96 EXPERIMENT STATION EECORD. 



The book of useful plants, Julia E. Rogers {Garden City, N. Y.: Doubleday, 

 Page d Co., 1913, pp. XIV-\-31Ii, pis. 31).— This book, which is written for chil- 

 dren, discusses the origin, geographical distribution, growth, and varieties of 

 bread, forage, sugar, beverage, narcotic, and fiber plants, plants with edible 

 seeds, leaves and stems, roots and tubers, and seed vessels, and plants that 

 serve many or special purposes. 



Correspondence courses in agriculture for teachers. — Course I, Farm plants 

 and soils (Off. Pub. Iowa State Col. Agr., 13 (WW, Nos. 21, pp. 23, figs. 3; 22, 

 pp. 19, figs. 3; 13 (1915), Nos. 25, pp. 24, figs. 7; 27, pp. 21, figs. 5).— Twenty les- 

 sons on farm plants and soils are presented in four assignments to show 

 teachers what to teach and how the material can be best presented, and to fur- 

 nish them a sufficient liuowledge of agriculture to meet the requirements of 

 the school law. Each lesson consists of a topical outline and exercises. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Twenty-fifth Annual Report of Arizona Station, 1914 (Arizona Sta. Rpt. 

 1914, pp. 317-378, fig. 1). — Tliis contains the organization list, an administrative 

 report by the director on the work and publications of the station, a financial 

 statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1914, and departmental reports, the 

 experimental features of which are for the most part abstracted elsewhere in 

 this issue. 



Twenty-seventh Annual Report of Colorado Station, 1914 (Colorado Sta, 

 Rpt. 1914, PP- 32). — This contains the oi'ganization list, a financial statement 

 for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1914, a report of the director on the work and 

 publications of the station, and departmental reports. 



Annual Report of Florida Station, 1914 (Florida Sta. Rpt. 1914, PP- CF/+ 

 X, figs. 9). — This contains the organization list, a financial statement for the 

 fiscal year ended June 30, 1914, a list of the publications of the year, a general 

 review of the work of the station during the year, and departmental reports, 

 the experimental features of which are for the most part abstracted elsewhere 

 in this issue. Records of the dairy herd are also included. 



Twenty-seventh Annual Report of Illinois Station, 1914 (Illinois Sta. Rpt. 

 1914, pp. 13). — This contains the organization list, a financial statement for the 

 fiscal year ended June 30, 1914, brief notes as to the principal lines of work, and 

 a list of the publications issued during the year. 



Twenty-seventh Annual Report of Louisiana Stations, 1914 (Louisiana 

 Stas. Rpt. 1914, pp. 32). — ^This contains the organization list, a report by the 

 director discussing the work of the stations, an account of their progress, in- 

 cluding brief departmental reports, and a financial statement as to the federal 

 funds for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1914, and as to the state funds for the 

 fiscal year ended November 30, 1914. The experimental work reported is for 

 the most part abstracted on page 32 of this issue. 



Finances, meteorolog-y, index (Maine Sta. Bui. 234, PP. 279-^06+XVI). — 

 This contains the organization list of tlie station ; meteorological observations 

 noted on page 19; a financial statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 

 1914; an index to Bulletins 22.3-234, which collectively constitute the thirtieth 

 annual report of the station ; a list of the publications of the year ; announce- 

 ments of the work, personnel, and equipment of the station ; abstracts of papers 

 published elsewhere, including Studies on the Physiology of Reproduction in 

 the Domestic Fowl— VIII, On Some Physiological Effects of Ligation, Section, 

 or Removal of the Oviduct (E. S. R., 32, p. 670) ; and IX, On the Effect of 

 Cerpus Luteum Substance Upon Ovulation in the Fowl (E. S. R., 32, p. 671) ; 



