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182'J. Parmentier, Paul. Les irrigations et les arrosages en Syrie et en Palestine. 

 [Irrigation in Syria and Palestine.] Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris 169: 391-393. 1919.— 

 A discussion of the climate and the methods of irrigation of various crops in Syria and Pales- 

 tine. The methods of irrigation employed are inefficient because of the excessive amount of 

 water required; the high humidity produced in groves of fruit trees, which greatly increases 

 the growth of parasitic fungi; and the effect of the fungi on the quality of vegetables. — V. //. 

 Young. 



1830. Ruffer, Sir Arnold. Food in Egypt. Mem. Inst. Egypt. 1. 86 p. 1919. 



1831. Russell, G. A. A machine for trimming camphor trees. U. S. Dept. Agric. Dept. 

 Circ. 78. S p., 4 fig. 1920.— See Bot. Absts. 6, Entry 1-168. 



1832. Sundquist, R. Means of accomplishing orchard tillage. Better Fruit 14 12 : 25-26. 

 1920.— In respect to clean tillage of orchards in irrigated sections three essentials are empha- 

 sized: (1) the soil must be worked early in the spring; (2) it must be left in a pulverized con- 

 dition; and (3) tillage must be continued throughout the early part of summer. The value 

 of the tractor for tillage purposes is discussed in detail.— A. E. Murneek. 



1833. Taylor, R. H. The growing and culture of almonds in California. Better Fruit 

 14 10 : 3-6, 40. 1920.— An extract from "The Almond in California." California Agric. Exp. 

 Sta. Bull. 297. 1918. 



1834. Thor.nber, W. S. Commercial fertilizers for the orchard and the garden. Better 

 Fruit 14 9 : 7, 39. 1920. — The writer discusses in a general way the necessity and value of the 

 use of commercial, particularly nitrogenous, fertilizers in the orchards of the northwestern 

 United States. The present economic necessity of increasing crops is emphasized. — A. E. 



Murneek. 



1835. True, Rodney H. [Rev. of: Hedrick, U. P. Manual of American grape-growing. 

 MacMillan Co.: New York, 1919.] Bot. Gaz. 68: 390-391. 1919. 



1836. West, F. L., and N. E. Edlefsen. Temperature which will damage or kill fruit 

 buds. Better Fruit 14 10 : 13-14. 1920.— An almost verbatim extract Utah Agric. Exp. Sta. 

 Bull. 151. 1917. 



1837. Zimmerman, G. Planting and care of prune orchard up to bearing age. Better Fruit 

 14 n : 5, 33-34. 1920. — Based on long practical experience advice is given by a successful prune 

 grower as to the selection of site, planting, and cultural management of a prune orchard up to 

 bearing age of the trees. — A. E. Murneek. 



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1838. Anonymous. Groupement des meilleures varietes de chrysanthemes. [Grouping 

 of the best varieties of chrysanthemums.] Jour. Soc. Nation, llortic. Franco 21 : 39-51. Jan., 

 1920. — This is a grouping of varieties of chrysanthemums by a committee of French horti- 

 culturist-, giving lists of the host varieties of the different types for various purposes and uses. 

 — H. C. Thompson. 



1839. Anonymous. The fruiting of the Ginkgo at Kew. Kew Bull. Misc. Inf. [London] 

 1920:47-4S. 1 fig. 1920.— First record of the fruiting of Ginkgo in England. — E. Mead 

 Wilcox. 



L840. Anonymous. Concours de roses nouvelles de Bagatelle 1920. (Concours of new 

 roses at Bagatelle 1920.) Rev. licit ic. [Paris] 92: 125-126. 1920.— A gold medal was awarded 

 to Pernet-Ducher for the new, vigorous, floriferous, pure chrome-yellow variety Souvenir de 

 Claudius Pernet, and to A. Dickson for the new hybrid tea, Frances Gaunt, which is free 



