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end of i)otatoes gerniiiiatcd better, and Lence gave a larger yield than 

 the stem end. Five to 7 in. was found to he the best depth for plant- 

 ing potaroes. 



Mammoth clover, red clover, rye grass, alsike clover, brome grass, 

 scarlet clover, meadow fescue, Folsom grass, orchard grass, crimsou 

 trefoil, Japan clover, meadow oat grass, timothy, white clover, sainfoin, 

 Kentucky blue grass, and Bermuda grass were grown. Brief notes 

 are given ou cauliflowers, on a tool house recently constructed, on 

 treating wheat for smut, and on exhibits made during the year. 



Relation between the size of the embryo of a grain of Tvheat 

 and the size and weight of the entire grain, II. Mkiieel.s {BkI. 

 Min. A(jr. Belgique, 10 {1894), iVo. J, |>/). 96-102).— The author exam- 

 ined a number of grains of wheat from different countries. In the 

 case of each kind of wheat investigated the length and breadth of the 

 embryo increased w itli the weight of the giain of wheat. Of 2 grains of 

 wheat of equal size, the heavier generally contained the larger embryo. 

 The size of the embryo in general diminished less rapidly than the 

 weight of the grain. 



Experiments -with corn, M. A. Scovell {Kentucky »S7«. 7i'jj/. ISDl, pp. .'/7-67). — A 

 repriut of Bulletin 33 of the station (E. S. R., 2, p. 724). 



The evolution of Indian corn, W. A. Kei.lekman (Aun. l\pt. Ohio Jcad. ScL, 2 

 (1S94), pp. 33, 3S). 



Experiments -with forage plants, C. A. Goessmann (Massachusetts >'<tate Sta. lipt. 

 1893, pp. 212-219, pis. 4). — Analyses and notes ou the growth of the following plants: 

 White lupine {Lup'uuts alhus), yellow lupine {L. luteiis), prickley comfrey {Sympliy- 

 turn officinale), flat pea (Lalhyrus sylvestris), 3 varieties of soja bean {Sojii ]tis2)i(ia), 

 kidney vetch {AnthyUis vttlneraria), sainfoin {Onohrychis saliva), cowpea {DoUchos 

 sinensis), nfrradella (Ornithojnts sotivns), spring vetch (Vicia sativa), Bokhara clover 

 (Melilotus alba), horse bean (Vicia faba), Kaffir corn, 3 varieties of buckwheat 

 (Fadopip-um esculentum), summer rape (Brassica na2)ns), and carrots (Daucns carola). 

 An early variety of black soja bean proved superior as a forage plant to other 

 A^arieties. Serradella made a heavy growtli, Kaffir corn failed to mature, and Japan- 

 ese buckwheat gave a heavier growth than the common and silver-hull varieties. 



Forage plants, H. Garman (Kentucky Sta. Ept. 1893, pp. 16-22). — Descriptive notes 

 on tall fescue (Festuca elatior), meadow fescue (F. pratensis), red fescue (F. rubra), 

 orchard grass (Dactylis glomerata), rescue grass (Bromus schraderi), English rye 

 grass (LoUum perenne), crimson clover (Trifoliuni incarnatum') mammoth or pea- vine 

 clover (T. medium), alsike clover (T. hybridum), alfalfa (Medicayo sativa), black 

 medic (M. lupulina), Japan clover (Lespedeza striata), Bokhara clover (Melilotus 

 alba), spurry (Spergula arvensis), Johnson grass (Soryhuni hulapense), and kidney 

 vetch (AnthyUis vulneraria). 



Forage plants for the South, S. M. Tracy ( U. S. Dept. Ayr., Farmers' Bui. 18, pp. 

 30). — A summary of this bnllctiu was given in E. S. R., 6, p. 92. 



The cultivation of ginseng^ A. Cox (Amer. Ayr. (middle ed.), 54 (1S94), No. 5, 

 pp.l21,122,J\ys.3). 



The cultivation and manufacture of ganja in Madras, C. Benson (Dept. Land 

 Eecords and Ayr., Madras, 1894, Bui. 29, 2>P- 291-294). — Popular Jiotes on the cultiva- 

 tion and manufacture of hemp (Cannabis sativa). 



Soil inoculation for leguminous plants, C. Naudin (Jour. Ayr. Prat., 58 (1894), 

 Xo. 39, pp. 453-455). — A brief notice ou species of plants which require soil inocula- 

 tion, and on others in which such inoculation appears to be unnecessary. 



