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THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 



July 19, 1902. 



77/ A" CYCLOr.EDIA OF AMEKICAX JIORTI 

 CULTURE. Edited l.y L. H. Railey, Macmillan c(- Co., 

 London and New Yorl:. J/ vols. 



The fourtli and concluding volnnie of this important 

 work lia.'ij list i)een issued, tlie first vohinie having aii[ieared 

 in 1900. Its aim is to make a coni[iIetL* record of the 

 condition of horticulture in North America at the liegin- 

 ning of the twentieth centurj-. The work discusses 

 the cultivation of fruits, flowers and garden vegetables, 

 describes all the species which are known to be in the horti- 

 cultural trade, outlines the horticultural possibilities of the 

 various states, territories and provinces including Porto Rico 

 and the Phillipines, and indicates the leading monographic 

 works relating to the various subjects. 



In carrying out this scheme the editor has availed himself 

 of the assistance of some four hundred an<l fifty cimtributors 

 — specialists in the subjects on which they have written, — 

 among whom are many of the leading American liotanists and 

 iigricultural ex|)crts. Particular attention has lieen devoted 

 to tro[iical and sub-tropical economic , plant.s, a fact which 

 greatly enhances the value of the work from a West Indian 

 ])oint of view. Among the contributors. are ^Messrs. Fawcett 

 and Harris of Jamaica, and Mr. J. H. Hart of Trinidad. 



The classification adojited is that of Hentham and Hooker 

 in their (lencra I'Uuitarinn, and the standard of nomenclature 

 that of the IndtJ' Kciin'nsis — facts which render these volumes 

 more useful to English workers tlian if the system of Engler 

 and I'rantl ha<l been used. 



ilanyofthe special articles are admirably illustratrrl 

 and contain much valuable information of use in the ^^'est 

 Indies. Si>ecial mention may be made of those on pruning, 

 seedage (the proiiagation of plants from seeds and sjiores), 

 ciittage (growth from cuttings), pine-ajiples, citrus plants, 

 spraying, transplanting, insects, and horticulture. 



A valuable feature of the work consists in the references 

 to the standard works in each subject on both the practical 

 and tlir scientific side. By this means anyone wisiiing to 

 make a detailed study of any particular ]ilant or subject is 

 at once jilaced on the right track to obtain the really useful 

 literature of the subject a boon of the utmost value to the 

 worker at a distance from a good scientific library. 



Although nuich of tlu^ information in these volumes is 

 not of direct application in the West Indies, nevertheless 

 the work, as a whole, is well woitliy of dose study by all 

 interested in trojiical agriculture and horticulture, mainly on 

 account of the suggestive character of many of the articles. 

 In its pages sonu^ idea of the great strides which have been 

 made in American horticulture can be gathered, as well as of 

 the nu'thods by which this progress has been achieved. As 

 a general up-to ilate work of reference on horticultural 

 .subjei't.s, these volumes are bound to [irove of great value to 

 all interested in the raising of economic jilants, whether in 

 the tropics or in temperate regions. To the various Agricid- 

 tural Societies, Natural History clubs, and libraries in the 

 West Indies, we heartily recommend the work. 



AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTIONS 

 THE WEST INDIES. 



IN 



Jamaica Board of Agriculture: (,'Iiiiin)i(in- : The Hcm'ble- 

 Sydney Olivier, C.M.G.; t^et-rdarij : W. R. Butten.shaw, INI. A., 

 B.Sc. ; Fiihlicafiiin — Occasional Bulletin. 



Jamaica Agricidtural Society (with thirty two affiliated 

 Branches). Knigston, Jamaica. Rnsident : Sir Augustus W.L. 

 Hemming, G.C.IM.G. De'pnty Cliairnum : Hon'ble Wni. Faw- 

 cett, B.Sc, F.L.S. Serretarij : John Barclay. ruilicafhiH : 

 "Journal of the Jamaica Agricultural Societj-." 



