842 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



The grape, J. Craig ( Canada Expt. Farms Epts. 1896, pp. 103-118, figs. 3).— -Notes on 

 the botanical characters, propagation, cultivation, pruning, training, and varieties 

 of grapes, with tabular data regarding 167 varieties grown at the central experi- 

 mental farm. 



Practical advice in regard to hybridizing grapes, P. Castel (Prog. Agr. et Fit., 

 29 (1898), No. 5, pp. 137-147, figs. 0).— This is one of a series of articles on hybridizing 

 grapes, the present article treating of tlie saving, care, and sowing of the seeds. In 

 the course of the paper the author notes some observations on the immediate effect 

 of cross-pollination. Pollen from various sources had no immediate effect on the 

 color or form of the fruits resulting from its use. The seeds of these fruits, on the 

 other hand, were greatly modified in form and resembled the seeds of the varieties 

 which furnished the pollen for crossing. Flowers of the Herbemonts d'Aurelle grape 

 crossed with pollen from the Othello. Alicante- Bouschet, and varieties of Vitis ripa- 

 ria and V. rupestris, produced seeds which so resembled those of the varieties from 

 which the pollen was taken that the latter could be readily determined by an 

 inspection of the seeds. 



New stocks for calcareous soils, P. Gervais (Prog. Agr. et Vit.,29 (1SDS), No. 5, 

 pp. 132-136). — Notes on some hybrid grapes used on calcareous soils as stocks for 

 grafting. 



Nut culture, F. M. Bartram (New England Florist, 3 (1898), No. 40, pp. 547, 548).— 

 Extracts from a paper given before the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



Chestnut culture for fruit, W. A. Bockhout (Pennsylvania Sta. Rpt. 1896, pp. 111- 

 121, pis. 2).—k reprint of Bulletin 36 of the station (E. S. R., 8, p. 497). 



Ornamental asters, II. Dauthexa y (Rev. Hort., 70(1898), No. 2, pp. 30-33, figs. 10).— 

 Notes and illustrations of a number of species and varieties. 



Some flowering cherries (Garden, 53 (1S9S), No. 1367, p. 81, figs. 4). 



Directions for the culture of large-flowered chrysanthemums, V. Yi viand- 

 Morel (Paris: I)oin,2.ed., pp.48). — In this edition a chapter on hybridizing chrys- 

 anthemums has beeu added. 



Hymenocallis and pancratium (Garden, 53 (1898), No. 1366, pp. 57, 58, fig. 1). — 

 Descriptive notes on a number of species of these plants. 



Notes on irises, W. Saunders (Canada Expt. Farms Epts. lS96,pp. 67-69, figs. 5). 



The Italian, or orchid-flowering, cannas, F. A. Waugh (Vermont Sta. Rpt. 1896- 

 '97, pp. 119-122, figs. 3). — A discussion of the origin of these cannas, with a note on 

 their behavior at the station. 



Culture of Phyllocactus (Monatsschr. Eakteenkunde, S (1898), No. 1, pp. 2-5). 



FORESTRY. 



The timber pines of the southern United States, C. Mohr 

 ( U. 8. Dept. Agr., Division of Forestry Bui. 13, pp. 176, pis. 20, figs. 12).— 

 This is a revised edition- of this bulletin (E. S. B., 8, p. G02), and con- 

 tains, in addition to changes in the text, notes byF. Both which supple- 

 ment the previous studies on the southern pines. In addition a short 

 sketch is given by the same author on the pond pine (Pinus serotina). 

 This pine, which, when young, is not easily distinguished from the 

 Loblolly pine, is in some places cut and sold indiscriminately with it, 

 and furnishes from 10 to 15 per cent of the lumber known in the market 

 as North Carolina pine. The growing scarcity of the long leafed pine 

 has resulted in bleeding this pine for turpentine, the yield of which is 

 fair both in quantity and quality. When its ready reproduction, rapid 

 growth, and ability to occupy poorly drained and otherwise almost 



