492 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Gardens for city schools, II. (i. Parsons (Xatiirc-i^tiKhj Rev., 3 (1D06), Xo. 

 a, pp. 30Jf-206). — Suggestions for planting and managing a small garden con- 

 nected with a school of 1,500 children in the city. 



A city school garden (Md. Agr. Col. BiiL. 3 (1!>06), Xo. J. />/>. /-.?} p(/s. 

 J9, dgm. 1). — This bulletin contains an introduction by R. W. Silvester, which is 

 followed by an account of the school garden work at School No. 33, Baltimore, 

 :\Id., by Miss Virginia McGaw. 



Nature study and high school chemistry, A. Smith (Xature-StiKln Rev., 

 .? (lOOG). Xo. 6, pp. 193-19S).— This is an article dealing with the kind of in- 

 struction in nature study that the author would like students to have before 

 taking up chemistry in the high school. He does not favor attempting to teach 

 many facts concerning the elements of chemistry, but would have exercises in 

 all phases of nature study conducted in such a way as " to keep ' the tentacles 

 of inquiry ' functional, if not to develop them." 



The farmers' institutes in the United States, 1905, .1. Hamilton (U. 8. 

 Dcpt. Agr., Office Eapt. Stas. Rpt. 1905, pp. So9-.'fl.J). — An account is given of 

 the work of the Farmers' Institute Specialist of this Office, of the meeting of 

 the American Association of Farmers' Institute Workers in 1905, and of the 

 progress of the farmers" institvites in the different States and Territories, 

 including statistical data regarding the number of institutes, the attendance, 

 the number of lecturers employed, and the financial support of the institutes. 



The farmer's reading course, S. W. Fletcher (Mich. Bd. Agr., Inst. Bill. 

 12. pp. 10-1 -'i). — Suggestions for conducting reading courses for farmers and for 

 farmers" wives, based largely on the courses conducted by the New York State 

 College of Agriculture at Cornell T'niversity. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Annual Report of the Office of Experiment Stations, 1905 ( r. 8. Dept. 

 Agr.. Office E.vpt. Stas. Rpt. 1905, pp. JflS, pis. ii).— This includes the usual 

 report on the work and expenditures of the Office of Experiment Stations and 

 the agricultural experiment stations in the United States, including Alaska, 

 Hawaii, and Porto Rico; statistics of the agricultural colleges and experiment 

 stations for 1905 ; a brief account of the nineteenth annual meeting of the 

 Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations; and 

 several articles and reviews abstracted elsewhere in this issue. The report 

 is preceded by a general summary. 



Seventeenth Annual Report of Connecticut Storrs Station, 1905 (Con- 

 necticut Storrs Sta. Rpt. 1905, pp. 22-'f). — This contains the organization list of 

 the station, a list of station publications available for distribution, a financial 

 statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1905, reports of the director and 

 heads of departments, and several articles which are abstracted elsewhere in 

 this issue or have already l>een noted from other sources (E. S. R.. 17, pp. 79, 

 388, 1180). 



Thirteenth Annual Report of Minnesota Station, 1905 (Minnesota f>ta. 

 Rpt. 1905, pp. XI1I+28S). — The rei)ort of the director includes the financial 

 statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1905, and summaries of the work 

 of the different divisions and of the northwest and northeast experiment farms. 

 Reprints of Bulletins 87-92 of the station are appended. 



Eighteenth Annual Report of Mississippi Station (Mississippi Sta. Rpt. 

 1905, pp. 35). — This contains the organization list, a brief report of the director, 

 a financial statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1905, and reports of 

 heads of the departments containing experimental work, abstracted elsewhere. 

 A report of the work at McNeill Substation is also included. 



