BOTANICAL ABSTRACTS 



A monthly serial furnishing abstracts and citations of publications in the international field of 



botany in its broadest sense. t ICAI 



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Burton E. Livingston, Editor-in-Chief 

 The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 



Vol. VI DECEMBER, 1920 No. 3 



ENTRIES 879-1397 



AGRONOMY 



C. V. Piper, Editor 

 Mary R. Burr, Assistant Editor 



879. Addis, Jose M. El bledo manso. (Amaranthus blitum L.). [Pig weed.] Revist. 

 Agric. Com. y Trab. 3 : 74-75. 1 fig. 1920. — It is pointed out that this weed has been used as 

 a food for hogs. An analysis is published indicating that it is of considerable value. — 

 F. M. Blodgett. 



880. Ahr, J., and Chr. Mayr. Gerstensorten und Dungung. [Barley varieties and man- 

 uring.] 123 p. Datterer & Cie. : Freising, Germany, 1919. M. 3.50.— Short rev. in Jour. 

 Landw. 67: 287. 1919. 



881. Anonymous. Solanacea cubana gigantesca como planta forragera. La yerba de soler. 

 [A large Cuban forage plant. The soler plant.] Revist. Agric. Com. y Trab. 3: 93-95. 4 fig. 

 1920. — It was discovered that horses and cattle showed a great liking for the foliage of Sol- 

 arium verbascifolium L. An analysis indicated considerable feed value, being high in 

 protein. — F. M. Blodgett. 



882. Anonymous. The Uba cane. Internat. Sugar Jour. 22: 300-301. 1920.— This arti- 

 cle discusses various accounts given for the origin of Uba cane. Experiments with a sport 

 of the Uba cane are being carried out on the Natal Estates. The new variety seems to be 

 very hardy, a vigorous grower and more capable of withstanding drought and disease than 

 the older established Uba. The sport was found in a field of second ratoons and propagation 

 cuttings were taken from the stool. Nearly 300 acres of the sport are under cultivation. — 

 E. Koch. 



883. Anonymous. The Uba cane. Some further data as to its origin. Internat. Sugar 

 Jour. 22: 326-328. 1920. — An anonymous writer in the South African Sugar Journal suggests 

 the derivation of the name Uba and origin of Uba cane in Natal. A box of tops had been sent 

 to Natal from Poona, India. Three letters were on the label from which Uba was read — it 

 was assumed that the last three letters of Poona read like Uba. This is somewhat like the 

 position taken by Harris, who supposes the name to have come from a damaged label, Uba 

 being part of name "Boubaya" (a Madagascar cane) which reached Natal via India whence 

 it was brought by Mitchell in 1885. Watts writes of the existence of Uba cane in Brazil 

 quite fifty years ago but he does not think it of Brazilian origin, nor that the name is derived 

 from "viba" (meaning reed) which Mr. Noel Deerr is inclined to believe. — E. Koch. 



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