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work for the year, together with lists of the more desirable ornamental shrubs, 

 hardy roses, gladioli, geraniums, and annuals based on tests conducted on 

 the college grounds. 



Trees and gardens. — Hints on the cultivation of trees, flowers, and vege- 

 tables, and on the general improvement of school grounds {Ed. Dept. Vic- 

 toria Circ. Inform. 16, 1911, pp. 2Jf, figs. 16). — This circular comprises a number 

 of articles, chiefly by Victorian writers, containing information on the above 

 subjects. 



Permanent lawns for the South, C. C. Newman {South Carolina Sta. Bui. 

 151, pp. 3-lIi, figs. 6). — Experiments were begun at the station in 1S99 to deter- 

 mine what grasses were best suited for permanent lawns in the South. Out 

 of 35 varieties of grasses and clovers sown on plats 20 by 30 ft., only Kentucky 

 blue grass, Bermuda grass, herd's grass, and white clover were retained after 

 the third year as being suitable for permanent lawns. Kentucky blue grass, 

 Bermuda grass, and white clover were again tested on different types of soil 

 and exposure. The results of these subsequent tests which extended over a 

 period of 9 years are here given. 



Previous to establishing the plats the land was sown in peas in May, the 

 vines being cut for hay in September and the pea stubble turned under. Six 

 tons of thoroughly composted manure and 300 lbs. of lime were applied per 

 acre before the laud was plowed. Six hundred lbs. of a fertilizer analyzing 



8 per cent phosphoric acid, 4 per cent nitrogen, and 5 per cent potash were 

 subsequently incorporated with the soil by harrowing. The seed was sown the 

 first week in October. Nitrate of soda at the rate of 75 lbs. per acre was 

 applied to each plat each year about the middle of March. The results show 

 that Kentucky blue grass when used alone thrives best on a clay or a clay- 

 loam soil, yet when sown on sandy-loam soil with good clay subsoil and with 

 a northern exposure it does well, provided the seeds are sown in the early fall. 

 The plants from spring-sown seed do not become well established before the 

 hot, dry weather, and frequently much of the grass is dead by fall. 



Kentucky blue grass and Bermuda grass make a good lawn when grown 

 together. The Bermuda grass predominates in the light soils and warm 

 exposures and the blue grass on northern exposures. On red clay with clay 

 subsoil with an open exposure both grasses have been growing together for 



9 years, neither one being able to crowd out the other. In all cases this 

 mixture has crowded out crab grass after the second summer. Mixtures of 

 Kentucky blue grass and white clover and of Kentucky blue grass, white clover, 

 and Bermuda grass grown with an open exposure on red clay with clay subsoil 

 have also made good lawns. The addition of the white clover seems to be 

 beneficial both to the blue grass and the Bermuda grass. The results as a 

 whole indicate that a mixture of Kentucky blue grass and Bermuda grass is 

 well adapted to partially shaded lawns. 



When neither blue grass nor white clover can be grown successfully, Bermuda 

 grass is recommended as one of the very best grasses for a lawn. For large 

 lawns around country homes or in large groves where a coarse grass is not 

 objectionable, a mixture of orchard grass and red clover is suggested. For a 

 quick temporary lawn, Italian rye grass has proved very successful. 



Color inheritance in the petunia, V. V. Westgate {Atner. Breeders' Assoc. 

 [Proc], 6 {1909}, pp. 1/59-1/62). — Some data are given covering the Fi, F2, and Fa 

 results of color studies which the author is conducting with the bell portion of 

 petunia flowers. 



Fertilizers for the florist, H. B. Dorner {Amer. Florist, 36 {1911), No. 1204, 

 pp. 1182-1184). — A paper delivered before the Illinois State Horticultural 

 Society. 



