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21. Wacker. Olfriichte und Gespinstpflanzen. [Oil and fiber plants.] Arbeit. Deutsch. 

 Landw. Ges. 300. 102-116. 1919. — The author calls attention to the decrease between 1878 

 and 1913 in the areas devoted to the culture of various oil-producing plants and hemp, and 

 discusses the kinds and varieties that could and should be grown in Germany, together with 

 cultural directions. — A. J. Pielers. 



22. Whittet, J. N. Lucerne seed crop competition at Coolah. Agric. Gaz. New South 

 Wales 32: 419. 1921. — Results are given of a competition for a prize offered for the best 5 

 acres of lucerne crop carrying seed in the CoolahV alley. The best crops of seed were produced 

 in the localities where water can be obtained at a depth of from 18 to 25 feet. — L. R. Waldron. 



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23. Anonymous. [Hermann Vochting.] Leopoldina 54: 60. 1918. — His botanical con- 

 tributions are briefly reviewed. From 1887 until his death in November, 1917, Dr. V6chting 

 was professor of botany at Tubingen. His studies on internal growth-factors and polarity, 

 on genetics, on the movements of flowers and fruits, on the influence of light on flower develop- 

 ment, on phyllotaxy and on floral anomalies, are indicative of his special fields of investiga- 

 tion. — A. W. Evans. 



24. Anonymous. Robert Allen Rolfe. Nature 107: 276-277. 1921.— Rolfe was born at 

 Ruddington, May 12, 1855, and died April 13, 1921. He was an assistant in the herbarium at 

 Kew for over 40 years. He was known as an authority on Orchidaceae, and in 1893 founded 

 the Orchid Review, which he edited and to which he contributed largely. — 0. A. Stevens. 



25. Arthur, J. C. Specialization and fundamentals in botany. Amer. Jour. Bot. 8: 

 275-285. 1921. — The author asks for mutual good will, confidence and generosity among 

 botanical workers. He decries overspecialization, particularly when it leads to neglect of 

 intimate acquaintance with plants as living objects having distinctive names and varied 

 relationships. He holds that plant names should be used for identification only, and not as 

 qualifying terms, and bespeaks consideration for any attempts to secure exact names, uni- 

 formly applied. He advocates the preservation and advancement of the democratic quality 

 in botanical work, with full cooperation between institutions and between individuals, but 

 pleads for individual freedom as against too great encroachment by the machinery of organi- 

 zation. "The consistent, efl'ective onward march of botany calls for careful balance between 

 the attention given to specialization and that given to fundameutals." — E. W. Sinnott. 



26. Gumming, M. The Junius of Nova Scotia. Sci. Agric. [Canada] 1: 55-58. 1921. — 

 An account is presented of a series of letters written by John Young (1773-1837), the first 

 Secretary of Agriculture for Nova Scotia, under the pen-name of "Agricola," which brought 

 about a complete change in the agricultural affairs of the province, replacing depression by 

 prosperity. — B. T. Dickson. 



27. McCallum, a. W. Abstracts of Canadian plant pathological literature. Sci. Agric. 

 [Canada] 1: 78-80. 1921. — Abstracts of, and references to, plant disease literature appearing 

 in Canadian publications during 1919 and 1920 are presented. — B. T. Dickson. 



28. TuRNEY, A. G. Pomological progress in New Brunswick. Sci. Agric. [Canada] 

 1: 175-177. 1921. — An account is given of the work of Francis P. Sharp (born 1825) and his 

 son, Franklin Sharp (died 1892) in the production of new varieties and development of the 

 apple industry of New Brunswick. — B. T. Dickson. 



29. Zavitz, C. a. History and development of the Ontario Agricultural College. Sci. 

 Agric. [Canada] 1: 101-105. Illus. 1921. 



