756 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



The same was done with the Verschaffeltii coleus. The temperature 

 of the water applied to the compartments, numbered 1, 2, 3, and 4, was 

 respectively 35, 50, 65, and 80° F. There was no noticeable difference 

 in root development at the end of 12 days, when the cuttings in each 

 compartment were potted and each lot svas watered with water of the 

 same temperature as before. A table shows the growth at GO, 70, and 

 90 days after the cuttings were taken. At 90 days the plants in lot 1 

 were about 18 per cent. smaller than those in the other 3 lots, which 

 were practically equal, indicating that "the coleus may be watered 

 with water of a temperature from 50 to 80° F., and that there is little 

 choice between these temperatures." Temperature readings taken 

 before watering and at intervals of 1 hour after showed that the tem- 

 perature of the soil in lot 1 was perceptibly lowered by the watering, 

 and at the end of 3 hours it had not regained its original temperature. 

 In lots 2, 3, and 1 the temperature of the soil was little changed by the 

 watering. 



A similar experiment was made with 48 Lorillard tomato plants of 

 uniform size at the beginning of the experiment. These proved to be 

 more susceptible to water of different temperatures than the coleus. 

 Two months after transplanting the plants given water at 35, 50, G5, 

 and 86° F. measured in height 318, 363, 368, and 358 mm., respectively, 

 the best results being obtained apparently with water at 65° F. The 

 experiments are to be repeated on plants growing under outdoor con- 

 ditions. 



Notes on watering, F. Cranefield (Amer. Florist, 14 (1898), No. 

 539, p. 256). — Much of the data in this article is given in the preceding- 

 article. After 2 years' work the author believes the following state- 

 ments can be made: "(1) Water at 35° F. does not injure coleus, bego- 

 nias, nor geraniums; (2) similar plants treated with water at 50° F. 

 grow equally as well as those watered with water at 65 and 86° F." 

 Warm water appeared to produce an elongated or "drawn" growth, 

 while cold water made the plants short jointed and stocky but well 

 colored and healthy. Though the plants given warm water grew taller 

 they weighed slightly less than those given water at a temperature of 

 50° F. 



Bush fruits, F. W. Card (Ihe Macmillan Co., New York, 1S98, pp. XII -\- 537, figs. 

 113). — This book is one of the Rural Science Series and the first of a proposed series 

 of monographs on the various types of American fruits. The purpose of the work 

 is to present all important phases, both practical and technical, of bush fruit culture 

 and domestication. Bush fruit management in general, comprising location, culture, 

 and marketing, are discussed. Bush fruits are classified as brambles, groselles, and 

 miscellaneous types. The brambles comprise the red raspberry, black raspberry, 

 blackberry, dewberry, oriental raspberry, may berry, strawberry- raspberry, wine- 

 berry, and Chinese raspberry. Certain ornamental species of brambles are also 

 included. The groselles comprise currants and gooseberries. Miscellaneous types 

 occasionally met with, though of no commercial importance in cultivation, are the 

 Buffalo berry, goumi, huckleberry, juneberry, tree cranberry, barberry, and sand 

 cherry. The management of each type of commercial importance is comprehensively 



