438 EXPERIMENT STATION EECOED. 



is part 5 of the author's revised work ou colonial plants (E. S. R., 31, p. 235). 

 The present volume deals with the culture, preparation, and utilization of a 

 number of oleaginous plants, including the coconut and other palms, peanut, 

 gesame, castor-oil plant, cotton, and soy bean. 



Report on the botanic station for the year 1913, E. J. F. Campbell (Rpt. 

 Bot. 8ta. Brit. Honduras, 1913, pp. 6). — A list is given of economic, fruit, and 

 other interesting plants that have flowered or fruited during the year, together 

 with a list of recent acquisitions at the station and notes on the various economic 

 plants and fruit trees growing at the station. 



Vegetable growing, S. C. Johnston (Ontario Dept. Agr. Bui. 231 {1915), 

 pp. 68, figs. 34). — ^A practical treatise on vegetable growing intended both for 

 amateur and commercial growers. In addition to a discussion of the general 

 principles of vegetable growing, specific instructions are given for the growing, 

 harvesting, and marketing of all the ordinary vegetables. 



Tomato tests, O. B. Whipple and L. G. Schermerhokn (Montana Sta. Bill. 

 lOJf (1915), pp. 339-347, figs. 5).— This bulletin gives the data on variety tests 

 of tomatoes that were conducted in 1902, 1906, and in the years 1911 to 1913, 

 inclusive. Some of the earlier work has been previously noted (E. S. R., 19, 

 p. 337). Tests were conducted to determine the best varieties for the higher 

 altitudes of the State and to work out methods of culture which would tend to 

 induce early ripening of the fruit. 



The data secured from the work as a whole indicate that tomatoes can be 

 successfully grown in the higher altitudes of the State if started in pots or 

 boxes so that they can be transplanted to the field without seriously injuring 

 the root system. Pruning and training have been decidedly beneficial, both 

 from the standpoint of early ripening and quantity of fruit ripened. Although 

 pruning reduces the total amount of fruit produced when both green and ripe 

 fruit are considered, pruned plats have in nearly every case produced from 

 three to five times as much ripe fruit as unpruned plats. Early varieties should 

 be used, and of those tested Earliaua, Chalk Early Jewel, June Pink, and Bonny 

 Best have proved most promising. 



The cultivation of watercress (Jour. Bd. Agr. [London], 21 (1915), No. 12, 

 pp. 1093-1098, pis. 4)- — Popular instructions are given for developing watercress 

 beds, propagation and planting, gathering, and marketing, including also in- 

 formation relative to varieties and the enemies of watercress. 



The principles of fruit growing, L. H. Bah^ey (New York: The Macmillan 

 Company, 1915, 20. ed., rev., pp. XIV +432, figs. 186). — The present edition of 

 the author's work (E. S. R., 9, p. 246) has been completely revised and re- 

 arranged, much of the subject matter having been rewritten. 



The introductory chapter gives an inventoiy of fruits and discusses the 

 course of development of a fruit region, the determinants in fruit growing, the 

 outlook for fruit growing, the organizing of the business, and diffei'ent types of 

 fruit growing. In the succeeding chapters consideration is given to the loca- 

 tion and its climate, the tillage and the enriching of fruit lands, the plants and 

 planting, laying out the plantation and its subsequent care, accidents and in- 

 juries, the spraying of fruit plantations, and harvesting and marketing the 

 fruit. 



Michigan laws for the protection of orchards and vineyards (Lansing, 

 Mich.: State, 1914, PP- 21). — ^A compilation of laws dealing with the protection 

 of orchards, vineyards, and gardens from dangerous insects and diseases, im- 

 pure insecticides and fungicides, trespass, willful and malicious injury, etc., 

 together with acts to prevent fraud and deception in the packing and sale of 

 fruits and vegetables and an act to authorize and regulate a county agricultural 

 department. 



