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aud brief accounts are given of unsuccessful experiments with ammo- 

 niacal carbonate of copper and Bordeaux mixture. 



Lice affecting domestic animals, H. Osborn, M. S. (pit. 330- 

 353, plates 2, fig. 1). — Illustrated descriptions of sonui !."> species, taken 

 from the author's article in Jlullctin ^o. 7 of the Division of Entomol- 

 ogy of this Department (see Experiment Station Kecord, vol. ii,p. G(»l>). 



Sugar beets, G. E. Patrick, M. S. (pp. 354, 355). — Brief direc- 

 tions regarding the culture of sugar beets, ])n1»lislied with a view to 

 stimulating the ]noductiou of beets in Iowa this year. 



Trees, shrubs, and small fruits for the home grounds, J. 

 L. Bi 1)1). M. 11. (i)]). ;'.5r>-.3n5). — Asa result of experiments at the \o\\n 

 Agriciiltuial College and elsewhere in the State, the author reconiiiieiids 

 the following speci«'s and v;ii ieties for ]»lanting in the northern jjart of 

 the State: tShdile trcrs. — IJard maple (Acer niiirum), hm-kWiry (Cclti.s 

 occidental ifi), ba.sswood ( 77/m ((iiic)ir(iu(i),\\]ntv elm ( [hnus tunericaua), 

 cut-leaved bir<-h {Hetula amurcnsis), white i)ine(/V/n/.s strohus). red jtine 

 {rinm rcsinnsa). Orunmcntdl trees. — Wild o\i\e{EI(vn(i}U(s ouifiisti/olia), 

 American mcMinlain ash (Snrhiis /nz/rr/cawrO, rosemary willow {Salixros- 

 «/f(r/Vi;/i)//VO. whit«' Sibeiian almond. I'ninus trihilxi, ;imur ehokeeherry 

 {l*nnn(.s )ii(i<trki), weei»ing bird cherry ( /V»««.v jy</f/«.v), tree lilacs, tree 

 sm)wball, tree berberry {licrberix amurcnsis), Bussian privet, ]>ea tree 

 {(Uiv(i(it(u<i (irlinyrscriis), monntain jtine ( I'liiiis piimihis), aWvi'V ii\*nur 

 (PUru jjiDKjviix), white .sjirnce (I'inti aiha). Slinihs. — Hydrangea, 

 tamarix, liosa ruffosa, mock orang*-. Lonircni sphiulvns, L. alhrrti, L. 

 kylostciiin, elimbiiig lioneysnckle ( /.. s< min rrircns), Spiran raiihoutcii, 

 >S'. (loiu/liisi, snowball. \'iiginia ercepei- (Aniprlnpsis (juiii<iii>/(>li((). 

 CrapcH. — Moore Early, Cottage, AVorden, and Coneord. Strairhcrrics. — 

 Waifnld, Ilaveiland. Crescent, Bedei- Wood, Barker Earle. and Downer 

 I'rolilic. It'osithcrrics, hind:. — Older, Tyler, and Shaller Colossal : rol. 

 ('nthbert. lilackhcrricfi. — Sny<ler and Amient B»riton. Curnnits. — 

 Wliile Crape, Victoria, and Blaek Naples. Uoinscberrus. — Houghton 

 Sei'dling, pinof JinichcrricH. — ( )sage. 



Mints fok be«;inners in d.mkmnc. F. A. TiEir.UToN ()»]». 3(;r»- 

 :\C,S). — Practical suggestions for the managenuMit of milk and for butter 

 making. 



Kansas Station, Bulletin No. 28, December, 1891 (pp. 12). 



Second l'ktort on the experimental vinev a ki>. i:. A. Bope- 

 NOE, M. A., and S. C. Mason, B. S. (pp. ].")0-l(;s).— Tlij.> inelndes 

 brief descri[)tive notes on 1*2 varieties, in continnation of the record 

 in liulletin No. M of the station (see Experiment Station Becord, vol. 

 II, ]). 5(i(i), and on 2.) varieties which fruited for the lirst time in 1S!>1; 

 and accounts of exi)criinciits in spraying vines with Bonleanx mixtnre 

 and in bagging grai)es. Of 15 varieties whi< h were more or less art'wtetl 

 l)y the rot even after si)raying, '' 10 w»'re hybrids containing Vinif«'ra 

 blood, 4 were of Labrnsca origin, and 1 a Biparia." It was observed 



