107 

 DIVISION OF GARDENS AND GROUNDS. 



Papers on uortioultural and kindred suhjects, W. Saun- 

 DKHS (pp. iL'l). — Tlioso iire reprinted froia reports of the Department 

 of A^rieiilture, 18(>;}-8l), aiul include articles on the followinj^ subjects: 

 Landscape «jardeninij, draining lands, sowing seeds and raising young 

 plants of lorest trees, making and keeping lawns, spring and fall plant- 

 ing of trees, keei)ing hedges, cultivation, mechanical preparation of 

 soil, mulching, situations for orchards, orchard planting, management 

 of orchards, pruning, remarks on pear culture, native grapes, grapes — 

 mildew, i>ropagatiiig native grai)es, foreign grapes in glas^s structures, 

 inside borders for graperies, thrips on grapes, propagating by cuttings, 

 sowing seeds, seed saving, rotation in cropping, exi)edients for promot- 

 ing fruitfuliiess in plants, importance of a uniform supj)ly of water in 

 l)lant culture, li(piid manure for i)lauts in pot culture, flower pots, night 

 temperature in glass structures, watering plants in pots, water plants, 

 glazing greenhouse roofs, rasi)berry culture, ligs, vanilla, India rubber 

 ])lants, <;itron, special incpiiries and answers, well-ripened wood, and 

 notes on orange culture and the pineapple. 



DIVISION OF STATISTICS. 



Keport No. 80 (new series), July, 1891 (pp. 303-374).— This 

 includes articles on the condition and acreage of corn, wheat, oats, rye, 

 barley, cotton, potatoes, tobacco, grasses, and fruit, July 1, 1891 ; the 

 weight of wool per fleece; reports of State agents ; European crop 

 report for July; European rye production ; the cooperative credit unions 

 or people's banks of Germany ; agriculture in Peru ; and transportation 

 rates. 



Rye in Europe is a cereril socond in importance to wheat only. In many countries 

 it is the staple breadstulF, its use nialcinj; possible a larger exportation of wheat from 

 exportiuff countries, .and supplomontin}^ the hif^lier-priced cereal in importing conn- 

 tries. In eastern Europe the ))roduct is larger than the wheat crop in Austria, (Jer- 

 many, and Russia. The crop in Russia is larger than any cereal crox> grown in any 

 country of the world, except corn in the United States. 



The rye crop of Europe, 

 [In Wincheator bushels.] 



Countries. 



1887. 



1889. 



;ar.v 



Anatria-Hun^: 



Austria.. 



Uuugary 



Belgium 



Denmark 



France 



Germany 



Ireland 



Italy 



Nptlierliinds 



Portugal 



Kuumuiiia 



Russia in Europe, except Poland. 



Pohind 



Servia 



Spain 



Sweden 



91,031,114 



51, 295, 798 



18. 182, 505 



16,690,138 



67, 182, 673 



250, 098, S'8 1 



232, 686 



4, 330, 791 



13, 776, 063 



81,570, 



42, 195, 



15, 047, 



15, 68.^, 



02, ;t.-.7, 



217,418, 



374, 



3,648, 



780, fl7C 

 7fi!). I !»4 

 117, ,3X 

 329,012 

 622,312 

 146, .'8J 

 400, S70 

 831,9i-)6 



744, 192, 075 



706, 646, 



47, 887, 

 2,000, 



10, 

 588 , .551, 



247 

 000 



37, 



437, 340 

 305, 431 

 52.5, (iuO 

 500, 76,3 



22, 405, 845 



19, 955, 286 



80.3, 155 

 924,570 



