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THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 



Septbhbbb 20, 1919. 



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(1) AN OUTLINE OF THE HISTORY O? 

 PHYTOPATHOLOGY. By Herbert Hice Whelzel. 

 Philadelphia and London : W. B. Saunders Comiany, 19KS. 

 Pp. 130 with 22 portraits. 



(2) FUNDAMENTALS OF BOTANY. By 

 C.Stuart Giger. Philadelphia: P. Blakiston'.s Son & Co., 

 1916. Pp. 640 wiih 437 illuHrations. 



(3) PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. By Vladimir I 

 PalUdin Edited by B. E. Livingstone. Philadelphia; P. 

 BLkitton's:^on i Co., 1917. Pp. 320 with 173 illustration?. 



These books represent thiee of the best recent works 

 on t;ener.<l bota' y and plan- physiology. The instructive 

 value and general interest o( the books are en.'^ured by 

 original presentation of the subjectmatter, and by the 

 large numler oi excellent illustration.". 



(1) The author has sucaef.sfully endeavoured to set 

 forth in outline the most outstandint! featur'S in the evolu- 

 tion I'f this branch of botany, and to indicate the proper 

 relation thereto of the men who have chiefly shaped its 

 progress up to the year 1912. 



(2) Meie inspection of this book will satisfy the teacher 

 as to its high morits for educational purposes. It is to be 

 strongly recointnended as a textbook on general botany 

 It is the most comprehensive book we have seen, and its 

 stuHy should induce a really broad grasp of the science. 



(3) This is regarded as a standard work on plnnt 

 physiology, and its author is a famous Itussian botanist. 

 A great deal of attention is given to the chemical 

 aspects of physiology. 



PLANT LEGISLATION IN DOMINICA. 



The tir.st step in the dir>-c'ion of pUnt protection was 

 taken in 1898, when Act No. 3 was passed to prrvide agMin.-t 

 the importation of articles likely to introduce diseases among 

 plan's Under the authority of this Act, a Proclamation 

 dated ' ugutt 27, 189S, prohibited Ihe importation from 

 Ceylon ot plantH, seeds, berrie'<. earth, and soil. This Act 

 was suspended by Law Xo. 9 of 1904, 'n which jirovision is 

 made for the fumigation and disinfection of imporled plants, 

 cuttings, buds, grafts, bulbs, roots, and secd.s, and their 

 packagtg ; a^o fruit.-- ard vegetables intended fnr propagation 

 and not for coiisumption as food. 



Under Liw No. 6 of 1907, povrer i.s conferred to 

 prohil it by pioclamalion, the importation of plants, cuttings, 

 bulbf, roots, seeds, or berries, or any earth or soil, or any 

 articles paek( d therein, or any packages, or other article.s 

 or things lil<e'y to be th*^ means of introducing any plant 

 disea-se. 



A Proclamation dated February T), 1909, under Xo 6 

 of 1907, prohibits the importation into Drjininica of all 

 pUnts from iJulch tluiana which arc likely to be a means ')f 

 jniroducing 'liscaJie from that countrj'. 



A Proclamation dated October 26, 1910, prohibits the 

 importatiun of banana plants and suckers from all countries 

 of Central or South America, and from the island of 

 Trinidad, also of coco-nuts in husk and all growing plants 

 or parts of plants of coconuts, from Cuba, Jamaica, Trinidad, 

 and all countries of Central or South America. 



A Proclamation dated August 7, 1915, prohibits the 

 importation of citrus plants and citrus budwood from the 

 United State.s ijf America. This is superseded by a I'rocla- 

 mation dated October 9, 191 G, which applies to citrus 

 plants, citrus budwood, or citrus fruit, or any parts of such 

 plants, from the United States of America, Cuba, Jamaica, 

 Haiti, Pan Domingo, and Porto Kico. 



A second Proclamation of the same date restricts, 

 under certain conditions, the entry of rooted plants from the 

 ciun tries named in the above Proclamation. 



A Proclamation d^ted October 29 1917, prohibits the 

 importation of seed-cotton or cotton ^eed from all countries 

 or places outsi'e the Colony of the Leeward Islands, save 

 and except from some oilier Presidency of the Colony, or 

 from the Colon}', of Trinidad and Tobago and its dependen- 

 cies, or from the Colonies of Grenada, St. Vinceent and 

 St. Lucia, provi'led, l.owever, that small quantities of cotton 

 seed for experimental purposes may be imported into the 

 Presidency of Dominica, on the written permission o( the 

 Superintendent i-i Agriculture, on such terms and conditions 

 as he may prescribe. 



A Proclamation dated March 8, 1919, prohibits the 

 importation from any coun! ry, save and except the islands of 

 Montserrat. St. Lucia, and Grenada, of any citrus plants or 

 pans thereof, including the fruits thereof, as these are 

 likely to be a means ■ f introducing the plant disease known 

 as ' Blossom Blight' and ' Wither-Tip Disease'. It is, hDW- 

 ever, allowed that the Curator or Agricu tural ( )fiicer8 

 shall haie the power to import for scientific purposes any- 

 thing tlius prohibit! d. on his making n report of such 

 importation for the inf. rmation of the Governor. 



A Proclamation dated March 8, 1919, prohibits the 

 importation from the islands of Trinidad and Grenada of 

 growing and sprouting coconuts, as likely to be a means of 

 introducing the plant disease known hitherto as ' Root 

 disease of coconuts', but to be called in future the "Pied 

 Ring disease of coconuts'. 



With regard to the export of plants, it is only necess- 

 ary to state that such cannot be admitted into the United 

 States unle.ss accompanied by a certificate showing tint tt«y 

 have leen inspected by a duly authorized official, and found 

 free fmrn ir jnr'ono pinit. di-e-.^'r.s rr iri-iCt pesls. 



I'ersoLs wishing to export plants to the United States 

 from Dominica should notify the ( 'iirator of the Botiuiical 

 Garden.s, who will arrange for the inspection, Hnd the issue of 

 the necessary certificates. 



The importation of nursery stock into the United States 

 by mail is prohibited. ( Keport on the Agricultural Depart- 

 ment, Dominica, 191S-19 ) 



.\ccordini; to an article in the /nurnal nj ihc J^na/d of 

 Axriiii/Ziirt- ()/ /hitisli Giilii/ni for April 1910, genuine milk 

 scalded once and left standing for a period not exceeding 

 eight hours, when freed of that portion of the cream which is 

 to be found on the surface, remains genuine; on standing lor 

 OMr eight hi^nrs ainl not exceeding twenty, it does not alter 

 in its composition as regards either its fat content and specific 

 griviiy, to a sufficient exteiit to enable analysts to return the 

 Maniple as below the legal standard. 



