HOKTICULTUEE. 543 



A variety test of rye, N. Westermkier {Dent, landw. Fresse, 21 {1894), No. 100, pp. 

 959, OGO). 



Sujar beets, E. Fulmer ( Washington Sta. Bui. 9, p. 16). — This is a popular dis- 

 cussion of the subject, in which the author treats of the history of sn,nar-beet culture 

 iu Europe aud in the United States, and raises tlie iinestiou of the advisability of 

 growing sugar beets in Washington. 



The sugar beet in South Dakota, J. H. Shepaud {South Dakota Sta. Bpt. 1892, p. 

 6S).—X re])riut of liulletiu 27 of the station (E. S. K., 3, p. 889). 



Field experiments -with sugar cane, J. R. Bovei.l aud J. P. d'Ai-Buquerqiik 

 (7'^;/. Exptl. Fields. Dodds Ueformatory, Barhados, 1S93, pp. 1-44). — Experiments with 

 fertilizers, varieties, and planting different portions of the stalk. 



Analysis of turnips, J. van den Berghe {Lab. Agr. Frov. Boulers, West Flanders, 

 lipt. 1893, pp. 14-16). — Analyses of 12 varieties gave the following results: Water, 

 91.65 i:'er cent; crude protein, 1.68; true albuminoids, 1.22; sugar, 2.8, and starch, 

 0.46. 



Experiments in sowing wheat, J. W. Sanborn ( Utah Sta. Rpt. 1893, pp. 166-173). — 

 Tlie average results for 4 years favored sowing spring wheat at a medium date 

 rather than early or late, and showed very slight ctifferences between drilling and 

 broadcasting. Experiments with large and small seed^nd with heavy seed and that 

 of ordinary wheat gave results considered unsatisfactory by the experimenter. The 

 yields obtained for 4 years by sowing from 2 to 10 pecks of seed wheat per acre are 

 tabulated. The results are not conclusive. 



Researches on the color and nitrogen content of wheat grains of different 

 varieties differently fertilized, G. C'anova {Staz. Sper. Agr. Ital., 27 {1894), Xo. 3, 

 pp. 261- n 6). 



Experiments w^ith varieties of wheat, A. A. Mills ( Vtali Sta. Bpt. 1893, pp. 

 ^j'Oi-Si^).— Tabulated data for all varieties grown in 1890, 1891, 1892, and 1893 are 

 given. The soil was uneven in fertility, and it was thought necessary to make cor- 

 rections in the yield. ''Of 23 varieties, grown 3 years or more, Gypsum leads in 

 yield, while Northcote Amber, Beryl, Australian Club, Lofthouse, Standard, Ruby, 

 and Granite followed in the order named." 



A system for the classification of varieties of w^heat, ■writh a resume of sim- 

 ilar work by earlier investigators, J. Eriksson {Landw. Vers. Stat., 45, pp. 37-135; 

 ahs. in Ann. Agron., 20 {1801), No. 11, pp. 534-556). 



Wheat culture in Modena, G. Canova {Staz. Sper. Agr. Ital., 27 {1894), No. S, 

 pp. 277-301) .—llua paper is largely occupied with a discussion of rotation and of 

 the cost of growing wheat. 



Fertilizer experiments on a rotation of crops, J. G. Lee {Louisiana Stas. Bui. 

 29, 2d ser., pp. 1015-1017). — The results of a three-course rotation consisting of corn, 

 oats and cowpeas, and cotton on fertilized and unfertilized land are tabulated for 

 the 5 years, 1889-93. Fertilizers largely increased the yield of every crop. 



Report on culture experiments w^ith various crops in Norw^ay in 1893, B. 

 Larskn {Tidskr. norske Landbr., 1 {1894,) pp. 375-387). — Tests of varieties of barley, 

 oats, clover, and timothy conducted at a number of substations since 1889. 



The preservation of green fodder, A. Neeb {Orgaan Ver. Oudleerlingen Bijks Land- 

 bonu'school, 7 {1894), No. 76, pp. 54-60). — A review of the history of ensiling in 

 Netherlands, with a full account of methods, construction and cajDacity of silos, 

 cost, and a table of analyses of silage. 



HORTICULTURE. 



Electricity and plant growing, L. H. Bailey {Trans. Mass. Hort. 

 8oc.l89i., pt. 1, pp. 51-79). — The application of electrical ilhiiniiiatioii 

 aud of electricity to plaut growing and the effect of atmospheric elec- 