Royal Jamaica Society of Agriculture & Commerce & 

 Merchants' Exchange, Kingston, Jamaica. Presiilenf : Hon'ble 

 Lieut-Colonel Ward, C.M.Ii. Secrefuyii : J. L. Ashenheim. 

 Fiihlii-dtUiii : .\nnual Report. 



"The Institute of Jamaica : Kingston, Jamaica, ('hniniiini, : 

 Sir Fielding Clarke. Si'creinrii : Frank Cundall, F.S..\., I'mntor 

 (if ill I. -ir 1 1 Hi : E.S. Panton Fiililiaifiniis "Journal of the Institute 

 of Jamaica." "Jamaica in 1!)<)].'' 



Kingston it St. .\ndrew Horticultural Society. Kingston, 

 Jamaica. Prcxiilenf : Hon'ble Wni. Fawcett, B.Sc. iiccriftirii : 

 William Harris, F.L.S. 



British Guiana Board of .Agriculture, Georgetown, Dcmera- 

 ra. Cliiilnniin : Hon'ble A.M. Aslimore, C.JLG. Dfjiiifii ('Imlr- 

 rnaii, : J. B. Harrison, M.A., C.M.Ci., ; Si'mfitrii : Oscar Weber : 

 Ai]rintltiir(tl Iii.striirtiyr : R. A\ ard : Assisimit Iii.stri'rfnr iit. 

 AijrkiiUiiri: : J. E. Beckett (on proli^itiou) ; I'rfniiKinj 

 iSin-ijedii : J. A. Raleigh. 



British Guiana Royal Agricultural it Connuercial Society 

 Georgetown, Demerara. Prmiilrut : Luke M. Hill. B.A., 

 M.I.t'.E. Sccivfanj : Thomas Daley. Locul Seri-efar>i : (Berl)ice,) 

 Dr. C. F. Castor. As^iistcinf Sen-ifurii uml Lihriifiiiii : J. Rod- 

 way, F.L.S.. (_'iii-(d(ir of Mnseinn : Richard Evans, M.A., B.Sc, 

 Piililii-iifiiiH : " Ji>urnal of the Roj;d Agriculture and Connuer- 

 cial Society of Britisli Guiana." 



Trinidad Agricultural Society. Pori of-S])ain, Triniilad. 

 Pi-rshU'iit : Sir .\lfred Moloney, K.C.M.G. Sterefm-ii : Edgar 

 Tripp. PiihUciititiH : "Proceedings of the Agricultural Society 

 of Trinidad." 



Grenada .Agricultural Society, St George's, Grenada. Pnsl- 

 (/(■jif : Sir Robert B. Llewelyn. K.C.AL(i. Seerefai-ii : W. E. 

 Broadway. PnliHi-ntiuu : Jlinutes of Meetings. 



Barbados General Agricultural Society it Reiil School of 

 Practical t^liemi.stry, Bridgetown, Barliados. I'lvsiih-nt : Sir. 

 George C. Pile, Kt. Seevdunj : i. H. Poyer. Puliliriitiini. : 

 " Barbados Agricultupvl Gazette and Planter's' Jouru.d. " 



St. Lucia Agricultural Society, Castries, St. Lucia : Presi- 

 dent : Seeretiinj : R. G. McHugh. 



Dominica Agricultural Societj", Roseau, Donnnica. I'n.t- 

 iilnit : The Hon'ble H. Hesketh Bell. ^Voref.iri/ : A. K. Agjir. 



-•ieerctdyii : 



Antigua .Ai^ricultural Society. Piesliletit- 

 W. N. Sands. 



St. Kitts-Nevis Agricultural Society. Pre.iiileitt : Houour- 

 .able E. (1. T.idd. Seeretarii : C. A Smith. 



[Furtlu^r p.irl it-ulurs of Agricultural and Horticultural 

 InstitutioiUt* in the West Indies would be gladly received for 

 this list. Also ti.xtures for Agi-icultmal Shows for I'.M)-'.] 



