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tive account of a number of varieties of almonds grown in the vicinity of 

 Andria, Italy. 



All about coconuts, R. Belfort and A. J. Hoyer (London, 1914, PP- XII-\-201, 

 pis. 26). — A treatise on coconut culture in which consideration is given to the 

 selection of a plantation site, nursery and plantation practices, the control of 

 coconut diseases and pests, the coir fibre industry, the preparation of copra, 

 the coconut oil, desiccated coconut, and nut butter industries, marketing 

 coconuts and copra, the cost of a coconut estate, the activities of various 

 countries in relation to the coconut industry, and coconuts as an investment. 



Native and exotic plants of Dade County, Florida, C. T. Simpson (Wash- 

 ington, D. C. [1913}, pp. 46, figs. 12; Proc. Fla. State Hort. Soc, 25 (1912), 

 pp. 166-207). — In this paper the author gives a descriptive account of the more 

 prominent ornamental trees, shrubs, and plants, both native and exotic, that 

 seem to be especially adapted to the soil and conditions of Dade County, 

 Florida. 



History of gardening, Marie L. Gothein (Geschichte der Gartenlcunst. Jena, 

 1914, vols. 1, pp. yiI+446, pis. 2, figs. 309; 2, pp. 506, pi. 1, figs. 525).— This 

 two-volume work comprises a history of gardening and garden design. 



In volume 1 consideration is given to the gardens of Egypt, western Asia, 

 Greece, the Roman Plmpire, Byzantium, and Mohammedan countries, and of 

 the middle-age Occident, Italy, Spain, and Portugal during the Renaissance. 

 Volume 2 deals with the gardens of France, England, Germany, and Holland 

 during the Renaissance, gardens during the reign of Louis XIV, the spreading 

 of French gardens in Europe, the gardens of China and Japan, the English 

 landscape garden, and the trend of garden design in the nineteenth century 

 up to the present time. The text is fully illustrated and bibliographies of 

 cited literature are appended. 



The horticultural record, R. Coey (London, 1914, PP- XV+500, pis. 164). — 

 This volume consists of colored and half-tone reproductions of the most inter- 

 esting and valuable flowers, plants, shrubs, groups, and rock gardens exhibited 

 at the Royal International Horticultural Exhibition in 1912, accompanied by 

 contributions on the progress of horticulture since the first great International 

 Horticultural Exhibition of 1S66. These contributions deal with rock gardens 

 and garden design, the rose, trees and shrubs, sweet peas, tropical garden 

 plants, orchids, greenhouse plants, carnations and pinks, British and foreign 

 ferns, fruit, and vegetables. 



Information is also given relative to the arrangements, rules and regulations, 

 awards, etc., for the 1912 exhibition, together with reports on horticultural 

 education and legislation in connection with plant diseases. 



International Congress of Horticulture at Ghent (Cong. Inicrnat. Hort. 

 Gand, Raps. Prelim., 1 (1913), pp. 15-{-273, figs. 2). — This comprises abstracts 

 and papers by various reporters dealing with different phases of the following 

 subjects : Floriculture, market gardening, horticultural investigations and 

 education, commerce, transportation, tariffs, and landscape gardening. 



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The Bradley bibliography. — IV, Forestry, A. Rehdeb (Cambridge, Mass., 

 1914, vol. 4, pp. XIII-i-589). — The present volume of the Bradley Bibliography 

 (E. S. R., 27, p. 846) aims to contain the titles of all publications relating to 

 forestry and silviculture, including' the more important articles published la 

 periodicals and other serials. Volume 3 of this work has not thus far appeared. 



Report of the forest branch of the Department of Lands for the year 

 ending December 31, 1913, H. R. MacMellan (Brit. Columhia Rpt. Forest 

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