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1874. Sessions, Kate O. Color planting for Pacific coast gardens. Gard. Mag. 32<: 205- 

 208. 7 fig. 1920.— Recommends plants, trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants for various 

 color effects for several types of plantings under different conditions. — H. C. Thompson. 



1875. Shamel, a. D. A bud variation of the Le Grande Manitou dahlia. Jour. Heredity 

 10:367-368. 10 fig. 1919. 



1876. Sturtevant, Robert A. The decorative element in the foliage of iris. Gard.! 

 Mag. 322 : 103-104. 2 fig. 1920. 



1877. Sturtevant, Robert S. Irises from Japan. Brooklyn Bot. Gard. Rec. 9: 115-119, 

 1920. — Treats briefly of the various species, the present confusion in nomenclature, and the 

 agreement recently entered into between the American Iris Society and the Brooklyn Botanic 

 Garden to cooperate in the establishment at the latter place of test and show gardens, with 

 the view of straightening out this confusion. [See also Bot. Absts. 7, Entry 1857.] — C. S. 

 Gager. 



1878. Taylor, Norman. Effects of the winter of 1919-1920 on the woody plants in the 

 garden. Brooklyn Bot. Gard. Rec. 9: 121-123. 1920.— Gives list of species killed outright, 

 species severely winter-killed but recovering, and species slightly winter-killed. — C. Stuart 

 Gager. 



1879. Theiss, Lewis and Mary. Ferns for the garden. Gard. Mag. 321; 16-19. 7 fig- 

 1920.— Discusses various kinds of ferns for different uses.^H. C. Thom'pson. 



1880. Van Fleet, Walter. Raising new roses from seed. Gard. Mag. 31^:370-373. 



6 fig. 1920.— Discusses stage of ripeness at which seed should be gathered. Writer favors 

 gathering when fruits are well colored, but still firm. Gives methods of stratifying seeds, 

 methods of planting, soil, etc., and describes methods that have been tried to hasten germi- 

 nation, but favors action of frost and solvent action of snow water. The writer points out the 

 difficulties in growing rose plants from seeds and gives advice regarding the care of the seed- 

 ling plants of the various kinds of roses.— H. C. Thom'pson. 



1881. Weston, J. G. Some Irish gardens. Jour. Roy. Hort. Soc. 45: 247-256. 1919. 



1882. Wilson, E. H. The romance of our trees. XI. Trees of colmnnar growth. Gard, 

 Mag. 31^:381-384. 5 fig. 1920. — Describes various species and varieties of trees which 

 have an upright habit of growth, especially upright branched forms of some of the common 

 species of maple, tulip, oak, elm, linden, beech, poplar, and various conifers. — H. C. 

 Thompson. 



1883. Wilson, E. H. The romance of our trees. XII. The pigmies and dwarfs. Gard. 

 Mag. 321 : 35-40. 9 fig. 1920. — Descriptions of dwarf forms of several species of evergreen 

 trees and of a few deciduous species, together with their uses.—//. C. Thompson. 



1884. Woodman, A. M. Acacia accessions from Australia. Gard. Mag. 32^:200-202. 



7 fig. 1920. — Brief descriptions of several species grown in California and in greenhouses 

 in other parts of the United States; special uses mentioned for some species.— /f. C. 

 Thompson. 



FRUITS AND GENERAL HORTICULTURE 



1885. Anonymous. History of named varieties of pecans. Amer. Nut Jour. 10:87. 

 1919. 



1886. Anonymous. New hybrid fruit plants. Nation. Nurseryman 28'2: 290. 1920. — 

 A hybrid between the black currant and gooseberry is reported from Knockando, Speyside, 

 Scotland. — J. H. Gourley. 



