No. 1, July, 1920] HORTICULTUUK 139 



885. Anonymous. La pifla, fruta Americana. |The pineapple, an American fruit.] IN - 

 vista Agric. [Mexico] 3 : 452 457. t fig. L919. Reprinted from Bull. Pan-American Union. 



88G. Anonymous. Orchard heaters emitting smoke lighter than air, may be used. Cali- 

 fornia Citrograph 5 : 20. 1919.— A1 the close of ;i lawsuil brought by orange growers to re- 

 strain the city of Pomona from en forcing the provisions of the Anti-Smudge Ordinance, .Judge 

 J. W. Shenk of the superior court of Los Angeles County, California ruled: First, that the 



municipality ha? no right to prohibit t lie emission of t hat degree and quality of smoke' which is 

 necessarily caused in t lie operation of the modern type of orchard heaters, carefully cared for 

 and regulated. Second, that the courts will have in mind in determining 1 he reasonableness 

 of such ordinances the necessities of orchard heating, the magnitude of the interests, and the 

 importance of the industry. Third, that the court will restrain municipal. id their 



officers from the enforcement of such ordinances containing unreasonable and unnecessary 

 restrictions on the emission of smoke. Fourth, that the courts will not uphold the unreason- 

 able and unnecessary emission of dense, black smoke constituting a public nuisance. — J. E. 

 Coit. 



887. Anonymous. The coco-nut industry in Malaya and its future prospects. Tropical 

 Life 15: 103. 1919.— A compilation showing that Malaya had in 1917, 200,000 to 225,000 acres 

 devoted to coconuts. The erection of modern oil mills is advised so that the product can be 

 marketed as oil rather than copra. The wonderful increase in oil export in the Philippines 

 after 1912 when modern mills were brought in there is noted. In 1912 the Philippines exported 

 169,000 metric tons of copra and almost no oil; in 1913 the export of coco-nut oil was 1300 

 tons, and in 1918 over 100,000 tons with a value of about $30,000,000.—//. N. Vinall. 



888. Anonymous. Delphiniums. Missouri Bot. Gard. Bull. 7:57-59. 1919.— Cultural 

 methods are described and twenty-four species are tabulated with the color, time of bloom, 

 height, habit, and habitat of each. — 0. T. Wilson. 



889. Anonymous. Flowering palms. Missouri Bot. Gard. Bull. 7:46-48. PL 14-15. 

 1919. — Palms usually flower and fruit only in their native habitats. A number of species are 

 listed which have been induced to fruit in the St. Louis conservatories. — O. T. Wilson. 



890. Anonymous. Killing weeds with live steam. Sci. Amer. 120 23 : 599, 613-614. 1919. 



S91. Anonymous. Shasta strawberry vines. Sci. Amer. 12 1 10 : 223. 1919. — Records 

 the marketing, on a large scale, of strawberry plants. — Chas. II. Oils. 



892. Anonymous. The fruit-growers' sleight of hand. Some of the things that are accom- 

 plished by skillful grafting and related processes. Sci. Amer. Supplem. 88- 71 : 28-29. 7 fig. 

 1919. 



893. Anstead, Rudolph D. Improvement of coffee by seed selection and hybridization. 

 Agric. Jour. India 14: 639-644. 1919. — An address delivered at the coffee planters conference 

 held at Mysore in July, 1918. — J. J. Skinner. 



594. Anstead, Rudolph D. The coffee planting industry in Southern India. Agric. 

 Jour. India 14:578-585. 1919. — At the present time there are 223,095 acres in South India 

 devoted to the production of coffee. The coffee-growing areas are Mysore and Coorg which 

 contain 74 per cent of the total. A general discussion of coffee growing is given. Lime and 

 phosphate fertilizers have been used and give good returns. Leaf disease (Hcmileix vastatriz), 

 (Corlicium Kolcroga) are described, and remedies suggested. The majority of coffee grown 

 in South India is of orabica variety. Recently some robusta coffee has been planted, which 

 is favored for poor soils. — J. J. Skinner. 



595. Arnold, Julson. Chinese products of interest to nurserymen. Nation. Nursery- 

 man 27:20-21. 1919. — Products of China's dietary as well as other plant products are dis- 



