532 



Cliaiii])laiii, Cbarles Dowiiiiif;, ICarly ]5(';iiity of Ilfbioii, Early ruiitan, 

 Eaily Vennoiit. (iretii Mountain. TIkhImiiii. an»l \'irtniv. lu this t<*st 

 the hirgest yiehls \vci»' obtained with White SeeiUinj;, Victory, Alex- 

 ander Prolific, Canibridf^e Prolific, Jones Prize-Taker, White Ko.se, 

 Charles Downiiifr, and Jioiian/.a. 



Votnto rot (i»i». l."37-l.")2). — A brief account of tlie disease canseil by 

 rin/tophthora iufcstanft, taken from a paper by F. Lamson-Scribner, IJ. S., 

 and a detailed record of sprayinjf experiments with Bordeaux mixture. 

 The first application was made July 1-. One i»lat was spray«Ml five 

 times during; the season, 2 others three times, and 1 remained 

 untreated. The results favored sprayin*; five times. The article is 

 illustrated with five i>lates. 



Parsnijis, rUlijc vs. fiat cultivation (pp. l.")2, 153). 



The i»lat wlicre thf exiHTiiiicnt was coiiductcil was pr<'i>.in'«l for plantin<iast•vl•llly 

 a8 pDsisible, with th«- i'xr«plion tliat on one half of tbt- jiit-re riiljjes were raist'd aliuiit 

 8 iiiflicH ahovo th«' .surface l>y tnniiu;^ two furrows to;;ith<r, the- soil on the si«lfs 

 and tojfs bi'iuj; siiiriotlu'il ott' and jiackcd toK<th<r witli a spade. The extra lalior 

 reepiiretl in priparin^ the ridjjes was fully repaid in the eare of the crop diirinf; tin- 

 summer, hut, with the exception of a slight reduction in the per eent of hramhetl 

 S])eeimens, no advantafje resulted in our trial of the ridge system over the more » om- 

 mon method of Hat eultivation. 



Details are ;;i\ en in tables. 



Ik'tins, fertilizer f.viirrimcnt (pj). l.~»J, 1.")), — Dissolved boiu'blaek. sul 

 ]>hate of potash, inuriat<' iA' ]Hitash. sul|>hate of aininunia. and nitrate 

 of soda were api»lie«l sin.ulyand «'oni]»;iied with no manure on ll'varie- 

 tii's of bush beans. The yields, as tabulated. indi«-ate that the lar;;-est 

 iiMMcase was eaus«'d by dissolved boneblaek. with sulphate of potash 

 second and muriate of pota>h thiid. Tlie increase from the nitro;;e- 

 nous fertilizers was not sullieient to make their use profitalde. 



I. turn i/rassex (p. !."»(»). — A brief account of an exjieriment in which 

 K'hodc island bent grass {Atjmstis eanina) and Kentucky l>hie gras^ 

 {I'oa pniteii.si.s) wer«' each i)Iante<l alone and to;rcth«'r with white clovei. 

 Early in the season the «lo\er "added density to tin* ftuinin'r sward, 

 but later the ^lowth was not so even wlu're clover was sown." iJliodc 

 Islaml bent made a better powth than tlu' blue <,nass. 



X<ir ntrieties of J'ruits and recjefalties (pi>. 157-1G2). — Brief descrip- 

 tive notes on a few varieties of strawben ies, In-ans. and caulitlow<Ms, 

 and on a novelty called tin' *• ^'aiden lenion." uliidi ri>iiubles u small 

 musknu'lon. 



Mirri:<>i{()i.(K}i<AL iji:(<»ki), L. F. Kinm:v, B. :s. (pp. Ifi.l-ifiO). — 

 A talnilatcd record of daily observations of temperature, rainfall, and 

 baronietrie pressure. The yearly summary is as follows: rrtssure 

 (im-hes). — ^lean 20.90. Air temperature (de.trrees F.). — Mean 48.7. 

 Precipitation (inches). — Total 55.17. 



Rkpokt of Apiakist, S. CrsiniAN (pj). 170-175). — A brief acc<mnt 

 of the work in this line, with reterein-cs to exi)eriments repf»rted in 



