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letins. iiiul jx'i'iodicals prepared by the members of the department on general 

 horticultural subjects, fruit culture, vegetable gardening, floriculture, green- 

 house management, and landscape gardening. 



Annual and biennial garden plants, A. E. Speer {London, 1911, pp. XX + 

 256, pis. 5Jt). — In this popular English work the annual and biennial garden 

 plants are arranged alphabetically and briefly considered relative to their 

 value, uses, and culture. 



Market gardening-, II, R. L. Watts {Penn. Dept. Agr. Buh 201, 1910. pp. 

 85, pis. 20). — The subject matter of this bulletin, which supersedes Bulletin 147 

 of the same series (E. S. R.. 18, p. 836), has been brought up to date by the 

 inclusion of newer methods of culture and improvements of methods that have 

 been in common use. The arrangement of the material is quite similar to that 

 in the previous bulletin. 



The small garden useful, A. C. Cttrtis {London, 1909, pp. VII +206, pis. 

 6). — A popular treatise on vegetable gardening. 



Root and stem vegetables, A. Dean (London and Edinburgh [1911], pp. 

 Vlll+ll-'f. pis. S). — The subject matter of this treatise on vegetable growing is 

 based upon the author's long experience as a vegetable grower. The work is 

 confined to vegetables that yield food in the shape of roots, bulbs, tubers, or 

 blanched stems. Chapters on mushroom culture, the preparation of vegetables 

 for exhibition, and a calendar of operations are also included. 



Cauliflower and Bnissels sprouts on Long Island, L. B. Judson ( Neio York 

 Cornell Sfa. Bui. 292. pp. 2,29-286, figs. 28). — This bulletin comprises the results 

 of a study of the cauliflower and Brussels sprouts industries on Long Island. 



Part 1 deals with the cauliflower and discusses the history and extent of the 

 industry, preparing the soil, rotation, seed, raising the plants, transplanting, 

 fertilization and cultivation, tying, cutting and trimming, packing, storing, 

 yields, prices, profits, and shipping conditions, including an account of the Long 

 Island Cauliflower Association. Consideration is also given to insect pests and 

 diseases, including bibliographies on insect enemies and diseases of cole crops. 



Part 2 contains similar cultural details for Brussels sprouts. The bulletin 

 concludes with a general bibliography for each of these crops. 



Report of the horticulturist, J. E. Higgins {Hatvaii 8ta. Bpt. 1910, pp. 

 25, 26, 27-31. 32-35, 36-1,0, pis. 2, figs. //).— The work during the year dealt 

 chiefly with the avocado, mango, papayas, and citrus fruits. 



Satisfactory progress has been made in propagating avocados, especially by 

 budding, the greatest difficulty with this being the forcing them into growth. 

 The sap oozes out from the incision, evaporates, and leaves a crystalline deposit 

 which frequently covers the whole bud and sometimes the whole bud shield. 

 This difficulty has been largely overcome by wrapping the whole of the stock in 

 the region of the incision, thus preventing evaporation. It has been found 

 inadvisable to lop the stock immediately after the bud has become united, 

 since the stock is apt to dry back to the bud and below it before the latter has 

 started into growth. Instead of lopping, the stock may be partly or completely 

 girdled at a point several inches above the bud, only a narrow ring of the bark 

 being rem.oved. 



Inarching is being successfully used for certain types of propagation, such as 

 the testing out of seedlings on old trees. Partially successful results in making 

 rooted cuttings of avocados were secured by packing the cuttings in moist 

 sphagnum moss for several weeks before placing them in the propagating bench. 

 Well-matured wood with gray bark proved most promising in this work. 



Studies have been made of a large number of varieties of avocados for the 

 purpose of ascertaining their merits for commercial or home production. Four 

 of these varieties of particular merit are here described. 



