No. 1, August, 1921] AGRONOMY 3 



13. Breakwell, E. Further reports on Shearman's clover. Agric. Gaz. New South 

 Wales 32: 167. 1921. — Kew authorities announce plant to be Trifolium fragiferum var. Notes 

 on its behavior are given. — L. R. Waldron. 



14. Breakwell, E. Popular descriptions of grasses. Agric. Gaz. New South Wales 

 32: 191-19G. 3 fig. 1921. — Descriptive notes are given of Stipa setacea, S. scabra, Aristida 

 Behriana, and A. leptopoda. Other species are mentioned. Seeds of the 2 Stipa species 

 germinate 48 hours after rains. The 2 grasses start very early after dormancy and resist 

 drought in summer which makes them valuable for dry-land pastures. — L. R. Waldron. 



15. Brooks, A. J. Report on the Agricultural Department, St. Lucia. Imp. Dept. 

 Agric. West Indies Rept. Agric. Dept. St. Lucia 1918-19. 32 p. 1920. — Notes are given on: 

 Pyenostachys dawei, a handsome blue-flowered labiate from Uganda, Guayaquil cacao, now in 

 great demand on the British market and of which seeds have been received for trial; Ilex 

 paraguayensis, extensively used as a tea plant in Paraguay; and Nephelium lappaceum, which 

 bears the Rambutam, — a favorite fruit of the Malayan Archipelago. — It was found that 

 Dolichos hosei was easily propagated by cutting off a few rooting branches and establishing 

 them in clay pots. Upland, or Hill, rice gave satisfactory results and should become an im- 

 portant subsidiary crop. Maize of a St. Vincent strain yielded 3200 lbs. air-dried grain per 

 acre. A large plot of the Gambia variety of ground nuts, gave a yield of 2643 lbs. cured nuts 

 per acre. — Plant legislation includes measures to prevent the introduction of the mottling 

 disease of sugarcanes, 'wither-tip' of lime trees caused by Gloeosporium limetticolum, and the 

 red-ring disease of coconuts.^ — Progress of the following industries is reported on: Sugar, 

 bay oil, rice, lime, coconut, bee-keeping, cacao, drugs, and spices. A list of the principal 

 exports for the years 1916-18 inclusive is found on page 16. An account is also given of efforts 

 to increase the quantity and improve the quality of locally-grown foodstuffs as a result of 

 conditions imposed by the war. — J. S. Dash. 



16. Bryce, H. Field experiments, 1920. Grafton experiment farm. Agric. Gaz. New 

 South Wales 32: 168-170. 1921. — In the wheat variety trial the varieties yielded in order as 

 follows: Canberra, Marshall's No. 3, Thew, and Hard Federation. — In the winter-fodder 

 trial Sunrise oats mixed with vetches and mixed with field peas gave the best yields, followed 

 by Guyra oats mixed with legumes. — In winter-fodder manurial trial, superphosphate at rate 

 of 200 lbs. per acre gave largest net-increase return. — L. R. Waldron. 



17. Burt, R. C. Flax in the United Provinces. Agric. Jour. India 15: 616-619. 1920.— 

 It is stated that experiments made at the Cawnpore Experimental Farm proved that flax 

 can be successfully grown in the canal-irrigated tracts of the United Provinces. Both English 

 and Japanese seed grew well. — J. J. Skinner. 



IS. Chen, Chunjen C. [The Pedigreed Seed Co.] Hua-Shang-Sha-Chang-Lien-Ho- 

 Hui-Ki-Kan [China Cotton Jour.] 2-: 245-250. 2 pi. 1921.— [Text in Chinese.] The organi- 

 zation and management of the Pedigreed Seed Company, of Hartsville, South Carolina, 

 are described. The method used by the company in cotton breeding is related at length with 

 graph. — Chunjen C. Chen. 



19. CoLLExs, A. E., ET AL. Sugar-cane experiment in the Leeward Islands. Report on 

 experiments conducted in Antigua and St. Kitts-Nevis in the season 1918-19. Imp. Dept. 

 Agric. West Indies Rept. Sugar Exp. Leeward Islands 1918-19: 62 p. 1921.— In the 1st part 

 the author reports on the varieties making the best yields for the period under review and also 

 gives those varieties that made the best yields over periods of from 11 to 18 years. There- 

 port covers trials in St. Kitts, Nevis, and Montserrat, and includes results secured from 

 certain new seedlings. Part II gives conclusions drawn from manurial experiments. — /. S. 

 Dash. 



