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fluous shoots, pinching back, and girdling grapevines, with reference to their 

 importance to the French vineyardist. The anthor concludes in substance that 

 these are all special practices, and although of some value under certain con- 

 ditions, {hey should not he generally employed in the producti(m of wine grapes. 



Coffee plantations of Tonkin, 1'. J. S. Cramer {Philippine Agr. Rev. [English 

 Ed.], 3 (IVIO), No. 2, pp. i)Ji-100).—Th\ii is an English translation of a report 

 presented to the Governor-Genera 1 of Indo-China (B. S. R., 21, p. 037). 



The tea plats at the experiment station, Peradeniya {Circs, and Agr. Jour. 

 Rog. Bot. Gard. Ceylon, 5 {Ji)10), Xo. 1, pp. 12, pis. Jf). — A descriptive account 

 of these plats, discussing the conditions of soil and climate, pruning, cultiva- 

 tion, manuring experiments, and yields under varied treatment. Tabular data 

 are given showing soil analyses and yields in pounds of made tea from the 

 various plats planted in July 1903, and since treated with various manures 

 and cover crops. 



The kola nut tree in French Guinea, H. Leroide {Agr. Prat. Pays Chauds, 

 10 {1910), No'. 85, pp. 268-288). —A study of the kola nut tree in French 

 Guinea, relative to its distribution, uses, and methods of culture. 



Pistachio culture, J. Brichet {Bnl. Dir. Agr. Com. et Colon. [Tunis], 14 

 {1910), No. 5-'f, pp. 55-62). — A brief account of the pistachio trees, relative to 

 their botany, culture, and products. 



The garden primer, Grace Tabor and G. Teall {New York, 1910, pp. 118, 

 pis. 29, figs. 7). — This is a practical handbook on vegetable and ornamental 

 gardening. It discusses sorts of plants, soils, garden nomenclature, seeds and 

 sowing, seedlings and transplanting, cultivation, fertilization, pruning, hotbeds 

 and coldframes, garden pests and spraying, and garden tools. Planting tables 

 intended to apply to various sections of the country are also given for flowers 

 and vegetables, together with a gardener's calendar and a spraying table for 

 garden pests. 



Propag'ation and pruning of ornamental plants, S. Olbrich {Vermehrung 

 und iiehnitt der Zlergeholze. Stuttgart, 1910, 2. ed., rev., pp. VII+2-'tl, figs. 

 133). — This is a practical treatise on the propagation of ornamental trees and 

 shrubs. Following a detailed discussion of the different methods of propaga- 

 tion, the plants are arranged in alphabetical order and discussed relative 

 to their specific treatment. The pruning and training of shrubs in various 

 forms is also discussed in detail and information is given relative to dis- 

 tinguishing characteristics in winter and the autumn leaf coloration of the 

 different plants. 



Some beautiful flowering trees of the Tropics: Their utility and hygienic 

 effects, H. F. Macmillan {Circs, and Agr. Jour. Roy. Bot. (iard. Ceylon. !^ 

 {1909), No. 20, pp. 179-188). ~The author briefly reviews the utility and 

 hygienic effects of trees in general and gives brief descriptions of a large 

 number of tropical flowering trees. 



FORESTRY. 



Eeport of state forester upon forest conditions in central and western 

 Kansas, A. Dickens {Kansas Sta. Bui. 165, pp. 293-355, figs. 37). — This report 

 presents the text of the law establishing a division of forestry at the Kansas 

 College and the results of forestry operations conducted at the Ogallah and 

 Dodge City forest substations, and sums up the author's experience of over 20 

 years of observations and study of the forest conditions in central and western 

 Kansas. 



The work at the substations has consisted for the most part of growing and 

 dislributing various tree seedlings. Notes are given on a number of species of 



