MISCELLANEOUS. 93 



Very few schools have taken advantage of the liberal offer of the Department 

 of Education for the acquisition of an acre of ground for gardening purposes, so 

 that the formal school garden on the school grounds is practically unknown. 

 The horticultural societies have been quite successful in inducing children to 

 grow flowers at home. In Nova Scotia, however, many of the schools have 

 gardens. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Annual Report of Alaska Stations, 1906 (AlasJx-a Stas. Rpt. 1906, pp. 15). — 

 A report of the several lines of work carried on during the year at the Sitka, 

 Copper Center. Rampart, and Kenai Stations. In addition to extensive tests of 

 field and horticultural crops and the collection of meteorological data, articles 

 on which are abstracted elsewhere in this issue, experiments hi soil inoculation 

 were c-arried on and an unsuccessful attempt at bee keeping at Sitka is reported. 

 During the year a herd of 11 Galloway cattle was Introduced into the Territory 

 with the object of providing a hardy breed suitable for the conditions and of 

 developing an all-purpose breed from the Galloway. Butter of excellent quality 

 and some very good cheese was made at Kenai. 



Nineteenth Annual Beport of Kansas Station, 1906 (Kansas iita. Rpt. 1906, 

 pp. 29). — This contains a financial statement for the year ended June 30, 190G, 

 a report of the council including abstracts of bulletins issued during the year, 

 brief summaries of the work of the different departments not re])orted upon in 

 bulletins, a report on the work of Fort Hays Branch Station, and a statement 

 concerning cooperative experiments with this Department. 



The report is also issued in bound form, including, in addition, reprints of 

 the bulletins issued during the year, an index of the report and these bulletins, 

 a subject list of the station publications to date, and reprints of the press 

 bulletins Issued during the year. 



Fourteenth Annual Report of Minnesota Station, 1906 (Minnesota Sta. Rpt. 

 19116. pp. XXII + 361, pis. 2. p(js. 299). — This contains the financial statement 

 for the fiscal year ended June 30, 190G, a list of bulletins published during the 

 year, the report of the director, including summaries of the work of the different 

 divisions and of the northwest and northeast experiment farms, and reprints of 

 Bulletins 93-90. 



Seventeenth and Eighteenth Annual Reports of New Hampshire Station, 

 1905-6 (Xeu: Hampshire Sta. Bnl. 129, pp. 231-215). — This contains the organi- 

 zation list of the station, financial statements for the fiscal years ended June 30, 

 1905 and 1900, and brief reports of the director and heads of dei»artments, por- 

 tions of which are abstracted elsewhere in this issue. 



Seventeenth Annual Report of Oregon Station, 1905 (Oregon Sta. Rpt. 1905, 

 pp. 80). — This includes the financial statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 

 1905, and brief reports of the director and heads of departments. Portions of 

 the report of the chemist are noted elsewhere in this issue. 



Eighteenth Annual Report of Oregon Station, 1906 (Oregon Sta. Rpt. 1906, 

 jij). 20). — This report on the college and station includes a financial statement 

 for the year ended June 30, 1900, and a report of the director on the work and 

 needs of the station. 



Accessions to the Department Library, January-March, 1907 (U. 8. Dept. 

 A(jr., Lihrarij Bui. 63, pp. 6'.'/). 



