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to a variety of Fesluca rnbrn, first ili.scovcrf d l>y Dr. A. Gatting^er "grow- 

 iiig on the liiiiestoue cliffs along tbe Ciunbeilaiul iiiver uear ^S'asUville, 

 ill 18G7." As far as known it has not been observed outside tbe limits 

 of Tennessee. 



It ia a uear relative of the red or creej)in;( fescue of Europe, and like that, has a 

 creeping or stoloniferous root. It is therefore au excellent turf-formiu}; j^rass, with 

 good staying i|ualitie8, and will doubtless witlistaud well tlu'. tramping of stock. In 

 our latit'.nlc it remains green the year round, being little all'ected by drouth or the 

 uevere c(dil of winter, and its great mass of Hue root leaves will yield rich grazing 

 wherever it is allowed to beeouie well established, lis lloweriug stems grow to the 

 height of 2 leet or more; it blossoms in May, maturing its seed in July. It is to be 

 recommended only for pastures, but there, esi)eciaily npou wora-out soils aud hill 

 slopes, we are coulideut that it will prove of great value. 



Tests of this grass will be ntade at tlu* tjtation. 



Black knot of the plum and cukurv. V. L. Scuibner, B. S. 

 (l>p. U(»-28, i»late 1). — ])es(.'iii)tive notes on I'luirrifjlitia morbosa, with 

 suggestions as to remedies. Tbe illustrations are from Orchard and 

 GardcHj and after Farlow. 



Pruning friit trees, 1{. L. Watts, B. Agr. (i>i). 2'J-31). — Geu- 

 eral instructions reganling the pruning of fruit trees. 



Glassy-winged soldier bug, li. E. Summers, B. S. (pp. 32, 33, 

 figs. 2). — l)escrii»tive notes on Ht/aliodcs ritripcnnis, Say, which preys 

 ui)on the grapevine leaf hoppers. 



Diseases of live stock, \V. B. Niles, D. V. M. (pp. 34-30). — lu 

 view of the fact that a disease reseinbling " staggers " was causing 

 serious injury to horses, nudes, an«l cattle in Tennessee, Dr. Niles of 

 the University of South Carolina, was sent for to make an investiga- 

 tion of the trouble. In this article he states that he was convinced that 

 "the disease affecting horses and mules is the same as the disease 

 calletl ' staggers' in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and son)e 

 other States. The disease affecting cattle appears to be a different 

 trouble, and is very probably the same as the trouble which annually 

 ap[»ears in some of the Northwestern States, and which is by some 

 called the ' cornstalk' disetise." 



The probable causes of these diseases are discussed and suggestious 

 are made regarding treatment. 



I'^M'KRiMENT STATION IJECORD (pp. 37-54).— Abstiiu;ts of bulletins 

 Vols. 1, II, aud III, taken for the most part from Experiment Station 

 Bulletin, No. 2, part i, and Experiment Station Kecord, vols, i and Ii, 

 of this Ollice. 



Tennessee Station. Bulletin Vol. IV, No. 2, April, 1891 (pp. 21). 



Peanut (^rop of Tennessee, statistics, culture and ciiemks- 

 TRV, L. P. P>RO\VN (pp. 55-73). — '' Teniu>ssee's crop of peanuts for the 

 year 1.S.S9 was not far from 550,000 bushels, worth, at a low estimate, 

 1)0 cents per bushel, a total value of $405,000. The total crop of the 

 Uuited States iu 1681) was probably about 2,700,000 bushels, lu 18'J0 



