722 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



The square-pod pea {Lotus tetragonolohus) is an annual leguminous 

 ])lant which at the station on 2 difterent plats yielded at the rate of 24 

 and 26 tons of green material per acre. Other plants for distribution 

 are Jesuits' tea {Psoralea glandulosa), Persian table grapes, Italian 

 wine grapes, olive cuttings or scions, tree tomato of Jamaica {Solaniim 

 hetaceum), canaigre, rice, sugar cane, 2 varieties of beans, 1 of wheat, 

 zigzag corn, and New England spinach [Tetragonia exiHinsa). 



Cultural methods for improving the yield of barley, M. Hollrung (Ztschr. 

 laudw. Ver. Eessen, 1S94, No. 52, pp. 424, 425). 



Beets running to seed, Rimpau {Dent, hnidw. rresse, 21 {1894), No. 102, pp. 984, 

 985). — A discnssiou of the iuflueiices which cause certain biennial plants to form 

 seed stems during the first year of growth. 



Caiiaigre, B. M. Lklong {California Slate Bd. Hort. Bpt. 1S9S and 1894, pp. 420-425, 

 pJs. S, figs. 2). — A general discussion of the culture of canaigre {Ramex kyrnenosepa- 

 his), chiefly compiled from Arizona Station Bulletin 7 (E. S. R., 4, p. 804). Analyses 

 of the root are given, and the plant and its roots and seeds are illustrated. 



List of forage and miscellaneous plants under trial, O. Lugger {Minnesota Sta. 

 lipt. 1893, pp. 291-307). — The author has under trial in small plats 546 forage and mis- 

 cellaneous plants as follows: Grasses, 437 species; legumes, 92 species; and miscel- 

 laneous forage, textile, and oil-producing plants, 17 species. The object of the trials 

 is to offer as many species as possible to the students for study and to ascertain what 

 ones are adapted to th.e climate of the State. Nothing is given as to the relative 

 value of the species tested. 



Proximate analysis of upright brome grass (Bromus erectus), E. Kinch {Agl. 

 Students' Gas., n. ser., 7 {1S94), No. 2, p. 48). 



Sisal hemp in the Bahamas {Kew Misc. Bui. 96, pp. 412-414). 



Fertilizer experiments on oats {Agl. Studentu' Gaz., n. ser., 7 {1894), No. 2, 

 pp. 39-42). 



Variety tests of potatoes, H. J. AVateus and R. J. Weld {Pennsylvania Sta. Bpt. 

 1893, p. 117). — The yields and brief descriptive notes are given in the form of tables 

 for 12 varieties tested on twentieth-acre plats. The most productive was Early 

 Puritan, followed by Green Mountain and Empire State. 



Variety tests and experiments with green manures for potatoes, Croche- 

 TELLE {Ann. Agron., 21 {1895), No. 1, pp. 17-34). 



Increasing the harvest by selecting seed potatoes, A. Sempotowski {Deut. 

 landw. Presse, 22 {1895), No. 3, p. 21). 



Storing and keeping potatoes, G. Fabius {Ind. T.ait., 15 {1895), No. 2, p. 12). 



The soja bean, its origin, properties, and acclimatization, E. Martin {Eev. 

 Svientif., 3 {1895), ser. 4, No. 5, pp. 144-146). 



Soja beans, F. E. Emery {Southern Planter, 1895, Feb., jyj. 56, 67). 



Sugar beets, H. Snyder {Minnesota Sta. Bpt. 1893, pp. 63-72). — A reprint from 

 Bulletin 27 of the station (E. S. R., 4, p. 723). 



The Lahaina sugar cane {Eew Misc. Bui. 96, pp. 418, 419). 



The introduction of tobacco into France, E. Roze {Jour. Bot. France, 8 {1894), 

 No. 21 and 22, pp. 375-380). — An historical sketch. 



Experiments with wheat, A. C. Magrudek (O/c/a/zoma Sta. Bui. 12, pp. 4).— -These 

 consisted of tests of A'arieties, dates of sowing, and an experiment in manuring 

 wheat. On the manured portion of the field the variety making the largest yield 

 was Currell; on the nnmanured portion, Sibley Hybrid. Stable manure largely 

 increased the yield. Wheat was sown at intervals of one week from September 7 to 

 the following January. The largest yield resulted from the sowing made Septem- 

 ber 21. 



