600 



No. 2, p. 152). The height of water in a well near the station has been 

 observed at different times since December, 18S0, and compared with 

 the rain-fall. The resnlts are stated iu a table and diagram. It has 

 been found that fluctuations in the precipitation from month to month 

 did not much affect the height of the water-table, and that the rapid 

 rise of the water in the well at different times could nat always be 

 explained as due to large precipitations occurring at or near the period 

 of the rising. 



Meteorology in 1889 (pp. 377-404). — Notes on the weather and tabu- 

 lated details of observations of temperature of the air, rain-fall, direc- 

 tion and velocity of the wind, amount of sunshine, and soil temperatures 

 at the surface and at depths of from 1 to 18 inches. 



North Carolina Station, Bulletin No. 73, October 15, 1890 (pp. 100). 



The best agricultura.l grasses, G. McCarthy, B. S. (illus- 

 trated). — This is a useful compendium of information regarding a num- 

 ber of species of grasses, clovers, and other forage plants, prepared 

 from the standpoint of the intelligent farmer in the Southern States, 

 The bnlletin is divided into the following chapters : (1) introductory, 

 (2) leading grasses and clovers, (3) forage plants of minor importance, 

 (4) tabulated data, (5) the quality of commercial grass and clover seed, 

 (6) mixtures vs. pare sowings of grasses, (7) the rational mixing of grass 

 and clover seeds, (8) the use and value of grass gardens and experi- 

 mental plats, (9) manures for grasses, (10) diseases and insect enemies 

 of grasses and clovers, (11) the formation and care of grass lands, (12) 

 formulas for mixtures, (13) index. 



Introductory (pp. 4, 5). — The importance of giving more attention to 

 the culture of forage plants is urged, and it is stated that "tbe selec- 

 tions and recommendations made in this work are based partly upon 

 the results of experiments begun on the North Carolina Experinjent 

 Farm in 18G6; partly upon the reports of similar tests made at different 

 American and many foreign experiment stations, and partly upon the 

 personal observations of the writer iu several of the Southern States. 

 Many facts and chemical analyses have been drawn from standard 

 works." 



The leading grasses and clovers (pp. 6-46). — Illustrated notes on the 

 habits of growth of 28 species, together with their chemical comjiosi- 

 tion, yield, amount and value of product, etc., and with especial refer- 

 ence to the results of experience with these plants iu the Southern 

 States." The illustrations are taken from the bulletins of the United 

 States Department of Agriculture and from foreign sources. The 

 following species are described: Bermuda grass {Cynodon dactylon), 

 crested dog's-tail [Cynosurus cristatus), English blue-grass {Poa com- 

 pressa), tall fescue {Festnca elatior), sheep's fescue {Festuca ovina), hard 

 fescue {Festuca diiriuscula), red or creeping fescue {Festitca rubra), floriu 



