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grape species and hybrids witli a view of x-ecoustituting the phylloxera infested 

 vineyards in Sardinia. 



Coffee from grower to consumer, B. B. Keable (London, pp. VIII+120+^0, 

 pi. 1. figs. 22, map /). — A popular treatise on this subject. 



'^ Cacao manurial plats in Dominica], F. Watts {Imp. Dept. Agr. West 

 Indies Rpts. Bof. »S7«. Dominica. J:)0S-9. pp. 18-29). — This is a progress report 

 of the fertilizer and mulching experiments being conducted with cacao at the 

 Botanic station, including the results of fertilizer experiments in several county 

 districts. 



The results as a whole confirmed those previously reported (E. S. R., 20, 

 p. 338). The use of grass and weeds as a mulch has given the highest returns 

 both in quantity and value. All of the fertilized plats have yielded better than 

 unmanured plats,- the complete fertilizer plat yielding next to the mulched plat. 

 Thus far the experiments have given no evidence as to the value of potash and 

 phosphate independently of each other, but as the soils of Dominica are w^ell 

 supplied with potash, it does not appear that this element is needed badly. 



[Varieties of fruit for North Tyrol] (In Bericht ilber die 25 jdhrige Tdtig- 

 Iceit dcr LandicirtscliaftUcJicn Landcsanstalt Rotholz von Hirer Grdndung iiii 

 Jahre 1879 Us 190.). Innsbruck, 190.',, pp. 76-82, fig. 7).— With the observations 

 made in the Rotholz Station orchards and elsewhere throughout North Tyrol 

 as a basis, a list is given of varieties of fruits and nuts recommended for plant- 

 ing in that country. 



The ornamental trees of gardens and parks, H. Jager and L, Beissner 

 (Die ZiergehoJzc der Garten und Parkanlagcn. Weimar, 1889, 3. ed., pp. 

 X-\-629). — This is a handbook for private and commercial gardeners and 

 nurserymen, containing alphabetically arranged descriptions, together with 

 notes on the culture and uses of ornamental trees and varieties which grow 

 in the open in Germany and countries with similar climates. Consideration is 

 also given to utilizing the trees for other purposes, nursery and plantation work, 

 and the acclimatization of trees. 



Beautiful flowers and how to grow them, H. J. and W. P. Wright (London, 

 1909, rols. 1, pp. y 111+200, pis. 50, figs. CI; 2, pp. VIII+202, pis. .50, figs. 83).— 

 This is a popular treatise on the culture, varieties, etc., of roses, bulbs, hardy 

 herbaceous plants, rockery plants, greenhouse, conservatory, and hothouse 

 liowers, window and room plants, carnations, dahlias, sweet peas, annuals, 

 aquatic plants, plans and plants for arches, pergolas, pillars, stumps, walls, and 

 fences, orchids, chrysanthemums, tender bedding plants, and flowers for 

 suburban gardens. Each volume is illustrated by plates in full color from paint- 

 ings by various artists. 



The home garden, E. F. PIitchings et al. (Bui. [Maine'] Dept. Agr., 9 (1910), 

 Ao. 2, pp. 29-70). — A popular bulletin composed of a number of special articles 

 on various phases of gardening. 



FORESTRY. 



Annual report of the department of forestry, A. Gary (Separate from N. Y. 

 State Forest, Fish and Game Com. Ann. Rpt.. 15 (1909). pp. .',5-78. pis. 5).— 

 This consists of a summarizetl report of the operations of the different divisions 

 of the New York state deitartuient of forestry for 1909. The subject matter is 

 discussed under the general headings of blister rust of pines, the Highlands of 

 the Hudson Forest Reservation (see below), law requiring lopping of tops, 

 forest fires, forest pro<lucts, forest reserves, cooperation with owners of wood- 

 land, forest schools, and miscellaneous features of the work. 



