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apparently sufferiug from lack of affinity between stock and scion, unfavorable 

 soil and cultural conditions, etc. 



The experimental vineyards of the Lausanne Viticultural Station, H. Faes 

 (Terre VaiuL, 2 (1910), Nos. 15, pp. 169-111; 11, pp. 193, 194).— A descriptive 

 account of these vineyards is given. 



Olive culture, materials and processes of making oil (Cong. Leitaria, 

 Olivicttlt. e Indus. Azeitc 190.5, Relat. Geral, II, pp. 152, pis. 8, figs. .5).— This 

 volume consists of reports on olive culture and various phases of oil manu- 

 facture presented to the Congress of Dairying, Olive Culture and Oil Manu- 

 facture, held in Lisbon in 1905. 



The following themes are considered: Olive culture in Portugal, varieties 

 of cultivated olives, diseases of olives, period of maturity, harvesting, sorting 

 and washing the fruit, the preserving of olives, the influence of heaping the 

 fruit on the quality of edible oils, grinding olives, the materials and processes 

 of crushing and their influence on the quality of edible oils, materials and 

 processes of expressing olives, decanting, washing and filtering the oils, utiliza- 

 tion of the bagasse, oil extraction by chemical processes, bottling the oil, plans 

 and models of oil presses, cooperative oil mills, schools for training in mill 

 work and stations for studying oils, methods of promoting the olive oil industry, 

 the commei'ce in oil in Portugal, the decline of the industry through the im- 

 portation of foreign oils, oil merchants, agricultural credit applied to the oil 

 industry, and control against frauds. 



Pineapple culture in Porto Rico, J. M. Turner ( WcckJi/ Cons, and Trade 

 Rpts. [U. .S'.], 1 (1910), yo. 11, 'pp. /,S7-//90).— A brief general account of the 

 pineapple industry in Porto Rico, including information relative to the cost of 

 culture and returns from the crop in different districts of the island. 



The citrus grove, its location and cultivation, P. H. Rolfs (Fla. Quart. 

 Bui. Dept. Agr., 20 (1910), yo. 2, pp. 81-96). — This article contains concise 

 information relative to the character of the Florida soils, the selection of a site 

 for citrus groves, preparing the land, methods of culture, and building up a 

 neglected grove. 



Tea in Jamaica, H. E. Cox (Bui. Dcpt. Agr. Jamaica, n. ser., 1 (1910), No. 3, 

 pp. 116-181, pis. 2). — This consists of a brief account of the history of tea 

 culture in Jamaica, the conditions under which the industry is being developed, 

 cultural details, and the preparation of the leaf for use. 



The graftage of chestnuts, J. Farcy (Prog. Agr. et Vit. (Ed. VEst-Centre), 

 31 (1910), No. 20, pp. 592-595). — The author points out the importance of 

 grafting as a means of checking the ink disease of chestnuts and gives sug- 

 gestions relative to methods of grafting. 



Manual of floriculture, A. Buyssens (Manuel de Floriculture. Vilvoorden 

 and Paris. 1909, pp. 362, figs. 264). — This is a guide to the culture of flowering 

 plants and shrubs in the open and under glass. It discusses general cultural 

 operations, soils, fertilizers, greenhouse management, and gives descriptive 

 and cultural notes of the more important indoor and outdoor flowers, orna- 

 mental plants, and shrubs. 



Gardens and gardening (Loiccll. Mass.: City Library [1910], pp. 23). — A 

 list of books relating to gardens and gardening in the Lowell City Library. 



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Silviculture, H. J. A. Dittmar (Der Waldbau. Neudamm, 1910, pp. 219). — 

 This work is offered as a guide for instruction and practice as well as a manual 

 for the private forest owner. In part 1, introductory considerations deal with 

 the various forest types, climate and soil, the development of pure and mixed 



