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Garden manuring in connection -with tomatoes, Tj. Grandeau (Jimr. Jr/r. 

 Prat., oS (1S04), Xo. 26, pp. 917, OlS). — Notes on the author's experiments ou the 

 soil of his own garden, chiefly with liquid manures. 



The manuring of fruit trees ( Wiener ill. Gart. Ztr/., ID {1S94), Xu.5, pp. ISO-WG).— 

 General remarks on the principles and practice, and experiments with various pro- 

 portions of sodium nitrate, kainit, and Thomas slag, a mixture containing a little 

 more of the latter two than of the iirst, giving best results. 



Treatment of overladen fruit trees ( Wiener ill. Gart. Ztr/., ID {1SD4), No. 1, pp. 

 20-22). — Remarks on tlie ]»r()per pruning, cultivation, and fertilizing of several 

 orchard fruits. 



Pacific coast seedling fruits, C. H. Shinn (Gard. and Forest, 7 {1S94), })p. 242, 

 243). — A brief article ou fruits that are being originated on the Pacific coast, and 

 many of which seem comuiendable. 



The biology and cultivation of the fig ( Wiener ill.. Gart. Ztg., ID (1S94), No. 3, 

 pp. 93-97). — A general and popular article on the origin, culture, fruiting, and varie- 

 ties of figs. 



FIo"wering and fertilization of the native plum, E. S. Goff (Gard. and Forest, 7 

 {1S94), pp. 2GJ, 2i')3). — Results of cxpcriuieut witli 22 varieties. The frequent steril- 

 ity was found to be due to imperfect pistils. The i)ercentage varies, and in Wiscon- 

 sin the abortive pistils are thought to l)e produced by the severe climate. 



Devices for protecting strawberries from soil injury {Dent, landw. Presse, 21 

 {lii94), p, ^cS"").— Notes ou })laciug various shielding disks of metal, wood, and paste- 

 board beneath the ripening fruit. 



Green manuring for grapes, E. Chuard {Chron. Aejr. Cant. Vaud., 7 {1S94), No. 

 11, pp. 292-294). — A short popular article on the subject, giviug the requirements of 

 the vine and the advisability of supplementing other fertilizers with green manures, 

 clover and lupine being recommended. 



Influence of different systems of pruning on the quantity and quality of 

 grapes and on the composition of must, A. Saxsoxe {Staz. Sper. Agr. Itah, 26 

 (1894), No. 4, pp. 3S9-399). 



Bulbous plants in North Carolina, W. F. Massey {Gard. and Forest, 7 (1894), 

 p 27 S). 



Food requirements of the chrysanthemum, ,T. .1. Willis {Gard. Chron., 25 

 (1394), No. 391, p. 77S). — Average of analyses by A. B. Griffiths is given and used as 

 a basis for calculating fertilizer requirements. 



FORESTRY. 



The introduction of hardy, useful, and ornamental trees, J. B. 



Webster [Trans. Highland and A (jl. Soc. Scotland, 1894, j)}). 319-332).— 

 The author gives the results of his extended observations ou the suita- 

 bility of various conifers for forest and nursery planting, together with 

 suggestions as to most favorable soils and methods of handling, as well 

 as notes of historical and botanical interest on many of the species. 

 He reports favorably on 32 species as follows : Abies halsamea, A. nohiUs, 

 A. tvebbiana, A. nordmanniana, A. cephalonica, A. lasiocarjm, A. pinsapo, 

 A. sibirica, Pseudofsiiga douglasii, Tsuga mertensiana, Picea oricnfalis, 

 P. nigra, Pinus insignis, P. ponderosa, P. pinaster, P. excelsa, P. parvi- 

 jiora, Sequoia sempervirens, S. gigantea, Cupressus macrocarpa, C. latv- 

 soniana, G. nootJcatensis, C. thyoidesy Thuya gigantea, Cryptomeria japon- 



