746 EXPERIMENT STATION EECORD. 



available information concerning the lime industry has been brought xip to 

 date. 



Part 1 discusses the lime, its cultivation, pests, and diseases. Part 2 discusses 

 lime products, the crop, and methods of disposing of it. A list of references to 

 literature on lime cultivation in the West Indies is included. 



Cacao: Manuring' and shading- {Dept. Agr. Ceylon Bui. 5, 1913, pp. 75-7S). — 

 This bulletin records the yields secured from cacao trees which were given 

 various fertilizer treatments during the period 1906 to 1912. All of the ferti- 

 lizer plats have shown much increased yields over the unfertilized plats. Con- 

 siderable variation in yields on the latter plats, however, renders it impossible 

 thus far to place the various fertilizer mixtures in their true position as to value. 



The shading experiments with cacao show in general beneficial results from 

 starting the young plants off with a sufficient amount of shade. 



The cashew (Anacardium occidentale), L. Granato (Bol. Agr. [Sao Paulo], 

 llf. ser., 1913, No. 2, pp. 107-122, figs. 5). — An account of the cashew with 

 reference to its botany, habitat, climatic and soil requirements, and economic 

 uses, with suggestions relative to its cultural treatment in northern Brazil. 



Manurial experiments on coconuts, J. de Veeteuil {Bui. Dept. Agr. Trini- 

 dad and Tohago, 11 {1912), No. 71, pp. 179-184). — Fertilizer experiments con- 

 ducted on a number of plantations in Trinidad, including the results for the first 

 season, are reported. 



The inspection, certification, and transportation of nursery stock in New 

 York State, other States, and Canada, G. G. Atwood (N. Y. Dept. Agr. Bui. 52, 

 1913, pp. 21). — This bulletin gives a brief synopsis of the laws and regulations 

 of the United States, the several States, and Canada relative to the inspection, 

 certification, and transportation of nursery stock. 



FORESTRY. 



Economic botany of Alabama. — I, Geographical report on forests, R. M. 

 Harper (Geological Survey Ala. Monograph 8, 1913, pp. 228, pi. 1, figs. 6.'f). — 

 This is the first of a series of reports on a study of the economic botany of Ala- 

 bama which is being conducted under the direction of the Geological Survey 

 of that State. It includes descriptions of the natural divisions of the State, 

 and their forests and forest industries, together with quantitative analyses of 

 the forests of each region and statistical data on the forest industries of the 

 State. A bibliography of cited literature is given. 



The fifth annual report of forest conditions in Ohio (Ohio Sta. Bui. 254, 

 pp. 157-210, figs. 21). — This comprises a brief introductory report of the work 

 of the department of forestry for the year ended November 15, 1912, by C. E. 

 Thorne (p. 157) and a detailed report by the forestei% E. Secrest (pp. 159-201), 

 in which information is given relative to operations at the nurseries and per- 

 manent plantations on the station farm, cooperative work with various insti- 

 tutions, lectures on forestry, and assistance rendered to municipal park depart- 

 ments. A number of recommendations are given relative to legislation leading 

 to better forest protection, forest extension, and improved forest taxation. 



An article on Forest Parks, by W. J. Green (pp. 202-206), is also included. 

 The laws of Ohio relating to forestry are appended. 



1888 to 1913, 25 years of state and private forestry in Prussia, Semper 



(Ztschr. For St u. Jagdw., 45 (WIS), Nos. G, pp. 341-369; 7, pp. 430-446).— 

 A general statistical review of state and private forest operations in Prussia 

 during the past 25 years. 



A review of the net revenues from the Saxony state forests for the year 



1911, VoGEL {Tharand. Forstl. Jahrb., 64 (1913), No. 3, pp. 198-212) .—This 



