792 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



berries, len<rth of season, aud yield of strawbenies, and length of season and yield 

 of raspberrifs. 



Of 14 varieties of strawberries planted in 1891, 8 yielded more liberally in the third 

 than in the second year. 



Notes on small fruits, W. M. Munson (Maine Sta. lipt. 1895, pp. 13S-141).—K 

 reprint of Bulletin 21 of the station (E. S. K., 7, p. 866). 



Small fruit culture for market, W. A. Taylor ( TJ. S. iJept. Agr. Yearbook ISBo, 

 pp. 2S3-294,pl. /).— The author discusses the choice of location, preparation of soil, 

 manuring, planting and cultivation, pruning, winter treatment, varieties for market, 

 gelection of plants, harvesting, and marketing for strawberries, blackberries, rasp- 

 berries, currants, and gooseberries. 



French vines resistant to black rot, E. KisoN (Prog. Agr. et ]'it.,2G (1896), No. 

 10, pp. 211, 2'72). — The variety Becut is said to be resistant, but the editor raises the 

 question as to the identity of such a variety. 



Training grapes on wires, A. Cakke (Vrog. Agr. et Vit., 27 (1897), No. 5, pp. 

 119-121). 



Grape culture in the greenhouse, K. Cameron (Canadian Jlort., 2(> (1897), No. 3, 

 pp. 105,106). 



Contribution to the physiology of the graft. Influence of the stock on the 

 scion, G. Riviere and G. Bailiiache (Compt. Bend., 124 (1897), No. 9, pp. 477-480). 



Principles of pruning and care of wounds in woody plants, A. F. Woods 

 ( U. S. Dept. Agr. Yearbook 1895, pp. 257-268, figs. 5). — The general structure of woody 

 plants is given and the nature and effect of root and top pruning are discussed. 

 Directions are given for pruning fruit trees to produce vegetative growth and also 

 for greater bearing capacity. The method of healing w^ounds on stems and branches 

 is mentioned and receipts given for grafting wax, grafting clay, coal tar, and shellac 

 varnish. 



Irrigation for the garden and greenhouse, L. K. Taft ( U. S. Dept. Agr. Yearbook 

 1895, pp. 233-246, figs. 4). — A popular discussion of this subject under the following 

 heads: The water supply, power and machinery, distribntion, reservoirs and tanks, 

 applying the water, irrigation for the garden, irrigation for orchards, cost of irriga- 

 ting, profits from irrigating, aud irrigation for the greenhouse. 



Frosts and freezes as affecting cultivated plants, B. T. Galloway ( U. S. Dept. 

 Agr. Yearbook 1895, pp. 143-158, figs. 8). — This is a general discussion of the different 

 kinds of frosts aud freezes and their effects upon plants. The use of the daily 

 weather map aud of the psychrometer in foretelling frosts is explained and direc- 

 tions are given for the protection of plants by covering with straw, soil, etc., by 

 means of screens and wind-breaks, by smoke and fire, and by flooding, irrigating, 

 and spraying. 



Orchards and vineyards in the United States, F. Saiiut (Prog. Agr. et Vit., 27, 

 (1S97), No. 10, pp. 284-288). 



Horticulture in colleges, W. E. Britton (Garden and Forest, 10 (1897), No. 473, 

 pp. 107,108). 



The forcing-book, L. H. Bailey' (The MacmilUm Co., New York, 1897, pp. VII, 

 266, figs. 88). — The extent to which the cultivation of vegetables under glass has 

 developed within comparatively few years has caused a demand for some authorita- 

 tive work giving the latest and best information on the subject. In this work, 

 although tbe author disclaims being an authority, hints and directions are given 

 which will be found valuable to the amateur grower who seeks a few vegetables for 

 his table as well as for the oue who grows for market puri)oses. Necessarily the con- 

 struction of greenhouses and their management must be considered and the discus- 

 sion of the various forms of houses and their details will be found very complete. 

 Soils, fertilizers, irrigation, shading, pollination, etc., have received careful study, 

 and the suggestions offered relative to them will be found the best, so far as the 

 present state of our knowledge goes. 



The forcing of lettuce, cauliflower, radish, asparagus, tomatoes, cucumbers, and 



