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tlio pipes over the benches was more r;i])id and rejjular than -where the 

 ]>ipes ran under the benches. As rej;ards the o:rowth of phiuts, the 

 results with carnations, lettuce, cuttinjis, and flower seed were in favor 

 of the underbeiich pipin**'. The bhtssoius of lu'arly mature or buddiiij; 

 ])lants came out more quickly where the pipes were over the benches. 

 The heat was more erpially distribute(l tlirouj;h the honse-^ where the 

 lti]»es were uud«'r the benches. 



Special fektilizkks- fok PLA^•T8 under glass, S. T. ^Iaynakt). 

 I>. S. (])p. 7, 8). — These exjieiinieiits were in continuation of th(»se 

 re])orted in J>ulletin No. 1(» of the station (see Ex]»eiinieiit Station 

 ]iecord, vol. u, ]>. 'J'.'>~>}. and were carried on in the jireenhouses above 

 mentioned. Durinji' M weeks the tolhtwino- numbers of carnation blos- 

 soms were obtained with the use of ditlerent fertilizers: Nitrate of ])otasli 

 1,2<51. nitiate < if soda l,-).~>."5.su]]»hateof ammonia l..'i4.~). sulphate of ])ot ash 

 l,47r», nitrat*' of ]»otash l.dOl. dissolved boiieblaek 1,(M»'.». The results 

 of o ex]»eriments made in this line h;i\c varied: .> favored boneblack, 1 

 suli)hate of ammonia, and 1 nitrate of potash. Snl]»liate of jtotash stood 

 second in each one of them. 



Tests of vakikiies of small fkiits, S. T. ^Maynakd, I>. S. (i>]» 

 S, ](»). — Tabulated data are <;iven for IKi variKies of strawberries, 10 of 

 blackberries, l'.> ol red ias]»berries. and \'A of blackca]) raspberries, with 

 brief descri]»ti\ •• notes (»n a few of the varieties. Injuries to straw- 

 berries by the Itlack jiaria d'arin dirniniti) an<l hy rust { l\ a in ill (ir I tt 

 ffngnrla') are leported. Some \ arieties of bhiekeyp rasplterries suflere«l 

 seriously from anthiaenose {Mfurospnriinti puncti/inm). The (bllowini:- 

 varieties are especially reconMuended : StrdirUtriiot. — licdcr Wood. 

 15iib;icli No. ."(. liaM-rland. i'.ebuont. Wartield. I-aireka. Middlelield. 

 Slnirpless. and Crescent. liltirhhnrlrs. — Ot' tlu' varieties fully ti'Sted, 

 .\;iawani. Taylor Trolitic. and Snyder: of the newer \arieties, Krie, 

 .Minnewaski, Fi'cd, and Stone Hardy. In'id iiisphmii.s. — Marlltorou^h. 

 Cuthbeit. and Hansel. 



Michigan Station, Bulletin No. 75, July. 1891 (pp. 11). 



Fertiltzek analyses, K. ('. Kedzie, M. a. — The text of the 

 State fertilizi'r law and a discussion of the object of ins]»ection «>f f«'r- 

 tilizers are jriven. to;;ether with tabulat«'d analyses of 40 brands ot 

 fei'tilizers. includini: bone and "azotine." colh-cteil in the State during' 

 181)1. 



Michigan Station, Bulletin No. 76. October. 1891 ipp. 16 u 



Kerosene emt i.sion and notJ'.s on i.nsi'.cis. \. ,\. ("(mik. M.S., 

 AND (J. ('. Davls, M. S. (tijis. 8). — Keference is made t« ]»revi<»us state 

 ments re«iardin}; kero.sene emulsion in IWdletins Nos. ."»8 and 7.> of the 

 station (see KxiJcrinuMit Station liccord, vol. u. pp. (!.>and 7.{0). Form- 

 ulas are ;»iven for kerosene emulsion with soft ami hard soajt, kerosene 



