NOTES. 599 



llie subject, from proimriuf; (he youuf: treos for planting to harvesting tlie 

 crop. 



New Journals. — Bolctin del Ministcrio dc Fnmcnto has been establislied as 

 the monthly organ of the minister of public worlds of Venezuela. Each num- 

 ber is to consist of three parts, of which the flrst is to be devoted to a discus- 

 sion of scientific questions related to the worl^ of the various bureaus of the 

 department of public worlcs; the second to official decrees, rulings, and similar 

 information; and the third to othcial corresi)ondence upon matters of general 

 interest. An outline of the scope of the newly establishetl Bureau of Agricul- 

 ture, Zootechyy, and Colonization is included in the initial number. 



lioletin dc la Asuciacion dc Affricultorcs dc Espaila is the monthly organ of 

 the Spanish Agricultural Association and the Spanish Chamber of Agriculture, 

 and is under the editorship of the secretary-general of the association. The 

 initial number describes in detail the worlc of the association. 



Zcitsclnift fiir Rcicli- mid (Ic^clniiacksloffc is a semimonthly international 

 review of the industries dealing with ethereal oils, ether, essences, si)ices and 

 condiments, perfumes, cosmetics, soaps, oils, foods, and drugs. The contents 

 include both original and reprinted articles. al)stracts, notes, and book reviews. 



Bollettino dcUe Rr. Cattedrc Amhulanti d'Agricoltura dclla Sardcgna is 

 being published monthly as the organ of the traveling schools of agriculture 

 in Sardinia. The July number includes articles on The Freeing of the Farmer 

 from Usury, Results of Field Demonstrations in Sardinia, and The Need of 

 Inii)roving the I'astures, brief notes on tobacco growing, the oidium of grapes, 

 and other topics, answers to correspondents, a summary of the itinerary fol- 

 lowed by the various traveling instructors of the traveling schools during the 

 preceding months, and plans for future work. 



The Grecian Agricultural Society has begun the publication at Athens of 

 monthly reports of its work. These reports also contain original articles, that 

 for July including articles on Grafting the Wild Olive Tree and the Im])ortance 

 of its Domestication. The Improvement of the Grecian Horse, The Despised 

 Tree {Ailanthiis glandulosa). The Cheese of Saronika, and An Inspection of 

 the Bee Keepers' School, as well as general notes on agriculture and on the 

 work of the society during the month. 



liuUclin dc VOfficc Infcrnatioiidl d'llyyicnc I'iihli<ji(c is being ])ul)lished at 

 Paris as the organ of the International Office of Public Hygiene. The num- 

 bers contain the text of recent legislation, statistics as to ei)idemics and other 

 health data, general articles dealing with health and sanitation, and abstracts 

 of current work along these lines. 



Necrology. — Dr. Leonard Pearson, state veterinarian of Pennsylvania and 

 dean of the University of Pennsylvania Veteriuiiry School, died at Bruceton, 

 Newfoundland, September 20, following an illness of .several months. Doctor 

 Pearson was born at Evansville. Ind.. August 17, iSfJS, and was graduated in 

 1888 from the College of Agriculture of Cornell University. After an interval 

 spent in the employ of this Department in its campaign for the suppression of 

 contagious pleuro-pneumonia, he took up veterinary studies and was graduated 

 from the veterinary department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1890. He 

 then w'ent abroad, attending lectures in the veterinary schools of Berlin and 

 Dresden, and studying bacteriology in Koch's laboratory and I)y special arrange- 

 ment in the laboratory of the veterinary department of tlie German army. In 

 September, 1S91, he was appointed assistant jtrofcssor of the theory and practice 

 of veterinary medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, tliree years later was 

 promoted to a full professorship, and in 1897 was made dean of the veterinary 

 school. 



