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Attempts to hybridize wild and cultivated species of verbena and 

 aquilegia were successful. With the latter many distinct intermediate 

 forms were obtained. Similar attempts with wild and cultivated gera- 

 niums were unsuccessful. 



The author also reports results of work with various cereals and 

 peas (E. S. R., 10, p. 835). 



Horticultural conditions in Europe, L. H. Bailky (Rural New Yorker, 58(1899), 

 No. 2559, pp. 9.3-95). 



Practical arboriculture, Thoncet and Deliege (Arboriculture pratique. Paris: 

 Librairie Larousse, 1S9S, pp. 103, fit/*. 190). — A popular work. 



Report of the horticulturist of the experimental farm for the maritime 

 provinces, W. S. Blair (Canada Expt. Farms Ilpt. 1897, pp. 288-306). — Lists of 

 varieties of various fruits and ornamental plants planted at the farm are given, 

 together with a, hriel* note on the present condition of each. Notes are given on the 

 hest varieties of a number of garden vegetables tested at the farm. 



Vegetables, flowers, fruits, shrubs, and trees at the experimental farm for 

 the North-wrest Territories, A. Mackay (Canada Expt. Farms Upt. 1897, pp. 380-398, 

 pi. 1). — Notes and tabular statements regarding varieties of the plants uained ahove 

 are given. 



Fruits, flowers, vegetables, shrubs, and trees at the experimental farm for 

 Manitoba, S. A. Bedford (Canada Expt. Farms Bpt. 1897, pp. 336-353, pi. 2).— Brief 

 notes and tabular statements in regard to varieties of the ahove plants are given. 



Truck farming, R. H. Price (Florida Farmer and Fruit Grower, n. xer., 11 (1899), 

 No. 6, pp. 84, 85). — Cultural notes on the cantaloupe, tomato, Irish potato, cabbage, 

 snap beau, and sweet potato, which are stated to be among the vegetables that can 

 be grown with profit in the coast regions of Texas and bear shipping a long Avay. 



The vegetable garden, L. J. Troncet (Le jardin potager. Paris: Librairie 

 Larousse, 1S98, pp. 181, figs. 190). — A popular work. A number of the illustrations 

 are lithographed in colors. 



The forcing of vegetables, N. Butterhach (Amer. Card., 20 (1899), No. 217, pp. 

 121, 122). — A continued article giving practical directions for the forcing of 

 vegetables, together with lists of varieties adapted to this purpose. 



The eggplant (Solanum melongena), A. Zega (Chem. Ztg., 22 (1898), No. 92, p. 

 975, figs. 2). — Notes on the size, morphology, and culinary preparation of the fruit 

 of the eggplant. The chemical analyses of 6 samples are tabulated and these are 

 compared with analyses of fruit grown from Japanese seed, which latter contained 

 more water. Notes are also given on the extraction of the coloring matter from the 

 outer layer of the fruit. 



The evolution of our native fruits, L. H. Bailey (New York: The Macmillan Co., 

 189S,pp. 472, figs. 125). — This is a companion volume to the author's Survival of the 

 Unlike, and endeavors to show how leading types have come to be. The subjects 

 treated are: The rise of the American grape, the strange history of the mulberries, 

 the evolution of American plums and cherries, the native apples, the origin of Amer- 

 ican raspberry growing, and the evolution of blackberry and dewberry culture. 

 Various types of berry-like and tree-like fruits more lightly touched upon are the 

 gooseberry, native currants, juneberry, buffalo berry, elderberry, high- bush cran- 

 berry, cranberry, strawberry, persimmon, custard apple, thorn apple, and nut fruits. 

 In each case the native species, their distribution and feral variations are discussed. 

 These considerations furnish a key to the origin of many of the cultivated races. 

 Other races are traced back to their origin as a stray seedling, or a hybrid, feral or 

 otherwise. Much prominence is given to the work of those pioneer experimenters who 

 have been most instrumental in the amelioration of native fruits. The work thus 



