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Mississippi Station, Bulletin No. 14, March, 1891 (pp. 40). 



Injurious insects, H. E. Weed, M. S. (illustrated).— Notes on the 

 life history of the following? insects, with su<]^gestions as to means 

 for their repression: screw worm {Compsomyia macellaria), pea-weevil 

 {Bruchus i^isi), bean weevil [Bruchiis obsoJetus), striped cucumber beetle 

 {Diabrotica vittala), peach tree borer {Sannma exitiosa), ox- warble fly 

 [Jhjimderma Itorifi), ])lam cnrculio {Conofrachclus venuphar), and codVm^ 

 motii [Carpocapsa 2>o»ii>nfU(i). ]>irectio7is are given for tlie i)reparation 

 and use of the following insecticides: Paris green, London purple, 

 tobacco, kerosene emulsion, wliite hellebore, pyrethrum, and bisulphide 

 of carbon. Spraying apparatus of various kinds is described and 

 illustrated. 



New York State Station, Bulletin No. 26 (New Series), January, 1891 (pp. 27). 



HlSTOBY, USE, AND ANALYSES OF FERTILIZERS, P. COLLIER, PH. 

 D. (pp. 388-415). — This is a popular treatise on the history and the gen- 

 eral principles underlying the use of commercial fertilizers, together 

 with the tabulated results of analyses of 35 samples of fertilizers col- 

 lected in New York during the fall of 1890. The latter include bones, 

 dried blood, dissolved bone-black, i)otash salts, and mixed fertilizers. 



North Carolina Station, Annual Report, 1889 (pp. 16). 



This includes an outline of the work in the several divisions of the 

 station, a li.st of the bulletins issued in 1889, and a financial report for 

 the year ending June 30, 1889. 



North Carolina Station, Bulletin No. 74, December 31, 1890 (pp. 20). 



Work of the horticultural division, 1890, W. F. Massey, 

 C. E. — This includes accounts of tests of vegetables and fruits, and 

 directions for the culture of figs. Variety tests at the station will here- 

 after be confined chiefly to the new sorts. The main work in horticul- 

 ture will be in cross fertilization and the growing of improved varieties 

 from seed. Especial attention will be given to grapes. A grapery for 

 the cultivation and crossing of grapes under glass has recently been 

 completed. 



Notes and tabulated data are given for 13 varieties of sweet-potatoes, 

 02 of peas, 17 of potatoes, and 39 of tomatoes. There are also brief 

 notes on experiments with cabbages, sweet-corn, strawberries, rasp- 

 berries, blackberries, grapes, figs, and ornamental plants. 



" A large portion of North Carolina is well adapted to the culture of 

 the fig, and in every part of the State a supply for home use can be had 

 by taking a little trouble in growing the trees in proper shape for pro- 

 tecting them in winter." The author advises that where frosts are severe 



