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The cultivation and preparation of coffee for the market, J. P. Ugarte 

 (1916, 2. ed., pp. 101, pis. 19, figs. 2). — This work comprises a description of the 

 various operations in connection with coffee planting and culture; information 

 relative to methods of coffee pulping, fermenting, washing, drying, hulling, 

 polishing, and grading, as well as general remarks based on practical experience 

 acquired in Mexico, Central America, etc. 



New and successful method of rooting date palm offshoots, J. E. Coit 

 (Univ. Cal. Jonr. Agr., Jf (1916), No. 2, pp. Jf9, 60, 61, figs. 2).— The author here 

 describes a method of rooting date palm offshoots developed by B. Drummond 

 of the Bureau of Plant Industry of the U. S. Department of Agriculture in 

 cooperation with J. Northrop of Indio, Cal. 



The method consists essentially in the use of a propagating house covered 

 with canvas instead of glass and with no ventilation whatever. This type of 

 house was found to be much more economical than a glass house and has yielded 

 satisfactory results to a number of growers. It prevents excessive drying by 

 wind and sun, maintains an atmosphere of rather dense humidity above the 

 plants, and at the same time a high temperature, thus furnishing the best con- 

 ditions for rooting date palm offshoots. In some instances many old off- 

 shoots which had been set in the field for one or even two years and had shown 

 no signs of life have, when placed in the canvas houses, thrown out large fresh 

 green leaves and vigorous roots within six or eight weeks. 



Colonial plants — Perfume, tincture, and tannin plants, and tobacco, H. 

 JuMELLE (Lcs Cultures Colonialcs — Plantes a Perftims, a Colorants, ct a Tan- 

 nins, Tabac. Paris: J. B. BailUdrc & Sons, 1916, 2. rev. ed., vol. 8, pp. 112, figs. 

 25).— This is part 8 of the author's revi-sed work (E. S. R., 34, p. 838), The 

 present part discusses the various perfume, tincture, and tannin plants and 

 tobacco with reference to their botany, exploitation, culture, and utilization. 



Colonial plants. — Industrial plants, H. Jumelle (Les Cultures Coloniales — 

 Plantes Industrielles. Paris: J. B. Bailliere cG Sons, 1916, rev. and enl. ed., pp. 

 112-\-118+119-{-112-\-XX, figs. U6). — The present volume comprises parts 5 to 

 8 of the author's work on colonial plants which have previously been issued 

 separately (see above abstract). The plants included are oil-yielding plants, 

 textile plants, and plants yielding rubber, caoutchouc, lac, perfumes, tinctures, 

 and tannins, and tobacco. 



Sources of supply of hazelnuts (Bui. Imp. Inst. [So. Kensington'^, IJf (1916), 

 No. 2, pp. 261-267). — A short statistical account relative to the production and 

 supply of hazelnuts in different countries. 



Iris breeding (Jour. Heredity, 7 (1916), No. 11, pp. 502, 503). — This paper 

 includes a contribution by Grace Sturtevant on the technique of iris breeding, 

 together with some descriptive notes on iris hybrids secured in breeding work 

 conducted by W. R. Dykes and by S. Mottet. 



My garden, Louise B. Wilder (Garden City, N. Y.: Dotibleday, Page d Co., 

 1916, pp. XIX-^308, pis. 8). — An account of the author's experience in planning 

 and making an ornamental garden, including descriptive notes on the various 

 plantings as they appear throughout the season, information relative to methods 

 of propagation, culture, and care, the adaptation of plants to different situa- 

 tions, and the merits of different varieties. Lists are given of the best annuals 

 and of plants for special situations, the wild garden, herb garden, and wall 

 garden, and i*eferences are made to a number of works dealing with gardens 

 and plant material. 



My garden in spring, E. A. Bowles (London: T. C. d E. C. Jack, 191It, pp. 

 XX+30S, pis. JfO).— This is the first of a series of three books, edited by R. H. 

 Pearson, which is primarily descriptive of the plant material in the author's 



