438 THE MONTHLY BULLETIN. 



Lime Carbonate Causing Chlorosis. — It will be remembered that at 

 the California State Fruit Growers' Convention held at San Jose Dr. 

 L. J. Briggs showed that lime carbonate was a source of chlorosis when 

 added to the soil in orange groves. A report from the Agricultural 

 Experiment Station at Porto Rico gives similar results when lime is 

 added to soils in which rice is grown. It is hinted that lime may 

 repress the amount of iron utilized by the plants. — A. J. C. 



