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and the seed washed immediately in at least 3 changes of water, and dried sufficiently for 

 sowing. One lot of seed, all from 1 plant and untreated, was sown under glass in the fall. 

 After 3 weeks none had germinated, and the seeds were dug up, sifted from the soil, treated 

 with acid, and replanted; seedlings appeared above ground 4 days later. Of a dozen seed 

 of the same lot sown in the open ground in the following April and left 3 months, only 1 ger- 

 minated, though the author feels, from his previous experience indoors, that most if not all 

 were alive. — Lua A. Minns. 



1098. Anonymous. Protecting trees and shrubs from mice. Florists' Exchange 49: 

 1298. 1920. — W. N. Craig of Brookline, Massachusetts, is quoted as to an effective method of 

 preventing injury. To 5 gallons of lime sulphur (undiluted) are added 5 pounds dry lead 

 arsenate, 3 gallons Scalecide (or some other soluble oil), and 5 pounds salt; directions for 

 applying with a brush are given. The mixture sticks, a second application being unnecessary, 

 and does not harm the trees. The protection of evergreens is more difficult as the brush can 

 not be used effectively, but Mr. Craig thinks that the mixture diluted sufficiently to pass 

 through a nozzle under pressure will prove equally efficient. — Lua A. Minns. 



1099. Addis, J. M. Excursion horticola. Estudio de los platanos y guineos cubanos. 

 [A survey of Cuban plantains and bananas.] Rev. Agric. Com. y Trab. [Cuba] 3: 418-429. 

 18 fig. 1920. — This is an account of a search for new varieties of bananas and plantains {Musa 

 sapientum, M. paradisiaca, and M. cavendishii) to add to the collection at the Agronomy 

 Experiment Station [Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba]. Lists and descriptive notes of the varie- 

 ties found are included. Some plants near Baracoa were found affected with nematodes. — 

 F. M. Blodgett. 



1100. Allen, W. J., and R. G. Bartlett. Advice to intending growers of bananas. 

 Agric. Gaz. New South Wales 32: 575-577. 1921. 



1101. Bbvan, W, Citrus trees. Cyprus Agric. Jour. 16: 10-12. 1921.— The author 

 states that there are several varieties of citrus in Cyprus and lists 16 members of the citrus 

 family. Cyprus has in the past participated with Sicily and southern Italy, Spain, Jaffa, and 

 the Greek Islands in exporting oranges and lemons to northern Europe. Although Cyprus 

 is well adapted to citrus cultivation, the latter centers mainly in 3 localities : Early oranges 

 and mandarines in Famagusta; late oranges in Lefka; and lemons in Lapithos and Karavas. 

 The author discusses the soils of these localities and methods of propagation, culture, etc., 

 and states that the Cypriot orange growers plant too closely, and, where water is plentiful, 

 irrigate too freely. — W. Stuart. 



1102. Be van, W. Notes on propagating olive trees in Italy. Cyprus Agric. Jour. 16: 

 29-30. 1921. — Olive growers of northern Italy encourage the growth of suckers (close to the 

 stem) from the roots of big olive trees. When of considerable size — about 1 inch in diameter — 

 they are cut, low down, pruned, and cut back until 10 feet high, and planted in very deep 

 holes filled with good, well broken earth to a depth of 2 or even 3 feet. — W. Stuart. 



1103. BiOLETTi, Frederic T. Vineyard irrigation in arid climates. California Agric. 

 Exp. Sta. Circ. 228. 4- V- 1921. — The main irrigation and wetting of subsoil should take 

 place when the vines are dormant. No part of the soil should remain muddy more than 48 

 hours while the vines are growing. The soil should become sufficiently dry to stop new growth 

 several weeks before the arrival of cold weather. Young, non-bearing vines, which require 

 less water than bearing vines, are especially sensitive to injury from excess of water soon after 

 they are planted, and from cold weather or frost if maturing new growth late in the autumn. — 

 A. R. C. Haas. 



1104. Calving, Mario. Tratado sobre la multiplicacion de las plantas. Parte general. 

 [Treatise on the propagation of plants. General part.] 264-p., illus. Institute of Graphical 

 Arts: Havana, 1920. 



