1908. Blauwe suiker. (Arch. Java-Suikerind. XVI. 4. 

 p. 225—229.) 



Leenhoff, J. W. van 1908. Report of the Coffee Expert. (Annual 

 Rept. Porto Rico agric. Expt. Stat. 1907 [1908]. p. 39—40. [Five 

 year's work in renovating a coffee grove with financial Statement.] 



Lindinger, L. 1908. Die Bewurzelungsverhältnisse grosser Mono- 

 kotylenformen und ihre Bedeutung für den Gärtner. (Gartenflora. 

 LVII. 11. p. 281—291. 12. p. 308—318. 14. p. 367-378. 12 Abb.) 



Loew, O. 1908. Report of the Physiologist. (Annual Rept. Porto 

 Rico agric. Expt. Stat. 1907 [1908]. p. 16—19.) [Fermentation of 

 tobaeco, diseases of tobaeco, notes on the avocado fruit.] 



Löschnig, J. 1908. Praktische Anleitung zum rationellen Betriebe 

 des Obstbaues. 2. Aufl. (Wien. 1908. gr. 8°. mit 5 kol. Taf. u. 

 331 Fig.) 



Merrill, L. A. 1908. Utah State Farmers' Institutes for the year 

 ending June 30 1907. (Bulletins of the Agricultural College of Utah, 

 VII. 4. p. 1 — 15, 5 halftone cuts and Vignette on cover, 1908.) 

 [History of arid farming in Utah, p. 9—13; soils for arid farming, 

 p. 14 — 18; preeipitation for arid farming, p. 19—22; the experi- 

 mental arid farms, p. 23—25; methods of arid farming, p. 26—30. — 

 Swingle.] 



