MISCELLANEOUS. 291 



The problem of girls' education in elementary schools, with special refer- 

 ence to training for home life, Miixicent Mackenzie (Rpt. lirit. Assoc. A<lr. 

 Sci.. 19(16. p. 7.s'7). — An abstnu-t of a paper read at the annual meeting of the 

 British Associntion for tlie Advanoemeut of Science jn August, lOOC, at York. 



School gardening, D. It. Wood {.lour. IJ<I. [Boston^. Go (1901), Xofi. 16. pp. 

 Ji2S. Ji2'.i : ri, pp. .'/.J7. .'/.)N). — The first part of this article contains practical 

 suggestions for locating the school garden and draining and enriching the soil, 

 hints on ari'augenient, testing seeds, planting, watering, and what to plant in 

 the \\a\ of vegetables, flowers, and trees. The second part gives a siiggestive 

 outline for worlc In the S grades, and lists of suitable vegetables, flowers, and 

 l)lants for the school garden. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Yearbook of the Department of Agriculture, 1906 ( ?'. .S'. Dcpi. Agr. Year- 

 book 1906. pp. 120. pis. J/S, flf/s. 22). — The Yearbook for 190(3 contains a report 

 of the Secretary on the work of the Department during the year, 25 special 

 papers abstracted elsewhere in this issue, and an appendix consisting of an agri- 

 cultural directory, a review of the progress in different lines of agHculture, and 

 agricultural statistics. 



Annual Report of the Office of Experiment Stations, 1906 {U. S. Dept. 

 Agr.. Office Expt. t^tas. Rpt. 1906. pp. //J'/, pis. XVI, fifis. 13). — 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 1906 ; a brief account of the nineteenth annual meeting of the Asso- 

 ciation of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations ; and several 

 articles and reviews abstracted elsewhere in this issue. 



Thirtieth Annual Report of Connecticut State Station, 1906 (Connecticut 

 Htdtr ,st(i. Rpt. 1906. pi. 6, pp. XX). — These pages include the organizaticm list 

 of the station, an announcement concerning the work of the station, a report of 

 the board of control, and a financial statement for the fiscal year ended Septem- 

 ber ;{0, 1906. 



Nineteenth Annual Report of Massachusetts Station, 1906 {Massachusetts 

 Sta. Rpt. 1906, pp. 21S). — This includes the organization list of the station, a 

 report of the director, a financial statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 

 1900, a report of the meteorologist, and other departmental reports abstracted 

 elsewhere in this issue. 



Nineteenth Annual Report of Vermont Station, 1906 {Ver)nont Sta. Rpt. 

 1906, pp. 207-388). — This includes the organization list of the station, a brief 

 announcement concerning the station, a financial statement for the fiscal year 

 ended June 30, 1906, a report of the director, abstracts of Bulletins 117-123 of 

 tlie station issued during the year, the results of miscellaneous analyses, and 

 numerous articles abstracted elsewhere in this issue. 



Abstract of Nineteenth Annual Report, 1906 {Vermont Sta. Bui. 129, pp. 

 91-1 r,2. pi. 1). — This is a resume of the amuial report of the station noted above. 



Sixteenth Annual Report of "Wyoming Station, 1906 {Wyomintj Sta. Rpt. 

 19ln;. PI). 96). — This includes the organization list, a report of the director on 

 the work and publications of the station during the year, a financial statement 

 for the fis<-al year ended June 30, 1906, reports of the animal husbandman, the 

 chemist, and the meteorologist abstracted elsewhere in this issue, and of the 

 asricnlturist and horticulturist, the botanist and the irrigation engineer, and 

 plans of station work for the ensuing year. An appendix contains a classifica- 

 tion of agricultural literature designed primarily for the use of animal hus- 

 bandmen. 



