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cffectivoonly when made before the disease has appeared. Au application of a strong 

 nugicido to vines or trees during hxte winter or early spring is often useful by kill- 

 ing fungous spores adhering to them. For this purpose a Bordeaux mixture made as 

 described, by usiug 10 pounds of sulphate of copper, 10 pounds of lime, and 2.'> gallons 

 of water, may be employed ; and a strong (25 per cent) 8(dution of sulphate of iron 

 has l)een found of advantage for the same purpose. 



The apparatus for the application of fungicides is (M|ually well adapted to the use 

 of insecticides. If Paris green and London purpl(^ are to be used, they may in some 

 cases bo mixed with the fungicide solution in the usual proportions when a double 

 treatment is desired. 



Florida Station, Bulletin No. 8, January, 1890 (pp. 23). 



Field experiments with long staple or black seed cotton, 

 J. P. De Pass (pp. 3-7). — Two experiments were planned to test the 

 effects in one case of 250 ponuds of black cotton-seed meal and 250 

 pounds of " pot ammoniac," and in the other, of 500 pounds of cotton- 

 seed meal per acre, as compared with no fertilizers, on cotton planted 

 on high, rolling, and sandy land. "In consequence of late planting, 

 unskilled labor, i)rotracted droughts in summer, and excessive rains in 

 summer" the results were inconclusive. 



Weeds of Florida, J. 0. Neal, M. D. (pp. 7-lG).— This contains 

 a provisional list of the weeds of Florida, classed as "occasional," 

 "aggressive," and "common." The "semi-troijical" species are distin- 

 guished from the others. Brief notes on a few varieties are given. 



Annual report of the Florida Experiment Station, J. P. 

 De Pass (pp. 17-23).— This includes the report of the director on the 

 farm, buildings, orchard, live stock, substations, and entomological 

 and botanical collections of tlie station ; the report of the chemist on 

 the analyses of fertilizers, waters, soils, grasses, etc., made at the sta- 

 tion in 1889 ; and the report of the treasurer for the fiscal year ending 

 June 30, 1889. 



Georgia Station, Bulletin No. 6, January, 1890 (pp. 16). 



Introduction, R. J. Redding (p. 81).— A brief account of the work 

 begun at Experiment, near Griffin, under the new organization of the 

 station. "The farm donated by the citizens of Spalding County, situated 

 1 h miles north of the city of Griffin, was taken possession of July 1, 1889, 

 but as the crops of the late owner were still occupying most of the land 

 no very extensive series of fall experiments could be inaugurated, and 

 no report of results can now be expected." Field experiments with 

 cotton seed in various forms and with other fertilizers, and tests of varie- 

 ties of wheat have been undertaken. "The preparatory work done 

 includes ditching, under-draining (tiles), removingokl fences, reclaiming, 

 etc., besides the erection of two buildings, one each for the horticulturist 

 and agriculturist A barn is yet to be built before experiments can be 

 commenced in the feeding of stock and dairying." 



