BOTANICAL ABSTRACTS 



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



botany in its broadest sense. 



UNDER THE DIRECTION OF NEW YOl^lC 



THE BOARD OF CONTROL OF BOTANICAL ABSTRACTS, INC. ^ 



J. R. Schramm, Editor-in-Chief 

 Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 



Vol. IX SEPTEMBER, 1921 No. 2 



ENTRIES 577-1100 



AGRONOMY 



C. V. Piper, Editar 

 Mart R. Burr, Assistant Editor 



(See also in this issue Entries 735, 873, 911, 916, 931, 941, 959, 961, 966, 1009, 1030, 1050, 



1051, 1069, 1070, 1086) 



577. Anonymous. Destruccion de las malas yerbas. [Weed destruction.] Rev. Agric. 

 [Mexico] 4: 414-415. S fig. 1919. — Popular. — John A. Stevenson. 



578. Anontmous. Emparve de trigos. [Stacking of wheat.] Defensa Agric. [Uruguay] 

 1: 309-315. 5 fig. 1920. — Taken from Bull. 34 Inspeccion Nacion. Ganaderia y Agric. 

 Uruguay. — John A. Stevenson. 



579. Anonymous. Flax cropping. North Dakota Agric. Exp. Sta. Ext. Circ. 44. 4 V 

 1921. — A popular treatment of the subject is presented. — L. R. Waldron. 



580. Anonymous. Home grown wheat. Nature 107: 89-90. 1921. — Increase of yield is 

 much needed and is to be sought by use of improved varieties and fertilizers. Experiments 

 seem to favor fall sowing. — 0. A. Stevens. 



581. Anonymous. Local results with Glencope wheat. Agric. Gaz. New South Wales 

 32: 248. 1921. — Glencope wheat was originated by Mr. Cope in South Australia. Trial at 

 Temora showed it to be comparatively low yielding. — L. R. Waldron. 



582. Anonymous. Plantas forrajeras. [Forage plants.] Informacion Agric. [Madrid] 

 11: 140-142. 3 fig. 1921. — Trifolium pratense, T. hyhridum, and Brassica napus (colza or 

 rape) are recommended as forage crops. — John A. Stevenson. 



583. Anonymous. That early blooming sweet clover. Amer. Bee Jour. 61: 142-143. 

 1921. — A description is given of an early-blooming variety of white sweet clover (Melilotus 

 alba). It is reported to mature its seed 3 weeks before the common white form. It grows to 



J a good height, ripens before the weeds, is a heavy seed producer, is a superior soil improver, 

 ;' and is usually hardy. — J. II. Lovell. 



584. Anonymous. Une nouvelle plante pour I'engrais vert. [A new green manure plant.] 

 Jour. Sta. Agron. Guadeloupe 1^: 14r-15. 1920. — A field test with Sesbania sericea DC. as a 

 green manure crop is briefly described. A chemical analysis of the crop is reported and the 

 trial planting is said to have yielded at the rate of 117.74 lbs. of nitrogen per acre. — J. D. 

 Luckett. 



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